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| A medical specialist who diagnoses and treats lung diseases. |
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| to determine the identity of (a disease, illness, etc.) by a medical examination. |
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| A chronic condition in which the heart doesn't pump blood as well as it should. |
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| a condition characterized by an excess of watery fluid collecting in the cavities or tissues of the body. |
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| Seen on a prescription, means three times a day. |
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| q.h.s. quaque hora somni. every night at bedtime. |
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| prn, p.r.n. (in prescriptions) abbreviation for pro re nata, a Latin phrase meaning "as needed." |
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| examination is a routine part of every doctor's examination of the eye, not just the ophthalmologist's |
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| A buildup of fluid between the tissues that line the lungs and the chest. |
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| Infection that inflames air sacs in one or both lungs, which may fill with fluid. |
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| the process of transferring the blood of a person into the veins of another. |
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| Activities of daily living; what one does on a normal daily basis |
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| an acutely disturbed state of mind that occurs in fever, intoxication, and other disorders and is characterized by restlessness, illusions, and incoherence of thought and speech. |
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| A group of thinking and social symptoms that interferes with daily functioning. |
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| having no or insufficient voluntary control over urination or defecation. |
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| Ischemic cardiomyopathy (IC) is a condition that occurs when the heart muscle is weakened. In this condition, the left ventricle, which is the main heart muscle, is usually enlarged and dilated |
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| difficult or labored breathing. |
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