Blood pressure - the pressure of circulating blood against the walls of blood vessels., Pulse - number of times your heart beats in one minute, Respiratory Rate - number of breaths you take per minute, Temperature - specific degree of hotness or coldness of the body, Stethoscope - a medical instrument for listening to the action of someone's heart or breathing, Sphygmomanometer - an instrument for measuring blood pressure, Apena - temporary cessation of breathing, especially during sleep., Auscultatory Gap - period of diminished or absent Korotkoff sounds during the manual measurement of blood pressure., Hyperventilation - breathe or cause to breathe at an abnormally rapid rate, so increasing the rate of loss of carbon dioxide., Oral - relating to the mouth, Rectal - relating to or affecting the rectum., Axillary - relating to the armpit., Tympanic - ear drum, Afebrile - without a fever, Inhalation - act of breathing in, Exhalation - act of breathing out, BMI - Body Mass Index, Fatal - causing death, Dyspnea - difficult or labored breathing, Hpertension - high blood pressure, Systolic - when the heart muscle contracts and pumps blood from the chambers into the arteries., Diastolic - when the heart muscle relaxes and allows the chambers to fill with blood., Chronic - persisting for a long time or constantly recurring, Acute - short acting, Idiopathic - of unknown cause, BPM - Beats Per Minute, Pulse Oximeter - machine that measures the proportion of oxygenated hemoglobin in the blood in pulsating vessels, especially the capillaries of the finger or ea,

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