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Kayla Paschall
Medical Termonology
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01/04/2017

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Dyspnea
Definition
Dificult or labored respiration.
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Ischemia
Definition
Deficent supply of blood to a body part (such as the heart or brain) that is due to obstruction of the inflow of arterial blood (as by the narrowing of arteries by spasm oe disease)
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Psychotrpoic
Definition
Acting on the mind (psychotropic drugs)
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Cardiomyopathy
Definition
Any structural or functional disease of heart muscle that is marked especially by enlargment of the heart, by hyperthrophy of cardiac muscle or by rigidty and loss of flexibility of the heart walls and that may be idiopathic or attributable to a specific cause (such as heart valuve disease, untreated high blood pressure, or viral infection.)
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ADL (abbreviation)
Definition
Activities of daily living.
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Hematologist
Definition
Someone in the medial science fieldthat specializes with blood and blood-forming organs
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Cardiologist
Definition
A person that specilizes in the study of the heart and its actions and diseases
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Pulmonologist
Definition
Someone who specilizes in a branch of medicine concerned with 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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Funduscopic
Definition
Of, done by, or obtained by ophthalmoscopic examination of the fundus of the eye
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Pleural effusion
Definition
An exudation of fluid from the blood or lymph into a pleural cavity
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Pnumonia
Definition
An acute disease that is marked by inflammation of the lung tissue and accompanied by inflammation of alveoli and often bronchioles with white blood cells and exudate
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Anemia
Definition
A condition in which the blood is dificient in red blood cells, in hemoglobin or in total volume
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UTI
Definition
Abbreviation for urinary tract infection
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Electrocardiography
Definition
Recorfing of electrical impulses generated in the heart (EKG or ECG)
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Blood transfusion
Definition
A medical treatment in whick someones blood is put into the body of another person
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Delirium
Definition
A mental disturbance charaterizes by confusion, disorded speach, and hallucinations
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Mediastinal
Definition
Of, relating to, or affecting the mediastnum
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RAP
Definition
A hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument
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Dementia
Definition
A (usually) progressive condition marked by the development of multiple cognitive deficits (as memory impairment, aphasia, and inibility to plan and initiate complex behavior)
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