Palabras que empiezan con K

A word root that means potassium, from its Latin name kalium.

A cancer that starts in the cells lining the blood and lymph vessels.

An illness of young children in which the walls of medium-sized blood vessels throughout the body become inflamed.

Exercises that strengthen the pelvic floor muscles by squeezing and relaxing them.

Pain at the tip of the left shoulder that is referred there from the abdomen.

A raised, firm overgrowth of scar tissue that spreads beyond the edges of the original wound.

A word root that means horny tissue (keratin, as in skin and nails) or the cornea of the eye.

A disease in which the cornea thins and bulges forward into a cone, blurring and distorting vision.

A corneal transplant: replacing a scarred or cloudy cornea, in full or in part, with clear donor cornea.

Short, thin horizontal lines near the outer edges of the lower lungs on a chest x-ray.

A form of permanent brain damage in which bilirubin is deposited in a newborn's brain tissue.

Pain or resistance in the back of the thigh when the knee is straightened while the hip is bent at a right angle.

A word part that means ketones, acids the body makes when it burns fat for fuel.

A dissociative anesthetic drug used for anesthesia, procedural sedation and some kinds of pain.

A state in which ketones build up in the blood and make it too acidic.

An azole antifungal drug used mostly as a cream or shampoo, and rarely as a pill.

An acid made by the liver when the body burns fat for energy instead of glucose.

A strong NSAID pain drug, given by injection, by mouth or as a nasal spray, for short-term moderate to severe pain.

Kilogram: a metric unit of weight equal to 1,000 grams, or about 2.2 pounds.

A stainless steel bucket on a low wheeled frame, moved with the foot, that collects used counted sponges during a case.

One of two bean-shaped organs in the back of the belly that filter the blood and make urine.

An infection of one or both kidneys; the medical word is pyelonephritis.

A crossbar built into the middle of an OR table that rises under the patient to raise and open the flank or upper abdomen.

A hard, pebble-like lump of minerals that forms inside the kidney.

A word root that means movement.

A small, tightly rolled cotton sponge, mounted on a clamp, used to push tissue apart in blunt dissection.

Pain felt in or around the knee joint.

A position in which the patient kneels with the thighs upright and the head and upper chest resting down on the table.

The reusable metal handle that holds a disposable scalpel blade; its number tells which blades fit it.

How well a suture knot holds without slipping or coming undone.

Tiny white or bluish-white spots on a red base on the inside of the cheeks.

The tapping sounds heard through a stethoscope over an artery as a blood pressure cuff is let down.

A long-lasting brain disorder of memory that results from a severe lack of thiamine (vitamin B1).

A prone position with the hips over the table's middle break and the table bent so the hips are highest and the head and feet lower.

A laser that passes an Nd:YAG beam through a potassium titanyl phosphate crystal, halving its wavelength to visible green light at 532 nm.

A macrophage that lives in the blood channels of the liver and eats bacteria, worn-out blood cells and debris.

A breathing pattern of deep, rapid, labored breaths at an even pace.

A word part that means a hump or a forward curve.

An outward curve of the upper spine that makes the back look rounded or hunched.

Five stages that people facing death or grieving a loss may pass through: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance.