Palabras que empiezan con E

A word ending that means stretching out or widening.

A word ending that means surgical removal.

A word ending that means swelling caused by fluid in the tissues.

A word ending that means vomiting.

A word ending that means a condition of the blood, or something in the blood.

A word ending that means feeling or sensation.

Rinsing the ear canal with a gentle stream of warm fluid to remove earwax, discharge or a foreign object.

A gradual dip in the fetal heart rate that starts, bottoms out and ends at the same times as a uterine contraction.

The waxy substance made in the outer ear canal; the medical word is cerumen.

A mental illness involving serious problems with eating behavior and with thoughts and feelings about food, weight or body shape.

A bruise: a flat purple or blue patch where blood has leaked from small vessels into the skin.

An ultrasound picture of the heart that shows its chambers, valves, walls and how well it pumps.

Seizures in a pregnant or recently pregnant person with preeclampsia, when no other cause explains them.

Doing a task with the fewest, safest movements, as the scrub does when setting up and running the sterile field.

A word beginning that means outside or outer.

A pregnancy in which the fertilized egg implants and grows outside the main cavity of the uterus, most often in a fallopian tube.

An eyelid, usually the lower one, that sags and turns outward, away from the eye.

A long-lasting skin condition that comes and goes, in which the skin barrier is weak and patches of skin become inflamed; also called atopic dermatitis.

An abbreviation that most often means emergency department; it can also mean erectile dysfunction.

Estimated date of delivery: the expected due date of a pregnancy.

Swelling caused by extra fluid trapped in the body's tissues.

Having no teeth.

A short-acting drug that reverses nondepolarizing muscle relaxants by blocking the enzyme that breaks down acetylcholine.

The thinning and shortening of the cervix as labor approaches and goes on, measured from 0 to 100 percent.

Carrying something away from a center or organ, such as nerve signals from the brain to the muscles.

The ability of a drug or treatment to produce the effect it is meant to have.

Fluid that flows out of the body or a device, such as the used fluid drained after peritoneal dialysis.

Fluid that has leaked out and collected in a body space, such as around the lungs, the heart or in a joint.

Esophagogastroduodenoscopy: a test using a flexible scope through the mouth to look at the esophagus, stomach and start of the small intestine.

The release of semen from the penis, usually at orgasm.

One of two short ducts, formed where each vas deferens joins the duct of a seminal vesicle, that pass through the prostate into the urethra.

The percentage of blood in the left ventricle that is pumped out with each heartbeat.

A stretchy rolled bandage, often called an Ace wrap, wound around a limb over a dressing to add compression and support.

Harm or neglect of an older adult by someone they should be able to trust, such as a family member or caregiver.

Surgery that is planned and scheduled ahead of time because it is not an emergency.

A word part that means electricity or electrical activity.

Injury from electric current passing through the body, from a small burn to internal damage, cardiac arrest and death.

A test that records the heart's electrical activity as waves on paper or a screen.

A treatment for some severe mental illnesses in which a brief electric current is passed through the brain under anesthesia to cause a short seizure.

A test that records the electrical activity of the brain through small sensors placed on the scalp.

A mineral that carries an electric charge when dissolved in body fluids, such as sodium, potassium, calcium and chloride.

A test that records the electrical activity of muscles, usually through thin needles placed in the muscle.

A digital version of a client's medical record that the care team can read and update on a computer.

The digital chart one hospital or clinic keeps of a patient's visits and stays there.

Using high-frequency electric current through a handheld tool to cut tissue or seal bleeding vessels during surgery.

The handheld, insulated holder for the active electrode in monopolar electrosurgery, fired by buttons on the pencil or a foot pedal.

Raising something up, such as a body part above the level of the heart, or a rise in a value.

The removal of waste from the body, mainly as urine and stool; also the removal of a drug from the body.

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay: a lab method that finds and measures antibodies or antigens using a color change.

When a client who cannot keep themselves safe leaves a care facility without staff knowing.