Palabras que empiezan con O

A word ending that means like or resembling.

A word ending that means tumor or mass.

A word ending that means vision or a condition of the eye.

A word ending that means viewing or looking at.

A word ending that means an abnormal condition or process, or an increase.

A word ending that means a surgically made opening, usually to the outside of the body.

A word ending that means cutting into, or a surgical incision.

A word ending that makes an adjective, meaning relating to, having or full of.

A mobile x-ray unit built as an open ring around the patient that makes 3D images in real time during an operation.

Obstetrics and gynecology: the medical specialty for pregnancy, birth and the female reproductive system, or a doctor in it.

Having much more body fat than is healthy, usually defined in adults as a body mass index of 30 or higher.

Information the nurse can observe, measure or test, such as vital signs, exam findings and lab results.

A mental health condition with unwanted thoughts that keep coming back and actions a person feels driven to repeat.

A physician who specializes in the care of people during pregnancy, labor and birth, and just after.

The branch of health care that looks after people during pregnancy, birth and the weeks after birth.

A blockage in a passage of the body, such as an airway, the bowel, a blood vessel or a tube.

A sleep disorder in which the upper airway closes again and again during sleep, stopping or reducing breathing.

A smooth-tipped rod that fits inside a tube, such as a tracheostomy tube or cannula, to guide it in and then is taken out.

Pain in the lower abdomen when the client's bent right hip and knee are rotated inward.

Relating to the back of the head.

The bone that forms the back and most of the base of the skull, with the foramen magnum where the spinal cord joins the brainstem.

The part of the brain at the back of the head that takes in and makes sense of what the eyes see.

A blockage or closing off of a passage, such as a blood vessel, tube or IV line.

Closing something off, or sealed so that air and water cannot pass through.

A dressing that seals a wound or site so air and water cannot pass through.

The US federal agency, part of the Department of Labor, that sets and enforces rules to keep workplaces safe.

A health professional who helps people do the everyday tasks of living and working.

A man-made form of somatostatin, a hormone that slows the release of growth hormone and many gut hormones.

A word root that means eye; ophthalm/o means eye too.

A reflex in which pulling on an eye muscle, or a block behind the eye, slows the heart through the vagus nerve.

Having to do with movement of the eyes; most often refers to the oculomotor nerve, the third cranial nerve.

The third cranial nerve, which moves most of the muscles of the eye, raises the eyelid and narrows the pupil.

An abbreviation that has been used for right eye, for once daily and for overdose.

Surgical removal of a tooth.

A greasy, semisolid preparation, often containing a drug, that is spread on the skin, eyes or mucous membranes.

An abbreviation for orange juice that ISMP advises against in medication orders.

A second-generation antipsychotic drug used for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

A person usually aged 65 or older.

The upper end of the ulna that forms the point of the elbow and receives the tendon of the triceps.

Relating to the sense of smell.

A word root that means few, little or less than normal.

Too little amniotic fluid around the baby during pregnancy.

Making less urine than normal, in an adult below about 400 mL a day.

A small, firm, movable lump about the size and shape of an olive, felt in an infant's upper abdomen.

A kind of healthy unsaturated fat found in oily fish, flaxseed, walnuts and some plant oils.

A double fold of peritoneum hanging from the stomach: the greater omentum like an apron over the intestines, the lesser omentum up to the liver.

A proton pump inhibitor: a drug that lowers the amount of acid the stomach makes.

A word part that means tumor or mass.

The branch of medicine that deals with cancer.

The pull that proteins in the blood, mainly albumin, exert to hold fluid inside the blood vessels.