Category: I

A law stating that the intensity of radiation or light at any distance is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the irradiated surface and a point source. Thus, a light with a certain intensity at a 4-ft distance will have only one-fourth that intensity at 8 ft and would be four times…

A lamp that develops a high temperature, emitting infrared rays; a heat lamp. The rays penetrate only a short distance (5 to 10 mm) into the skin. Its principal effect is to cause heating of the skin.  

Part of the articulation of the pubic bones, connecting the opposing surfaces of these bones.  

The bone lamella filling the irregular spaces within the haversian system.  

A space in the placenta occupied by maternal blood and into which fetal placenta villi project.  

Labor completed by mechanical means, such as the use of forceps. The baby is delivered using midwifery forceps.  

A nurse educator and theorist who developed King’s Conceptual System (formerly called the General Systems Framework) and the Theory of Goal Attainment.  

A deep form of non-suppurative keratitis with vascularization, occurring usually in syphilis and rarely in tuberculosis. It commonly occurs between ages 5 and 15. Symptoms include pain, photophobia, lacrimation, and loss of vision. Inflammation affecting the layers that make up the cornea, or interstitial pregnancy.  

Articulations formed by the carpal bones in relation to one another.  

An inflammation of the spinal cord in the lumbar region.