Week 13 Med Terms: Lymphedema & Edema

CDT

Complete Decongestive Therapy

Exudate

fluid filled with high composition of protein and cellular debris that has escaped from blood vessels and is deposited in tissues or tissue surfaces 

I&D

incision & drainage

Maceration

softening of a solid or tissue by soaking

MLD

Manual Lymph Drainage

Slough

a mass of dead tissue in, or cast out from, living tissue

Dysvascular amputation

denotes amputations that are caused or acquired from poor vascular status of a limb

CA

cancer

Afebrile

without fever

febrile

with fever

MVC

Motor Vehicle Collision

Neutropenia

abnormally low white blood cells (and it results in increased susceptibility to bacterial infection)

P.E.

Pulmonary Embolus

PNA

Pneumonia

SBO

Small Bowel Obstruction

UTI

Urinary Tract Infection

Diaphoresis

Excessive Sweating