AGGLUTINATION: To glue together or clot.<\/p>\n
AMEBOID: Ability to wander through capillary walls into the surrounding tissue.<\/p>\n
ANIONS: Negatively charged ions.<\/p>\n
ANTIBODY: Protein substances developed by the body, usually in response to the resence of an antigen which has gained access to the body. Normal antibodies are also present in the circulation.<\/p>\n
ANTIGEN: A substance which induces the formation of antibodies. An antigen may be introduced into the body or it may be formed within the body.<\/p>\n
CATABOLISM: Energy released which results in the breakdown of complex materials within the body.<\/p>\n
CATIONS: Positively charged ions.<\/p>\n
CHARGE: Positive or negative valence.<\/p>\n
COLLOID SOLUTION: Particles are dispersed throughout a liquid medium. These particles are organically complex substances which are much larger than crystalloids but not large enough to settle out of the liquid.<\/p>\n
CRYSTALLOID SOLUTION: Containing crystal-like particles which pass readily through membranes. Unlike colloids, these particles are organically simple.<\/p>\n
DIATHESIS: A constitution or condition of the body that makes the body react in special ways to certain external stimuli and makes a person more than usually susceptible to certain diseases.<\/p>\n
DYSPNEA: Difficult or labored breathing.<\/p>\n
ELECTROLYTES: Substances that break down into positively or negatively charged particles when placed in water.<\/p>\n
EXCRETORY ORGANS: Those organs which throw off or eliminate waste products from the body. Examples are kidneys, bowels and lungs.<\/p>\n
GRANULES: Remains of nuclei in three kinds of white blood cells. There can be up to\u00a0five in a single cell.<\/p>\n
HEMOSTASIS: Arrest of bleeding.<\/p>\n
HOMEOSTASIS: The tendency of the body to maintain or achieve a normal state.<\/p>\n
HYPERALIMENTATION: Total nutrition supplied directly into the body by intravenous route.<\/p>\n
HYPERKALEMIA: Abnormally high potassium concentration in the blood.<\/p>\n
HYPERTONIC: Solution that has a greater solute concentration than body fluids.<\/p>\n
HYPOTHERMIA: A low body temperature.<\/p>\n
HYPOTONIC: Solution which has a lesser solute concentration than body fluids.<\/p>\n
ISOTONIC: A fluid which has the same tonicity as body fluids.<\/p>\n
KCl: Abbreviation for potassium chloride.<\/p>\n
MALAISE: A vague feeling of body discomfort.<\/p>\n
mEq (Milliequivalent): The number of grams of a solute contained in one milliliter of a normal solution.<\/p>\n
MICROEMBOLUS: Embolus of microscopic size (microemboli-plural).<\/p>\n
NECROSIS: Cell death.<\/p>\n
NEPHROSIS: Any disease of the kidneys.<\/p>\n
OSMOTIC PRESSURE: The maximum pressure that develops in a solution separated from a solvent by membrane permeable only to the solvent.<\/p>\n
PARENTERAL: A solution administered in some other manner than by mouth (intravenous, intradermal, and so forth).<\/p>\n
PLASMAPHERESIS: To draw blood from a donor and return his red blood cell mass after removing plasma by centrifugation.<\/p>\n
POLYCYTHEMIA: Increase in red blood cell mass or a decrease in plasma volume without change in red blood cell mass.<\/p>\n
PRECURSOR: A substance from which another substance is formed.<\/p>\n
SYNTHESIS: Union of elements to form compounds (complex substances).<\/p>\n
TONICITY: The concentration of a substance (solute) dissolved in water.<\/p>\n
VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA: Variation from the normal heartbeat involving the ventricles of the heart.<\/p>\n
VISCOUS: The thickness or thinness of fluid (that is, a lubricating oil would be highly viscous).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
APPENDIX GLOSSARY OF TERMS AGGLUTINATION: To glue together or clot. AMEBOID: Ability to wander through capillary walls into the surrounding tissue. ANIONS: Negatively charged ions. ANTIBODY: Protein substances developed by the body, usually in response to the resence of an antigen which has gained access to the body. Normal antibodies are also present in the … Continue reading Appendix<\/span>