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| Specailist who studys the Blood |
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| Opthalmoscopy, also called funduscopy is a test that allows health professional to see inside the fundus of the eye and other stuctures. |
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| Build up of excess fluid between the layers of pleura outside the lungs. |
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| An acutely disturbed state of mind. |
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| Is a condition where the heart muscle is abnormal. |
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| Relating to or denoting drugs that affect a person's mental state. |
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| Wafer-type dressings that contain hydroactive particles which, when in contact with wound exudate, form a fluid/gel environment over the wound bed. |
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| therapy based on engagement in meaningful activities of daily life. |
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| pupils equal and reactive to light |
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| is a mid-level medical practitioner who works under the supervision of a licensed doctor. |
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| 2 : having two sides. 3 a : of, relating to, or affecting the right and left sides of the body or the right and left members of paired organ. |
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| A membranous partition between two body cavities or two parts of an organ, especially that between the lungs. |
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| of, at, toward, or from the side or sides. |
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| A gastrostomy tube is a tube inserted through the abdomen that delivers nutrition directly to the stomach. |
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| abbervation for bowel movement. |
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| ADL - activity in daily lives |
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| The things we normally do in daily living including any daily activity we perform for self-care such as feeding ourselves, bathing, dressing, grooming, work, homemaking, and leisure. |
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| CHF- congestive heart failure |
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| heart failure in which the heart is unable to maintain adequate circulation of blood in the tissues of the body or to pump out the venous blood returned to it by the venous circulation. |
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