Category: N

Forceps for grasping and holding a needle.  

A dilated cyst of the glands of the cervix uteri.  

A groove in the cutaneous tissue surrounding the margins and proximal edges of the nail. Folds of normal skin that surround the natural nail plate.  

Fever associated with an abnormally low neutrophil level, usually caused by infection. This condition is treated with empirical antibiotic therapy pending the results of cultures. Neutropenia may be caused by many diseases and conditions, including chemotherapy, radiation exposure, aplastic anemia, bone marrow infiltration from malignancy, and complications of bone marrow transplantation. The risk of potentially…

A lymphokine that attracts neutrophils, but not other white blood cells, and causes proteolytic damage in sepsis and trauma.  

Brainteasers, association tasks, calculations, puzzles, and other mental and physical exercises designed to stimulate thinking, problem solving, and other cerebral functions.  

Euthanasia provided to an incompetent person according to a surrogate’s decision.  

A system of principles governing the conduct of a nurse. It deals with the relationship of a nurse to the patient, the patient’s family, associates and fellow nurses, and society at large.  

The raised red scaly rash characteristic of glucagonoma.  

A situation where a balance between nitrogen excretion and nitrogen intake are equal.