Palabras que empiezan con G

A word ending that means something that produces or causes, or a beginning or origin.

A word ending that means a record or picture made by a test.

A word ending that means an instrument that records, or the record it makes.

A word ending that means the process of recording or making an image.

Grams per deciliter: a unit for the amount of a substance in one-tenth of a liter of blood.

An abbreviation with two common meanings: general anesthesia, or gestational age.

Gamma-aminobutyric acid: the brain's main calming (inhibitory) neurotransmitter.

An anticonvulsant drug used for some kinds of seizures and for nerve pain.

The way a person walks.

A wide belt fastened around a client's waist that a caregiver holds to steady them while they walk or move.

The tough, flat sheet of tendon over the top of the skull that joins the front and back bellies of the occipitofrontalis muscle; a layer of the scalp.

A small pear-shaped sac under the liver that stores bile and releases it to help digest fat.

A hard, pebble-like lump that forms in the gallbladder from substances in bile.

An enzyme found mostly in the liver and bile ducts, measured in a blood test.

An antiviral drug, usually given by IV, that treats and prevents cytomegalovirus infection.

A cluster of nerve cell bodies outside the brain and spinal cord; plural ganglia.

The death of body tissue because its blood supply has been lost or because of severe infection.

A bubble of gas in the bloodstream that blocks blood flow, as when insufflation gas is forced into an open vessel.

The movement of oxygen from the air sacs of the lungs into the blood and of carbon dioxide from the blood into the air sacs.

The system on the anesthesia machine that captures waste anesthetic gas and vents it out of the room through a vacuum line.

A word part that means stomach.

Surgical removal of all or part of the stomach.

Relating to the stomach.

The digestive fluid made by the glands of the stomach lining: water, mucus, hydrochloric acid, pepsinogen, intrinsic factor and gastric lipase.

A hormone made by G cells in the stomach lining, mostly in the pyloric antrum, that raises the stomach's acid secretion and speeds its emptying.

Inflammation of the lining of the stomach.

The large, two-headed muscle that forms the bulge of the calf and points the foot down.

Inflammation of the stomach and intestines.

The backward flow of stomach contents up into the esophagus.

A long-term condition in which stomach contents, including acid, flow back up into the esophagus.

Having to do with the stomach and intestines, or with the whole digestive tract from the mouth to the anus.

The long tube that food passes through, from the mouth to the anus.

A surgically made opening from the stomach through the abdominal wall to the outside, used to feed the patient or to drain the stomach.

A feeding tube placed through the belly wall directly into the stomach.

A number giving the width of a needle, a catheter or a wire, in which a higher number means a thinner one.

A thin, loosely woven fabric, usually cotton, used to make dressings, pads and wraps for wounds.

The way a person shows their gender to others, through clothing, hairstyle, voice, name and behavior.

A person's own inner sense of their gender, whether or not it matches the sex they were assigned at birth.

Drug-induced loss of consciousness and feeling over the whole body, so a person feels nothing and is not aware during surgery.

An anxiety disorder in which a person feels excessive, hard-to-control worry about many everyday things for at least six months.

The fourth step of the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model: choosing goals and the actions that could reach them.

A drug's official name, written in lowercase and owned by no company, such as cefazolin or furosemide.

Relating to the sex organs, especially the outer ones.

A small, soft growth on or around the genitals or anus caused by certain types of human papillomavirus (HPV).

The reproductive organs, especially the external sex organs.

Relating to the genital (reproductive) organs and the urinary organs together.

An aminoglycoside antibiotic, usually given IV or IM, used for serious infections caused by certain bacteria.

A heat-loving bacterium whose spores are used in biological indicators that test steam and hydrogen peroxide sterilization.

Relating to older adults and their health care.

The renal fascia: the outer layer of connective tissue that encloses each kidney, its surrounding fat and the adrenal gland, and anchors them in place.