Glossary of Terms

Ibuprofen

• A non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) used to relieve pain and swelling that occurs in the joints of the body.

Incentive spirometer

• Small hand-held tool with a breathing tube and air chamber that is used to measure how well you are filling your lungs with each breath; used when recovering from surgery to help keep lungs active.

Inflammation

• The way the body reacts to injury; redness, warmth, swelling and pain usually occur.

Injury

• Wound, hurt, trauma. Usually from accidental forces.

Internal Fixation

• A surgical procedure that stabilizes and joins the ends of broken bones by mechanical devices such as metal plates, pins, rods, wires or screws.

Intravenous

• Also called IV; a solution or medication is administered intravenously (through a vein).