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El diccionario · J · 12 palabras

Palabras que empiezan con J

Nursing and medical terms in plain words: what each one means, how to say it, the word parts it is built from, and why it matters at the bedside.

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progesterone

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proh-JES-tuh-rohn · sustantivo

A female sex hormone that prepares the lining of the uterus for pregnancy and helps keep a pregnancy going, also given as a drug.

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Jackson-Pratt drainJAK-sun PRAT drayn

A closed suction drain whose soft bulb, squeezed flat and capped, makes gentle suction that draws fluid from a wound.

Janeway lesionsEpónimoJAYN-way LEE-zhunz

Small, flat, painless red or reddish-brown spots on the palms or the soles.

jaundiceJAWN-dis

Yellow color of the skin, the whites of the eyes and other tissues from too much bilirubin in the blood.

jawsJAWZ

The working end of a clamp, forceps, needle holder or other hinged instrument: the two parts that close to grip, hold or cut.

jejun/oParte de palabrajeh-JOO-noh

A word root that means the jejunum, the middle section of the small intestine.

jejunumjeh-JOO-num

The second of the three sections of the small intestine; it follows the duodenum and leads into the ileum.

judgmentJUJ-munt

The ability to think a situation through and make sound, safe decisions.

jugularJUG-yuh-ler

Relating to the neck, especially the large veins in the neck.

jugular veinJUG-yuh-ler VAYN

One of the large veins on each side of the neck that carry blood from the head back toward the heart.

jugular vein distentionJUG-yuh-ler VAYN dis-TEN-shun

Neck veins that stay full and bulging when the client sits with the head raised at 30 to 45 degrees.

justiceJUS-tis

The ethical principle of treating people fairly and sharing care and resources fairly.

juxtaglomerular apparatusjuks-tuh-gloh-MER-yuh-lur ap-uh-RAT-us

A small group of cells at each nephron, where the distal tubule touches the arterioles of its own glomerulus, that senses flow and releases renin.