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Advanced Pathophysiology Study Guide: Glossary of Medical Terms and Definitions, Quizzes of Nursing

This study guide provides a comprehensive glossary of medical terms related to pathophysiology, covering a wide range of symptoms, conditions, and bodily functions. It offers definitions for common medical terms, including those related to digestive, respiratory, cardiovascular, urinary, and skin systems. The guide is valuable for students of medicine, nursing, and other healthcare professions, as it provides a quick reference for understanding medical terminology and its application in clinical practice.

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Advanced Pathophysiology Study Guide
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anorexia - Correct answer loss of appetite
Xerostomia - Correct answer dry mouth
water brash - Correct answer Sudden appearance of excessive acid saliva
in the mouth, caused by dyspepsia, zgaga
Dysguesia - Correct answer altered taste sensation , zaburzenia smaku
dysphagia - Correct answer difficulty in swallowing or inability to swallow ,
trudnosci w przełykaniu
globus sensation - Correct answer sensation of a lump in the throat
Odynophagia - Correct answer pain on swallowing, bolesne przełykanie
heartburn - Correct answer burning pain behind the breastbone
bleching - Correct answer excess gas in the digestive tract expelled
through the mouth , odbijanie
dyspepsia - Correct answer indigestion, niestrawność
Early satiety - Correct answer premature fullness on eating, wczesne
uczucie sytości
nausea - Correct answer feeling sick in the stomach with tendency to
vomit, nudności
vomiting - Correct answer being sick, the forceful, involuntary ejection of
stomach contents through the mouth
Haematemesis - Correct answer vomiting blood , krawawe wymioty
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anorexia - Correct answer loss of appetite Xerostomia - Correct answer dry mouth water brash - Correct answer Sudden appearance of excessive acid saliva in the mouth, caused by dyspepsia, zgaga Dysguesia - Correct answer altered taste sensation , zaburzenia smaku dysphagia - Correct answer difficulty in swallowing or inability to swallow , trudnosci w przełykaniu globus sensation - Correct answer sensation of a lump in the throat Odynophagia - Correct answer pain on swallowing, bolesne przełykanie heartburn - Correct answer burning pain behind the breastbone bleching - Correct answer excess gas in the digestive tract expelled through the mouth , odbijanie dyspepsia - Correct answer indigestion, niestrawność Early satiety - Correct answer premature fullness on eating, wczesne uczucie sytości nausea - Correct answer feeling sick in the stomach with tendency to vomit, nudności vomiting - Correct answer being sick, the forceful, involuntary ejection of stomach contents through the mouth Haematemesis - Correct answer vomiting blood , krawawe wymioty

hiccups - Correct answer a characteritic sound produced by spasms of the diaphragm, czkawka flatulence - Correct answer the passage of gas out of the body through the rectum, wzdęcia altered bowel habit - Correct answer the frequent passage of loose stools or moving bowels less frequently than usual diarrhoea - Correct answer frequent passage of loose stools constipation - Correct answer difficulty in passing stools, zatwardzenie steatorrhea - Correct answer Biegunka tłuszczowa fatty stools haematochezia - Correct answer rectal bleeding melaena - Correct answer black, tarry stools, smołowaty stolce icterus - Correct answer yellowing, also known as jaundice, żółtaczka pruritus - Correct answer intense itching , świąd cough - Correct answer sudden, noisy expulsion of air from the lungs dyspnoea - Correct answer shortness of breath, difficulty in breathing, duszności wheeze - Correct answer a whistling, muscial sound during breathing when airflow is obstructed at some level in the airways stridor - Correct answer Crowing sound during breathing, especially inhalation, associated with a partial blockage of the pharyn, larynx or trachea, świst krtaniowy haemoptysis - Correct answer coughing up blood cyanosis - Correct answer bluish discoloration of the skin resulting from an inadequate amount of oxygen in the blood, sinica

