Palabras que empiezan con W

An initial surgical count that is skipped because the patient's life cannot wait for it, as in a major emergency.

A light metal frame with four legs, with or without wheels, that a person holds while walking for support and balance.

An oral anticoagulant drug that lowers the blood's ability to clot by blocking the use of vitamin K.

A heated cabinet, usually in the substerile room, that keeps IV and irrigation fluids, and in some ORs blankets, warm until use.

A small, rough, harmless growth on the skin caused by a human papillomavirus (HPV) infection.

A machine that cleans instruments with jets of water and detergent, then disinfects them with a hot water rinse.

A container for ordinary trash.

A strong, bounding pulse that rises very quickly and then falls away suddenly.

A blood test that counts the five types of white blood cells and gives each as a percentage of the total.

A loss of muscle strength, so that moving a part of the body takes more effort or cannot be done.

A drop in body weight, whether planned or not.

A routine check-up for a healthy child to follow growth and development, give vaccines and screen for problems.

A state of being healthy, comfortable and content in body, mind and social life.

A raised, red or pale, often itchy area on the skin; also called a wheal.

The name of a German neurologist, used in Wernicke encephalopathy (from low thiamine) and Wernicke aphasia (trouble understanding language).

A sudden, serious brain disorder that results from a severe lack of thiamine (vitamin B1).

A sterilized package with dampness, droplets or puddles on or in it after the cycle; it is treated as contaminated.

Moist gauze packed into a wound and left to dry, so that dead tissue comes away with it when it is pulled off.

A raised, red or pale, itchy bump on the skin that comes and goes; a single hive.

A high-pitched, whistling sound made as air moves through narrowed airways.

A pancreaticoduodenectomy: removal of the head of the pancreas, the duodenum, the gallbladder and the lower bile duct, for cancer.

Three findings together: symptoms of low blood sugar, a low blood glucose measured at that time, and relief when the glucose is raised.

Setting an endoscopic camera to what white looks like through its scope and light cord, so every other color shows true on the monitor.

A blood cell that is part of the immune system and helps the body fight infection and other foreign material.

A blood test that counts the white blood cells, the cells that fight infection, in a sample of blood.

Tissue of the brain and spinal cord made mostly of nerve fibers (axons), white from their fatty myelin.

Donated blood with nothing taken out: red cells, plasma, platelets and clotting factors together, in a bag with an anticoagulant.

A grain that still has all three parts of the kernel, the bran, germ and endosperm.

Women, Infants, and Children: a US government program giving healthy food, nutrition advice and breastfeeding support to families with low incomes.

A cancer of the kidney that develops in young children.

The physical and mental symptoms that occur when a person stops or cuts down a substance the body has come to depend on.

A charting phrase meaning a finding or test result falls inside the expected range.

The core part of a medical word, which usually names the body part or system the word is about, such as hepat (liver) in hepatitis.

The United Nations agency that leads international work on public health.

An old word for a plant or herb, still found in the names of herbal remedies such as St. John's wort.

A break or injury in the skin or the tissue under it.

The cleaning, protecting and dressing of a wound to help it heal and to prevent infection.

The CDC's four classes of surgical wound, from I (clean) to IV (dirty or infected), set by how contaminated the wound became and so its infection risk.

Bringing the edges of a wound together, layer by layer, with suture, staples, adhesive strips or skin glue so it can heal.

A lab test that grows germs from a wound sample to find out which bacteria or fungi are there and which drugs will kill them.

The body's process of repairing damaged skin and tissue.

Flushing a wound with a steady stream of fluid, usually sterile normal saline, to wash out debris and germs.

A wound treatment that uses a sealed dressing connected to a suction pump to draw fluid out and help the wound heal.

A synthetic vascular graft of tightly woven polyester (Dacron) fabric, strong and low-leaking, used mainly to replace large arteries such as the aorta.

A crease or fold, either in the skin or in fabric such as bed sheets.

A band worn on a client's wrist that shows their identifying details, and sometimes alerts such as allergies.

Surgery or another invasive procedure done at the wrong place on the body, including on the wrong side.