[...]... spasms of the extremities, which may cause deformity(s) acro-osteolysis That genetic condition of unknown etiology, in which there is dissolution of the tips of the fingers and toes of young children acropachy Clubbing of the digits — often a sign of cardiopathy acropachyderma Thickening of the skin, accompanied by anomalies of the long bones and clubbing of the fingers acroparesthesia Numbness of the extremities... degeneration of the liver adiposuria Lipuria — fat cells in the urine adipsia Adipsy, aposia — absence of the thirst sensation adjustment disorder The maladaptive response(s) to stress Symptoms may abate when the stress response lifts, or when a new level of coping is learned adjuvant therapy In immunology, that substance which increases the antigenic response In oncology, the addition of another form of therapy... remyelination, before time runs out for these children Until then, symptomatic therapy is their main comfort adrenolytic That which interferes with the action of epinephrine adrenomegaly Hypertrophied adrenal glands adrenotoxin That what is poisonous to the adrenal glands adrenotropic An agent of adrenal gland stimulation and nourishment adsternal Toward or near the breastbone 10 adterminal That toward the end... protocol of the anesthesiologist ice anesthesia Frost anesthesia, in which ice and/or a volatile liquid are applied to the surgi- 18 cal site mixed anesthesia The use of multiple agents neuroleptic anesthesia Adjunctive use of a narcotic, nitrous oxide, analgesia, oxygen, and a neuroleptic agent to achieve total loss of consciousness open anesthesia Anesthesia dripped onto a mask over the patient's... antasthenic That agent which relieves weakness while strengthening the organism antecubital fossa The volar surface of the elbow antegrade That which flows in the same direction ante mortem statement A deathbed statement made by the patient antenatal surgery Procedures carried out on the fetus in utero Still in its pioneer stages, results have been promising* despite the risks anthelmintic Anthelminthic,... caregivers say "They're the lucky ones." rape The forced sexual assault which results in the destroyed innocence of children If this includes sodomy, the child is placed at risk for lethal rectal hemorrhage To oppose the perpetrator's conspiracy of silence, small children are taught to "Yell and tell!" sexual abuse The most common cause of precocious sexuality Children do not make up such accounts The child... of the hands and head acephalogastria Developmental absence of the upper abdomen, chest and head acephalopodia Congenital absence of the feet and head If the parents are willing to hold and rock their ancephalic neonate (or other dying infant), they should be permitted to do so acephalorhachia Congenital absence of the head, spinal column, and feet acephalostomia The developmental transposition of the. .. block anesthesia Basal/local/conduction/infiltration/neural/regional anesthesia This renders local insensibility over the entire area required caudal anesthesia Regional insensibility is achieved from intrathecal injection of an agent into the epidural space central anesthesia Pathological insensitivity caused by a central nervous system lesion(s) closed anesthesia Inhalation anesthesia — the rebreathing... acephalostomia The developmental transposition of the mouth opening to another part of the body, in the absence of the head acephalothoracia Congenital absence of the chest and head acephalus Acephalism, acephalia — congenital absence of the head acetabulum The center of the innominate bone (at its concavity), in which the head of the femur articulates acetaminophen toxicity Poisoning by this highly available... patient's nose and mouth Ether lost its popularity due to the discovery of its hepatic toxicity pudendal anesthesia An obstetrical block which affords sufficient loss of local sensation without depressing the respirations of the delivering infant This precision technique requires that the mother be in control of her emotions, in order to cooperate refrigeration anesthesia Immersion of the body or extremity . achieve remyelination, before time runs out for these children. Until then, symptomatic therapy is their main comfort. adrenolytic That which interferes with the action of . erodes the person and the psyche. In comforting these victims, the nurse needs to guard against using psychobabble. In prenatal abuse, the fetus