https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/nursing/w/vet-nurse-revision_1/374/nutrition-amp-feeding-glossaryWelcome to the Revision Guide for Student Nurses (Part I) by Vanessa Bird VN. This guide contains notes, self-test questionnaires and practical tasks to help you through your exams (Level 2 NVQ), and to use as a reference afterwards.April 2009. Importen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/nursing/w/vet-nurse-revision_1/374/nutrition-amp-feeding-glossaryFri, 13 Feb 2009 12:46:53 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:fd8034f9-3823-4006-b365-8fffcab7e73fArlo Guthriehttps://www.vetnurse.co.uk/nursing/w/vet-nurse-revision_1/374/nutrition-amp-feeding-glossary#commentsCurrent Revision posted to Revision Guide For Student Nurses - Part 1 by Arlo Guthrie on 2/13/2009 12:46:53 PM<br /> <p><strong>AD LIBITUM</strong> = Free choice feeding</p> <p><strong>ADIPOSE TISSUE</strong> = Fatty tissue</p> <p><strong>ANOREXIA</strong> = Loss of appetite</p> <p><strong>ASCORBIC ACID</strong> = Vitamin C </p> <p><strong>BIOLOGICAL VALUE</strong> = Protein quality</p> <p><strong>CACHECTIC</strong> = Extreme weight loss and subsequent poor bodily condition</p> <p><strong>CAECAL PELLETS</strong> = Moist faecal pellets passed by rabbits at night that are eaten</p> <p><strong>CARAPACE</strong> = The shell of a tortoise or terrapin</p> <p><strong>CIRRHOSIS </strong>= A degenerative change; usually with reference to the liver</p> <p><strong>CRYSTALLURIA</strong> = The formation of crystals in urine</p> <p><strong>DEANIMATION</strong> = A process of hydrolysis taking place in the liver by which amino acids are broken down and urea formed </p> <p><strong>ECLAMPSIA </strong>= Acute toxaemia of pregnancy</p> <p><strong>ELIMINATION DIET</strong> = A diet containing a novel protein source used to diagnose dietary sensitivity and pinpoint the protein to which the animal is unable to tolerate</p> <p><strong>ENOSTOSIS</strong> = A tumour or bony growth within the medullary cavity of a bone</p> <p><strong>GOITRE</strong> = Enlarged thyroid gland</p> <p><strong>HOMEOSTASIS</strong> = A tendency of biological systems to maintain stability while continually adjusting to conditions that are optimal for survival</p> <p><strong>HYPERKALAEMIA</strong> = Excessive blood potassium</p> <p><strong>HYPERKERATOSIS</strong> = Hypertrophy of the horny layers of the skin</p> <p><strong>HYPERNATRAEMIA</strong> = Excessive blood sodium</p> <p><strong>HYPERPLASIA</strong> = Excessive formation of normal cells in a tissue or organ which subsequently increases in size</p> <p><strong>HYPERTENSION</strong> = Consistently high blood pressure</p> <p><strong>HYPERTROPHY</strong> = An increase in the size of a tissue or a structure caused by an increase in the size of the cells that compose it</p> <p><strong>HYPOCALCAEMIA</strong> = Insufficient blood calcium</p> <p><strong>HYPOKALAEMIA</strong> = Insufficient blood potassium</p> <p><strong>HYPONATRAEMIA</strong> = Insufficient blood sodium</p> <p><strong>LIFE STAGE DIET</strong> = A diet designed to meet the nutritional requirements of an animal at a certain period of its life</p> <p><strong>MALOCCLUSION</strong> = An abnormality of dental development causing overlapping of the bite</p> <p><strong>MEGA-OESOPHAGUS</strong> = Flaccid dilation of the oesophagus impairing the passage of food from the pharynx to the stomach</p> <p><strong>METABOLISM</strong> = The sum of the physical and chemical processes by which living organised substance is built up and maintained (anabolism), and by which large molecules are broken down into smaller molecules to make energy available to the organism (catabolism)</p> <p><strong>NUTRIENT</strong> = Food; any substance that nourishes</p> <p><strong>NUTRITION</strong> = The sum of the processes involved in the taking in of nutrients and assimilating and utilising them</p> <p><strong>OBESITY</strong> = Describes an animal 15% or more over its optimum weight</p> <p><strong>PANCREATITIS</strong> = Inflammation of the pancreas</p> <p><strong>PANSTEATITIS</strong> = Yellow fat disease</p> <p><strong>PICA</strong> = Depraved appetite</p> <p><strong>POLYDIPSIA</strong> = Increased thirst</p> <p><strong>RETINOL</strong> = Vitamin A</p> <p><strong>RICKETS</strong> = A nutritional disease caused by deficiency of vitamin D; this leads to altered calcium and phosphorous metabolism which consequently disturbs the ossification of bone</p> <p><strong>THERMOGENESIS</strong> = The production of heat</p> <p><strong>UROLITHIASIS</strong> = The formation of calculi in the urinary tract</p> <p><strong>VENTRICULUS</strong> = Gizzard</p> <p><strong>VOLVULUS SYNDROME</strong> = Twisting of a loop of bowel causing obstruction </p><div style="clear:both;"></div>