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Maya Baskerville
Medical Terminolgy
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02/12/2017

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Hematologist
Definition

A medical science that deals with the blood and blood-forming organs.

 

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Pulmonologist
Definition
A specialist in pulmonology.
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Delirium
Definition
A mental distrubance characterized by confusion, disordered speech, and hallucinations.
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Cardiomyopathy.
Definition
Any structure or functional disease of heart muscle that is marked espically by enlargment of the heart, by hypertrophy of cardiac muscle, or by rigidity and loss of fleibility of the heart walls and that may be idopathic or attributable to a specific cause ( such as heart valve disease, untreated high blood pressure, or viral infection)
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Psychotropic
Definition
Acting on the mind.
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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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Effusion
Definition
The escape of fluid from anatomical vessels by rupture or exudation.
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Cardiologist
Definition
The study of the heat and its action and diseases.
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Pleural
Definition
of or relating to the pleura or the sides of the thorax.
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Pneumonia
Definition

an acute disease that is marked by inflmation of the lung tissue.

 

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Anemia
Definition

A condition in which the blood is deficient in red blood cells, in hemoglogin, or in the total volume

 

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Edema
Definition
an abnormal excess accumulation of serous fluid in connective tissure or in a serous cavity
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Fundoscopic
Definition
of, done by, or obtained by ophthalmoscopic examination of the fundus of the eye
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Venous
Definition
full of or characterized by veins
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Sacral
Definition

of, relating to, or lying near the sacrum. (the scral region of the spinal cord)

 

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Diurese
Definition
an increased excertion of urine
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Sputum
Definition
matter expectorated from the respitory system and especially the lings in diseases states that is composed of mucus but may contain pus, blood, fibrin, or microorganisms (as bacteria)
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Dietitian
Definition
a specialist in dietetics
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ADL
Definition
activities of daily living
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