Palabras que empiezan con B

A hormone released by the heart's lower chambers when they are stretched, measured with a blood test.

An abbreviation with several meanings; most often Bachelor of Arts, and in clinical notes terms such as basilar artery.

An upward movement of the big toe, with the other toes fanning out, when the sole of the foot is stroked.

A group of rod-shaped bacteria that can form spores; written in small letters, bacillus means any rod-shaped bacterium.

The gram-positive, rod-shaped, spore-forming bacterium that causes anthrax.

A spore-forming bacterium whose spores are used in biological indicators that test ethylene oxide and dry heat sterilization.

An antibiotic used mostly as an ointment on the skin to prevent infection in minor cuts, scrapes and burns.

Pain felt anywhere along the back, most often in the lower back.

A large stainless steel table that holds the sterile instruments and supplies not in immediate use during an operation.

A muscle relaxant that eases muscle stiffness and spasms from nerve conditions such as multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injury.

The presence of bacteria in the bloodstream.

A word root that means bacteria.

An infection caused by bacteria growing in the body.

Able to kill bacteria.

A virus that infects bacteria; also called a phage.

A tiny one-celled living thing, seen only under a microscope, of which some kinds cause disease; the plural is bacteria.

A word root that means the glans penis, the rounded tip of the penis.

A sterile irrigating fluid balanced to suit the eye's tissues, used to keep the cornea moist and to irrigate inside the eye.

Surgery that reattaches the torn labrum and capsule to the front rim of the shoulder socket (glenoid) to stop repeated shoulder dislocations.

A printed or etched pattern of lines or dots that a scanner reads, so a computer can identify an item and record where it has been.

A type of sedative drug that slows the brain and nervous system, used for some seizures and in anesthesia.

Relating to the care and treatment of obesity, including weight-loss surgery and equipment built for heavier patients.

A newborn hip exam in which the examiner brings the bent hip inward and presses gently back to feel whether it slips out of its socket.

A rounded chest shape in which the front-to-back depth is about as large as the side-to-side width.

A change in the lining of the lower esophagus in which its normal cells are replaced by cells like those lining the intestine.

Something that blocks passage, such as gloves that block germs, or anything that gets in the way of care or learning.

Two small glands, one on each side of the vaginal opening, that make fluid to moisten the vagina.

The most common type of skin cancer, which starts in the basal cells at the bottom of the skin's outer layer.

Groups of nerve cells deep inside the brain that help start, stop and smooth out movements.

The energy the body uses just to stay alive, measured while a person is awake, lying quietly at rest and fasting.

A value on an arterial blood gas that shows how much more or less base (buffer) the blood holds than normal.

A starting measurement or the client's usual state, used to compare later findings against.

The first emergency care for someone whose heart or breathing has stopped or is failing: CPR, AED use and relief of choking.

A group of eight blood tests that check blood glucose, electrolytes, calcium and kidney function.

Care that follows a set procedure, needs little change and brings a predictable response from the client.

The least common type of white blood cell, which releases histamine during allergic and inflammatory reactions.

A small bed for a newborn baby.

In law, touching a person on purpose without their consent.

Bruising over the bone just behind the ear.

Thumb forceps with an offset, bayonet-shaped bend, so the surgeon's hand stays out of the line of sight when working through a narrow opening.

Bacille Calmette-Guérin: a live, weakened bacterium used as a tuberculosis vaccine and as a bladder cancer treatment.

Twice a day: a dosing abbreviation from the Latin bis die, used mainly outside the United States.

Three findings together: low blood pressure, distended neck veins and muffled heart sounds.

An order that the client stays in bed, with any allowed activity spelled out by the provider.

Unable to get out of bed.

A timing direction for a medicine or test: give it before eating, often about 30 minutes before a meal.

Sudden weakness or loss of movement on one side of the face, from a problem with the facial nerve.

An ACE inhibitor: a drug that lowers blood pressure by blocking the making of angiotensin II.

The ethical principle of doing good and acting in the client's best interest.

Not cancerous: describing a growth that does not invade nearby tissue or spread; also, mild and not dangerous.