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Medical Terminology
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01/03/2017

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Hematologist
Definition
A medical science that deals with the blood and blood-forming organs.
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Cardiologist
Definition
The study of the heart and its action and diseases.
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Pulmonologist
Definition
A specialist in the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of the lungs.
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Diagnosis
Definition
The art or act of identifying a disease from its signs and symptoms
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PRN
Definition
Pro re nata - use when necessary
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PO
Definition
by mouth
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Fundoscopic
Definition
of, done by, or obtained by ophthalmoscopic examination of the fundus of the eye
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Pneumonia
Definition
A disease of the lungs characterized especially by inflammation and consolidation of lung tissue followed by resolution and by fever, chills, cough, and difficulty in breathing and that is caused especially by infection.
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Blood Transfusion
Definition
A medical treatment in which someone's blood is put into the body of another person.
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CBC
Definition
complete blood count
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EKG
Definition
electrocardiogram
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Delirium
Definition
An acute mental disturbance characterized by confused thinking and disrupted attention usually accompanied by disordered speech and hallucinations
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Dementia
Definition
A usually progressive condition (as Alzheimer's disease) marked by the development of multiple cognitive deficits (as memory impairment, aphasia, and inability to plan and initiate complex behavior)
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Cardiomyopathy
Definition
Any of several structural or functional diseases of heart muscle marked especially by hypertrophy and obstructive damage to the heart
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CPR
Definition
cardiopulmonary resuscitation
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mediastinal
Definition
of, relating to, or affecting the mediastinum
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bilateral
Definition
of, relating to, or affecting the right and left sides of the body or the right and left members of paired organs
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Fever
Definition
a rise of body temperature above the normal whether a natural response (as to infection) or artificially induced for therapeutic reasons
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cerumen
Definition
The yellow waxy secretion from the glands of the external ear
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UTI
Definition
urinary tract infection
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