Author: Glossary

A condition in which a person has sudden pains in the rectum during the night, usually relieved by eating or drinking. Severe rectal or anal pain, usually occurring in young men, possibly as a result of muscular spasms. Intense cramp-like discomfort in the rectal area not associated with any underlying disease. This could result from…

Pain in the lower rectum or anus, caused by neuralgia. Pain in the rectum or emus. In proctalgia fugax severe pain suddenly affects the rectum and may last for minutes or hours; attacks may be days or months apart. There is no structural disease and the pain is probably due to muscle spasm. Relief is…

Movement of an organ downwards. Sinking of an organ. The uterus, for example, may descend into the vagina until most of the uterus lies outside of the vulva. Third-degree prolapse of the uterus and cervix, extending through the introitus. The prolapse or slipping out of place of an organ. The term procidentia usually refers to…

The provision of nursing care based on assessment, problem identification (nursing diagnosis), planning implementation (nursing intervention) and evaluation.  

A child who is difficult to control. A child who exhibits disruptive behavior, often one who has some kind of mental disorder or undiagnosed or untreated handicaps that interfere with learning and so lead to frustration and emotional disturbance.  

Something which is difficult to find an answer to. A medical disorder. An addiction to something. A disease, injury, or any other condition or situation which brings an individual into contact with the health care system. Certain conditions, such as alcoholism, are not admitted by all to be diseases, but they do bring individuals to…

A surgical instrument like a long rod with a brush at one end, formerly used to test and find strictures in the oesophagus and to push foreign bodies into the stomach. A long flexible rod with a small sponge, ball, or tuft at the end, used to remove obstructions from the larynx or esophagus (gullet).…

The genial area (informal).  

By a private practitioner or company, not by the National  Health Service.  

A hospital which takes only paying patients.