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Abduction |
Movement away from an axis or from the median plane of the body; movement of a body part away from the body. |
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Adduction |
Movement toward an axis or toward the median plane of the body; movement of the body part toward the midline of the body. |
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Blanch |
To become pale |
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Comatose |
Pertaining to or affected with coma; a state of unconsciousness |
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Contracture |
Shortening or tightening of the skin, muscle, fascia, or joint capsule that prevents normal movement or flexibility of the involved structured. |
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Extension |
Movement that increases or straightens the angle between two adjoining body parts or bones. |
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External rotation (lateral) |
Outward turning or pivoting around an axis |
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Flexion |
Movement that decreases the angle between two adjoining body parts or bones |
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Hyperextension |
Extension of a limb or part beyond the normal limit;overextension of a limb or part |
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Internal rotation (medial) |
Inward turning or pivoting around an axis |
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Ischemia |
Deficiency or blood in a part of a body from functional constriction or obstruction of a blood vessel. |
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Ischial tuberosity |
The protuberance of the ischium; the inferior distal portion of the pelvis |
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Maceration |
The softening of a solid by soaking |
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Necrosis |
Morphological changes indicate of cell death |
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Occipital Tuberosity |
The protuberance of the occipital bone, the posterior area of the skull |
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Perineum |
The pelvic floor and associated structures occupying the pelvic outlet |
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Prone |
Lying face downward on the ventral (front) surface of the body; lying on the abdomen and chest |
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Restraint (drug) |
Medication used to control behavior or restrict the patient's freedom of movement that is not a standard treatment for the patient's medical or psychiatric condition |
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Reverse T position |
The position of the upper extremities when they are abducted to 90 degrees and externally rotated at the shoulders, with the elbows flexed at 90 degrees |
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Seclusion |
The involuntary confinement of a person in a room or area where the person is physically prevented from leaving |
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Shear |
An applied force that tends to cause an opposite, but parallel, sliding motion of the planes of an object; to subject to a shear force |
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Spasticity |
Continuous resistance to stretching by a muscle because of abnormally increased tension. |
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Supine |
Lying with the face upward or on the dorsal (back) surface of the body; lying on the back |
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T position |
The position of the upper extremities when when they are abducted to 90 degrees and internally rotated at the shoulders, with the elbows flexed to 90 degrees. |