Frequency - Correct answer passing urine more often than usual, częstomocz Haematuria - Correct answer blood in the urine, krwiomocz hesitancy - Correct answer delay in initiating urine flow, trudność w rozpoczęciu mikcji nocturia - Correct answer passing urine during the night, nocne oddawanie moczu nocturnal enuresis - Correct answer Urinary incontinence during sleep; also known as bed-wetting, nocne moczenie oliguria - Correct answer passing a smaller volume of urine than normal pneumaturia - Correct answer air bubbles in urine, wydostawanie sie gazu z moczem polyuria - Correct answer passing a larger volume of the urine tha normal strangury - Correct answer severe suprapubic pain associated with inability to pass urine, bolesne oddawanie moczu kroplami stress incontinence - Correct answer the involuntary passing of urine, nietrzymanie moczu urge incontinence - Correct answer an urgent need to urinate that cannot be resisted urgency - Correct answer a sudden need to pass urine, nagłe parcie na mocz dry coarse skin may indicate hypothyroidism - Correct answer while hot sweaty hands are characteristic of hyperthyroidism she was feverish - Correct answer and her cheeks were flushed in shock the skin is pale and clammy - Correct answer that is cool and moist

clammy - Correct answer moist, wilgotny cyanosed - Correct answer Having a bluish discoloration of the skin, fingernails, and mucous membranes caused by a deficiency of oxygen baby skin is very soft and - Correct answer smooth a young person's skin is strong and - Correct answer supple very dry skin may become - Correct answer flaky in exfoliative dermatitis the skin is - Correct answer scaly if blood supply is inaqdequate the skin may appear - Correct answer purpish in addison's disease the skin may look - Correct answer tanned the skin of newborn is usually - Correct answer reddish Psorasis - Correct answer Chronic, reccurent dermatosis marked by itchy, scaly, red patches coverd by silvery gray scales, łuszczyca angina - Correct answer a suffocating choking pain in the chest, dusznica Apnoea - Correct answer a temporary halt ( postój) in breathing, bezdech cyanosis - Correct answer a bluish discoloration of the skin resulting from poor circulation or inadequate oxygenation of the blood. dysponea - Correct answer breathlessness emaciation - Correct answer particularly severe leanness (chudość) caused by lack of nourishment or disease, wychudzenie haemoptysis - Correct answer the expectoration of blood or blood-stained sputum

cramps - Correct answer prolonged, involuntary muscular contractions dyspepsia - Correct answer difficult digestion dysuria - Correct answer painful urination -emesis - Correct answer vomiting, wymioty epistaxis - Correct answer bleeding from the nose, krwawienie z nosa palmar erythema - Correct answer unusual redness of the palms of the hands, rumień dłoni exophthalmos - Correct answer abnormal protrusion of the eyeball, huge wide opened eyes, wytrzeszcz oczu glue ear - Correct answer A painless condition in which a thick sticky fluid collects behind the eardrum, wysiekowe zapalenie ucha halithosis - Correct answer bad breath, cuchnący oddech haemorrhage - Correct answer an escape of blood from a ruptured blood vessel Hyperventilation - Correct answer fast breathing lassitude - Correct answer a state of physical or mental weariness; lack of energy, zmęczenie, ospałość menorrhagia - Correct answer excessive menstrual bleeding, krwotok miesiączkowy mylagia - Correct answer muscle pain, ból mięśni nocturia - Correct answer excessive urination during the night Orthoponea - Correct answer Prawidłowe oddychanie tylko w pozycji wyprostowanej otorrhea - Correct answer discharge from the ear, wyciek z ucha

paraesthesia - Correct answer an abnormal sensation, typically tingling or pricking ("pins and needles"), caused chiefly by pressure on or damage to peripheral nerves , mrowienie polydipsia - Correct answer excessive thirst, pragnienie ptosis - Correct answer falling of eyelid, opadanie powieki Pyrexia - Correct answer raised body temperature; fever. rhinorrhea - Correct answer runny nose, katar rigors - Correct answer challenges or harsh conditions scotomas - Correct answer blind spots in vision , mroczki przed oczami Seizures - Correct answer 1. The sudden attack or recurrence of a disease

  1. A single episode of epilepsy, often named for the type it represents stridor - Correct answer Harsh or high-pitched respiratory sound, caused by an obstruction of the air passages Tachyponea - Correct answer Increased respiratory rate, usually > 20 per minute, przyspieszony oddech Tinnitus - Correct answer hearing ringing all the time, szum w uszach Tremors - Correct answer Involuntary fine movement of the body or limbs, shaking, dreszcze vertigo - Correct answer dizziness, zawroty głowy Tenesmus - Correct answer painful, ineffective defecation palmar erythema - Correct answer red itchy area on the hand ascites - Correct answer water in abdominal cavity, wodobrzusze

