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1. Hemoccult - ANS ✓Test which determines bleeding in the GI tract
2. Haemoptysis - ANS ✓coughing up blood from the respiratory tract
3. Hs - ANS ✓hour of sleep, bedtime
4. Hyperplasia - ANS ✓abnormal increase in number of cells
5. Hypertension - ANS ✓a common disorder in which blood pressure
remains abnormally high (a reading of 140/90 mm Hg or greater)
6. Hypertrophy - ANS ✓abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ
7. Hypotension - ANS ✓abnormally low blood pressure
8. Incontinence - ANS ✓involuntary urination or defecation
9. Inflammation - ANS ✓condition defined by redness, swelling, pain,
and warmth
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10. Jaundice - ANS ✓yellowing of the skin and the whites of the
eyes caused by an accumulation of bile pigment (bilirubin) in the
blood
11. Lateral - ANS ✓Away from the midline of the body
12. Lesion - ANS ✓any visible change in tissue resulting from
injury or disease
13. LLQ - ANS ✓left lower quadrant
14. LMP - ANS ✓last menstrual period
15. Mass - ANS ✓a body of matter without definite shape
16. Medial - ANS ✓toward the midline of the body
17. Medical asepsis - ANS ✓practices used to remove or destroy
pathogens and to prevent their spread from one person or place to
another person or place; clean technique
18. Nausea - ANS ✓an upset stomach that makes a person feel like
vomiting
19. NIDDM - ANS ✓mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops
gradually in adults
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