Category: E

An orthopedic test of the shoulder, used to determine the integrity of the supraspinatus muscle. With the patient sitting or standing, the shoulder is fully internally rotated, abducted to 90 degrees, and placed in 30 degrees of forward flexion, as if emptying a beverage can. The patient then attempts to maintain this position against resistance.…

A form of spasm in which the body is flexed forward, sometimes seen in tetanus and strychnine poisoning. Opposite of opisthotonos.  

Use of antibiotics to treat an infection before the specific causative organism has been identified with laboratory tests.  

The intense itching that accompanies poison ivy dermatitis involving the anal area.  

The presence of cells of one type within the cytoplasm of cells of another lineage. One example of emperipolesis is erythrophagocytosis.  

The ability of a substance or surface to emit radiant energy.  

The process of movement of intracellular material to the outside. Granules join the cell membrane, which ruptures to allow the substance to be free in the intercellular fluid.  

The passage of white blood cells through the walls of capillaries and into surrounding tissue during inflammation.  

In anthropology and transcultural nursing, rel. to a type of disease analysis that focuses on the culture of the patient. The emic perspective emphasizes the subjective experience and cultural beliefs pertinent to the illness experience. For example, in psychiatric settings in the southeastern U.S., many patients believe that their illness is caused by a spell…

The study of the anatomy and physiology of vomiting.