renal calculi - Correct answer stones in the kidney, kamica nerkowa retrosternal pain - Correct answer pain behind the sternum strabismus - Correct answer abnormal deviation of the eye; crossed eyes, zez vertigo - Correct answer the sensation of dizziness piles - Correct answer hemorrhoids- a painful swelling of a vein in the region of the anus, often with bleeding deafness - Correct answer loss of the ability to hear, głuchota assess - Correct answer Oceniać combat - Correct answer to fight, walka differentiate - Correct answer (v.) - to distinguish, to make different, rozróżniać distinguish - Correct answer Rozróżniać Herald - Correct answer Zwiastować neglect - Correct answer Zaniedbać Persist - Correct answer Trwać Recur - Correct answer Powracać encounter - Correct answer Spotkanie misdiagnosed - Correct answer Źle zdiagnozowane Apnoea - Correct answer absence of breathing brachialgia - Correct answer pain in the arm, rwa ramienna

myasthenia - Correct answer Weakness of muscular system , osłabienie mięśni hyperasthesia - Correct answer Increased senitivity Bradycardia - Correct answer Slowness of heartbeat Dehydration - Correct answer Excessive loss of gody water osteodynia - Correct answer bone pain, ból kostny Erythroderma - Correct answer abnormal redness of the skin , czerwonośc skory hypertension - Correct answer High arterial blood pressure, nadciśnienie Hypotension - Correct answer low arterial blood pressure, niedocisnienie icterohepatitis - Correct answer Inflammation of the liver with marked jaundice , zapalenie wątroby z żółtaczka malabsorption - Correct answer Bad intestinal absorption of nutrients , złe wchłanianie pokarmu Oliguria - Correct answer Excretion of a small amount of urine in relation to the fluid intake orthopnoea / orthopnea - Correct answer Difficult breathing excpect in an straight position hemiplegia - Correct answer paralysis of one side of the body polyneuropathy - Correct answer Neuropathy of many perioheral nerves simultaneously pseudoseizure - Correct answer Attack resambling an epileptic seizure but having purely psychological causes , rzekomy napad padaczkowy otorrhoea - Correct answer Flow from the ear

flare.up - Correct answer nagłe wystąpienie silnych objawów, sudden outburst of something intestinal pain - Correct answer ból jelit visceral pain - Correct answer ból trzewny, pain of any abdominal organ diffuse - Correct answer rozproszony, Adj. Describing smth. That occures on large area and many hotspots nociceptive pain - Correct answer ból nocyceptywny, pain caused by damage to the body tissue trauma - Correct answer uraz bruise - Correct answer siniak/stłuczenie burn - Correct answer oparzenie ache - Correct answer ból, continous nonviolent pain throbbing pain - Correct answer pulsujący ból, pain which intensivity seems to puls in constant rate constant pain - Correct answer ciągły ból intermittent pain - Correct answer przerywany ból, similar to throbbing pain but more severe aggravated pain - Correct answer zaostrzony ból, pain which severity is being intensified by smth. Aggrevate - Correct answer pogarszać, v. if smth. Causes smth. To worsen unrelenting pain - Correct answer nieubłagany ból, pain that cant be controlled by standard medical care neuropathic pain - Correct answer ból neuropatyczny, pain caused by malfunction of nervous system

tingling/pins and needles - Correct answer mrowienie, mild feel of stinging needles in certain area hypersensitivity - Correct answer nadwrażliwość, if smth. Is overreacting hyperaesthasia - Correct answer przeczulica, medical term for hypersensitivity phantom pain - Correct answer ból fantomowy, pain that exists only in your head caused usually by lack of magnesium postherpetic neuralgia - Correct answer neuralgia półpaścowa, pain in the areas of your skin where you had shingles reflex sympathetic dystrophy - Correct answer odruchowa dystrofia współczulna, chronic conditions characterized by severe burning pain most commonly affects limbs and its parts causalgia - Correct answer kauzalgia, severe pain in limb caused by injury to peripheral nerve persistent pain - Correct answer uporczywy ból, pain that just dont want to go away severe pain - Correct answer silny ból squeezing - Correct answer ściskanie crushing - Correct answer zgniatanie debilitating pain - Correct answer osłabiający ból, pain that makes you weaker regional pain syndrome - Correct answer regionalny zespół bólowy, prolonged pain that follows injury to a limb swelling - Correct answer opuchnięcie, enlargement of body part caused by injury

