| A | B |
|---|
| Abrasion | a scraping or rubbing off of the skin |
| Asepsis | the absence of germs |
| Aspiration | to draw fluid or object into the lung when breathing in |
| Cheyne-Stokes | a pattern of breathing in which respirations gradually increase in rate and depth and then become shallow and slow; breathing may stop for 10 to 20 seconds |
| Contusion | an injury that does not break the skin, caused by a blow to the body and characterized by swelling, discoloration, and pain |
| Decubitus Ulcer | an inflammation, sore, or lesion that develops over areas where the skin and tissue underneath are injured due to a lack of blood flow |
| Diaphoresis | excessive sweating |
| Dyspnea | difficulty in breathing |
| Emphysema | respiratory condition in which the elasticity of the alveoli is lost, resulting in difficulty in breathing |
| Expectorate | coughing up matter from respiratory tract and spitting it out |
| Pneumonia | inflammation of the lungs with fluid accumulation in the affected alveoli |
| Hemorrhage | excessive, uncontrolled bleeding |
| Sputum | waste material coughed up from lungs or trachea |
