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MBIC MODULE 130
MEDICAL LAW AND ETHICS UNIT 3
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Medical
Post-Graduate
02/07/2012

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Term
ABO-
Definition
BLOOD GROUP
Term
ALLERGY-
Definition
INDIVIDUAL HYPERSENSITIVITY TO A SUBSTANCE
Term
ANAPHYLAXIS-
Definition
UNUSUAL OR EXAGGERATED ALLERGIC REACTION TO FOREIGN PROTEINS OR OTHER SUBSTANCES.
Term
ANTI-
Definition
AGAINST
Term
AUTO-
Definition
SELF
Term
BLEEDING TIME-
Definition
PUNCTURE OF THE EAR LOBE OR FOREARM TO DETERMINE THE TIME REQUIRED FOR BLOOD TO STOP FLOWING.
Term
COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT-
Definition
BLOOD TEST THAT INCLUDES A HEMATOCRIT, HEMOGLOBIN, RED AND WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT, AND DIFFERENTIAL; USUALLY PART OF A COMPLETE PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AND A GOOD INDICATOR OF HEMATOLOGIC SYSTEM FUNCTIONING.
Term
CPR-
Definition
CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION
Term
DIFF-
Definition
DIFFERENTIAL COUNT
Term
-EDEMA
Definition
SWELLING
Term
EMBOLUS-
Definition
BLOOD CLOT CARRIED IN THE BLOODSTREAM.
Term
-EMIA
Definition
BLOOD CONDITION.
Term
EOSIN/O-
Definition
ROSE-COLORED
Term
-ERGY
Definition
WORK
Term
FIBRIN/O-
Definition
FIBER
Term
-GLOBIN
Definition
GLOBE, PROTECTION
Term
HEMAT/O-
Definition
BLOOD
Term
HEMATOCRIT-
Definition
BLOOD TEST PERFORMED ON THE WHOLE BLOOD TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF IRON-CONTAINING PIGMENT OF THE RED BLOOD CELLS.
Term
HEMATOMA-
Definition
COLLECTION OF BLOOD THAT HAS ESCAPED FROM A VESSEL INTO THE SURROUNDING TISSUES; RESULTS FROM TRAUMA OR INCOMPLETE HEMOSTASIS AFTER SURGERY.
Term
HEMOPHILIA-
Definition
HEREDITARY BLOOD DISEASE CHARACTERIZED BY PROLONGED COAGULATION AND TENDENCY TO BLEED.
Term
HEMORRHAGE-
Definition
EXCESSIVE BLEEDING; BURSTING FORTH BLOOD.
Term
HEMOPSTASIS-
Definition
CONTROL OR STOPPING OF BLEEDING.
Term
Hgb
Definition
-HEMOGLOBIN
Term
HODGKIN'S DISEASE-
Definition
LYMPHOID NEOPLASM; USUALLY MALIGNANT.
Term
HYPERCALCEMIA-
Definition
CONDITION OF EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF CALCIUM IN THE BLOOD.
Term
HYPOXIIA-
Definition
DEFICIENT AMOUNT OF OXYGEN IN THE BLOOD, CELLS, AND TISSUE.
Term
-IA
Definition
CONDITION
Term
IV-
Definition
INTRAVANEOUS.
Term
KAPOSI'S SARCOMA-
Definition
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM THAT CAUSES VIOLACEOUS VASCULARA LESIONS.
Term
LEUK/O-
Definition
WHITE
Term
LEUKEMIA-
Definition
DISEASE OF THE BLOOD CHARACTERIZED OVERPRODUCTION OF LEUKOCYTES.
Term
-LOGY
Definition
STUDY OF
Term
-OSIS
Definition
CONDITION (USUALLY ABNORMAL)
Term
-OXIA
Definition
OXYGEN
Term
-PENIA
Definition
LACK OF, DEFICIENCY
Term
PHAG/O-
Definition
EAT, ENGOLF
Term
-PHYLAXIS
Definition
PROTECTION
Term
PLATELET COUNT-
Definition
TEST TO DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF THROMBOCYTES PRESENT.
Term
POLY-
Definition
MANY
Term
POLYCYTHEMIA-
Definition
CONDITION WITH MANY BLOOD CELLS.
Term
PTT-
Definition
PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME
Term
RADIOIMMUNOASSAY-
Definition
RIA
Term
RBC-
Definition
RED BLOOD COUNTS
Term
SEDIMENTATION RATE-
Definition
BLOOD TEST TO DETERMINE THE RATE AT WHICH RED BLOOD CELLS SETTLE IN A LONG, NARROW TUBE.
Term
SEPTICEMIA-
Definition
PATHOGENIC BACTERIA ARE PRESENT IN THE BLOOD
Term
SICKLE CELL ANEMIA-
Definition
CHARACTERIZED BY EPISODES OF ACUTE PAINFUL CRISIS.
Term
SPLENOMEGALY-
Definition
ENLARGEMENT OF THE SPLEEN
Term
THROMBOSIS-
Definition
FORMATION, DEVELOPMENT OR EXISTENCE OF A BLOOD CLOT WITHIN THE VASCULAR SYSTEM.
Term
TRANSFUSION-
Definition
THE PROCESS IN WHICH BLOOD IS TRANSFERRED FROM PERSON TO ANOTHER.
Term
WBC-
Definition
WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT
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