brief pain - Correct answer chwilowy ból burning pain - Correct answer piekący ból constant pain - Correct answer ciągły ból darting pain - Correct answer przeszywający ból dreadful pain - Correct answer silny ból drilling pain - Correct answer bodily pain episodic pain - Correct answer epizodyczny excruciating pain - Correct answer rozdzierający frequent pain - Correct answer częsty gnawing pain - Correct answer gryzący/przeszywający, dull, constant pain or suffering gripping pain - Correct answer chwytający ból, a sharp and sudden pain in your stomach knife.like pain - Correct answer boli jak nóż lancinating pain - Correct answer przeszywający, painful as if caused by a sharp instrument mild pain - Correct answer łagodny ból paroxysmal pain - Correct answer ból napadowy, pain caused by genetic condition/redness in various body parts periodic pain - Correct answer okresowy, pain that comes for a while in constant divisions of time persistent pain - Correct answer uporczywy ból, severe pain that just wont stop

persisting pain - Correct answer utrzymujący się ból, pain that just wont stop recurrent pain - Correct answer nawracający ból, pain that comes back after silent time short pain - Correct answer krótki sporadic pain - Correct answer sporadyczny/rzadki stabbing pain - Correct answer kłujący steady pain - Correct answer stały, pain that hurts the same and doesnt end suffocating pain - Correct answer zapierający dech w piersi, pain so severe u cant breathe for short period of time transient pain - Correct answer przejściowy ból tugging pain - Correct answer szarpiący ból, pain with sensation of smth. Being pulled onset of pain - Correct answer sposób w jaki ból się rozpoczyna, way of pain starting can be acute and severe or mild circumstances of pain - Correct answer powód/czynność przy której ból wsytępuje site of pain - Correct answer miejsce bólu severity of pain - Correct answer siła/poziom bólu radiation of pain - Correct answer promieniowanie bólu, if pain (radiates to/appears in) other parts of the body aggravating factors of pain - Correct answer czynniki uśmierzające ból, things that make pain smaller/less severe

agnoising - Correct answer Bolesny bearble - Correct answer Znośny colicky - Correct answer Severe abdominal pain caused by spasm, obstruction, or distension of any of the hollow viscera, such as the intestines. cramping - Correct answer Spowodowanie skurczu acne - Correct answer trądzik acute otitis media - Correct answer ostre zapalenie ucha środkowego Addison's disease - Correct answer choroba addisona anaemia - Correct answer niedokrwistość, lack of hemoglobine angina pectoris - Correct answer dusznica bolesna, chest pain or discomfort due to coronary heart disease ankylosing spondylitis - Correct answer zesztywniające zapalenie stawów kręgosłupa asthma - Correct answer astma/dusznica, condition in which your airways narrow and swell and may produce extra mucus benign prostatic hyperplasia - Correct answer łagodny rozrost prostaty, causes your prostate to increase in size bronchiectasis - Correct answer rozstrzenie oskrzeli, condition in which bronchi's widen cataract - Correct answer zaćma, cloudy area in the lens of your eye cholelithiasis - Correct answer kamica żółciowa, appearence of gallbladder stones chronic renal failure - Correct answer przewlekła niewydolność nerek

cirrhosis - Correct answer marskość wątroby, severe scarring of the liver conjunctivitis - Correct answer zapalenie spojowek contact dermatitis - Correct answer kontaktowe zapalenie skóry, an itchy rash caused by direct contact with a substance or an allergic reaction to it diabetes mellitus - Correct answer cukrzyca, malfunction of control of concentration of glukose in blood epilepsy - Correct answer epilepsja, common condition that affects the brain and causes frequent seizures fatty liver - Correct answer stłuszczenie wątroby, extra fat in liver glaucoma - Correct answer jaskra, group of eye diseases that can cause vision loss and blindness by damaging a nerve in the back of your eye called the optic nerve gout - Correct answer dna/artretyzm, form of inflammatory arthritis that causes pain and swelling in your joints haemophilia - Correct answer hemofilia, rare, genetic blood disorder that happens when your blood doesn't clot and make your bleeding slow down or stop hyperthyroidism - Correct answer nadczynność tarczycy, condition in which thyroid gland produces higher amount of hormone hypochondria - Correct answer hipochondria, type of anxiety disorder hypothyroidism - Correct answer niedoczynność tarczycy, condition in which there is not enough thyroid hormones in blood irritable bowel syndrome - Correct answer zespół jelita drażliwego, common disorder that affects the stomach and intestines leukaemia - Correct answer białaczka, cancer of blood cells