Disability
any lost, absent, or impaired physical or mental function.
Prosthesis
An artificial replacement for a missing body part.
Rehabilitation
The process to restoring the person to his or her highest possible level of physical, psychological, social, and economic function.
Aphasia
The total or partial loss (a) of the ability to use or understand language (phasia); parts of the brain responsible for language are damaged.
Apraxia
not (a) to act, do, or perform (praxia).
Cataract
Clouding of the lens.
Glaucoma
Fluid builds up in the eye causing pressure on the optic nerve.
Tinnitus
A ringing, roaring, hissing, or buzzing sound in the ears or head.
Vertigo
Dizziness
Benign
A tumor that does not spread to other body parts.
Malignant
A tumor that invade and destroys nearby tissues and can spread to other body parts.
Metastasis
The spread of cancer to other body parts.
Tumor
A new growth of abnormal cells that is benign or malignant.
Amputation
The removal of all or part of an extremity.
Arthritis
Joint (arthr) inflammation (itis).
Arthroplasty
The surgical replacement (plasty) of a joint (arthro).
Closed Fracture (simple fracture)
The bone is broken but the skin is intact.
Open Fracture (compound fracture)
The broken bone has come through the skin; compound fracture.
Paralysis
Loss of muscle function, sensation, or both.
Angina
Chest pain from reduced blood flow to part of the heart muscle (myocardium).
Congenital
To be born with
Hemorrhage
The excessive loss of blood in a short time.
Lymphedema
A buildup of lymph in the tissues causing edema (swelling).
Emesis/vomitus
Food and fluids expelled from the stomach through the mouth; emesis.
Hyperglycemia
High (hyper) sugar (glyc) in the blood (emia).
Hypoglycemia
Low (hypo) sugar (glyc) in the blood (emia)
Dialysis
The process of removing waste products from the blood.
Diuresis
The process (esis) of passing (di) urine (ur); large amounts of urine are processed-1000 to 3000 ml (milileters) or more a day.
Pyuria
Pus (py) in the urine (uria).
Urostomy
A surgically created opening (stomy) that connects to the urinary tract (uro).
Anxiety
A vague, uneasy feeling in response to stress.
Delusion
A false belief.
Hallucination
Seeing, hearing, smelling, or feeling things that are not really there.
Mental Health
The person copes with and adjusts to everyday stresses in ways accepted by society.
Stress
The response or change in the body cased by any emotional, physical, social, or economic factor.
Cognitive Function
Involves memory, thinking, reasoning, ability to understand judgment and behavior.
Confusion
A mental state of being disoriented to person, time, place, situation, or identity.
Delirium
A state of sudden, severe confusion and rapid changes in brain function.
Dementia
The loss of cognitive function that interferes with routine personal, social, and occupational activities.
Sundowning
Signs, symptoms and behaviors of AD increase during hours or darkness.
Advance Directive
A document stating a person's wishes about health care when that person cannot make his or her own decisions.
DNR
Do Not Resuscitate.
Pallative Care
Care that involves relieving or reducing the intensity of uncomfortable systems without producing a cure.
Postmortem
Care of the body after (post) death (mortem).
Rigor Mortis
The stiffness or rigidity (rigor) of skeletal muscles that occurs after death (mortis).
Terminal Illness
An illness or injury from which the person will not likely recover.