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| A physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating diseases of the blood. |
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| a medical specialist who diagnoses and treats lung diseases |
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| inflammation of the lungs with congestion |
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| a condition in which the blood is deficient in red blood cells, in hemoglobin, or in total volume |
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| sudden severe confusion due to rapid changes in brain function that occur with physical or mental illness |
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| loss of mental ability severe enough to interfere with normal activities of daily living, lasting more than six months, not present since birth, and not associated with a loss or alteration of consciousness. |
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refers to any disease of the heart muscle.
cardi/o-combining form meaning heart.
my/o -combining form meaning muscle.
pathy-suffix meaning disease. |
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| affecting mental activity, behavior, or perception, as a mood-altering drug. |
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| having two sides; pertaining to both sides. |
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| making no contribution to a medical diagnosis |
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| A backward flowing. For example, vomiting is a regurgitation of food from the stomach, and the sloshing of blood back into the heart when a heart valve is incompetent is a regurgitation of blood |
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| of, relating to, or being conscious intellectual activity (as thinking, reasoning, remembering, imagining, or learning words) |
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| Activities of daily living |
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| An inadequate supply of blood to a part of the body, caused by partial or total blockage of an artery. |
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| as needed, when necessary. |
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