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Erica Besco
Medical Terminology Mod 1 1/4/17
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Medical
Undergraduate 1
01/08/2017

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Term
Combining Form
Definition
The wordroot with an addition of a vowel at the end
Term
Suffix
Definition
Found ath the ned of a word and is used to describe the procedure, condidition, disorder or disease
Term
Prefix
Definition
Beginning of a wod that usually identifies locatio, time, number or status of  the medical word
Term
BP
Definition
Blood Pressure
Term
SOB
Definition
Shortness Of Breath
Term
CPR
Definition
Cardiopulmonary resucitation
Term
Diarrhea
Definition
Loose watery bowel movements
Term
Hemotologists
Definition
Study of blood
Term
Cardiologist
Definition
Study of the heart
Term
Diagnosis
Definition
The identification of a problem or illness
Term
Fundoscopic
Definition
examination of the eye vessels
Term
pneumonia
Definition
infection in the lungs
Term
anemia
Definition
blood does not contain enough healthy red blood cells
Term
EKG
Definition
Electrical Cardiodiagram
Term
delirium
Definition
Disturbance in mental abilities, may cause confussion or unaware of surroundings
Term
PT
Definition
Physical therapy
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Dyspnea
Definition
Shortness of breath
Term
ml
Definition
milileter, unit of measurement
Term
Hydroactive
Definition
dressing to pressure ulcer until it has healed
Term
G-Tube
Definition
Gastrostomy, a dube inserted directly into the abdomen to deliver nutrition directlyto the stomach
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