Category: A

A cough that is brassy and clanging, sometimes heard in patients who have an aortic aneurysm.  

Constipation due to weakness or paralysis of the muscles of the colon and rectum.  

A circumlocution for impaired consciousness (confusion, drowsiness, lethargy, stupor, or coma).  

Conjunctivitis affecting the lateral canthus of the eyelid.  

A contagious viral eye infection marked by rapid onset of pain. It causes swollen eyelids, hyperemia of the conjunctiva, and later subconjunctival hemorrhage. The disease, which is self-limited and for which there is no specific therapy, usually affects both eyes. Several viral agents can cause this disease, including enterovirus 70, echovirus 7, and a variant…

Conjunctivitis resulting from exposure to ultraviolet (actinic) radiation.  

Congestion resulting from increased blood flow to a part or from dilatation of blood vessels.  

The abrupt onset of reversible disturbances of consciousness, attention, cognition, and perception that develop over a short period of time.  

An assessment approach used by occupational therapists to determine an individual’s usual use of time during a typical week. The technique is designed to elicit the person’s perceptions of the nature of daily activities and satisfaction with them.  

The amount of airflow divided by the amount of pressure that produces it; a measure of the ability of the respiratory airways to maintain airflow.