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Maternal & Child Health Nursing: Care of the Childbearing & Childrearing Family, 7th edition - Glossary

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abortion: - ANS-any interruption of a pregnancy before the fetus is viable (a stage of development that will enable the fetus to survive outside the uterus if born at that time) absorption: - ANS-tr... ansfer of a drug from its point of entry in the body into the bloodstream abstinence: - ANS-refraining from sexual intercourse abstract thought: - ANS-final stage in cognitive thought processes; allows problem solving and creating hypotheses accommodation: - ANS-adjustment of the eye to focus on a close image (ophthalmology); the ability to adapt thought processes to fit what is perceived (Piaget) acculturation: - ANS-the process of losing cultural beliefs and values to those of a dominant society acrocyanosis: - ANS-cyanosis (blue color) in the feet and hands acute bilirubin encephalopathy: permanent damage of brain cells caused when high levels (about 20 mg-100 ml) of indirect bilirubin leave the bloodstream and interfere with the chemical synthesis of brain cells acute pain: - ANS-sharp pain, generally occurring abruptly after an injury acyanotic heart disease: heart or circulatory anomalies that involve either a stricture to the flow of blood or a shunt that moves blood from the arterial to the venous system (oxygenated to unoxygenated blood, or left-to-right shunts) adolescence: - ANS-the time period between 13 years and 18 to 20 years adrenarche: - ANS-pubic and axillary hair that occur with puberty adventitious sounds: extra or abnormal breathing sounds affective learning: learning that involves a change in attitude afterload: - ANS-the resistance against which the cardiac ventricles must pump afterpains: - ANS-intermittent cramping due to uterine contraction during involution in the postpartal period [Show More]

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