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Medical Terminology
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Undergraduate 1
01/06/2017

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Hematologist
Definition
A Hemotologist is a specialist in the science or study of blood.
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Cardiologist
Definition
A heart doctor.
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Diagnosis
Definition
The act of identifying a disease from its signs and symptoms.
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Pulmonologist
Definition
A medical specialty that deals with diseases involving the respiratory tract.
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Edema
Definition
A condition characterized by an excess of watery fluid collecting in the cavities or tissues of the body.
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Fundoscopic
Definition
Visual examination of the eye.
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Pleural Effusion
Definition
Excess fluid that accumulates in the pleural cavity, the fluid-filled space that surrounds the lungs.
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Pneumonia
Definition
Infection that inflames air sacs in one or both lungs, which may fill with fluid.
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Anemia
Definition
a condition marked by a deficiency of red blood cells or of hemoglobin in the blood, resulting in pallor and weariness.
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Blood Transfusion
Definition
A safe, common procedure in which blood is given to you through an intravenous (IV) line in one of your blood vessels.
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Delirium
Definition
An acutely disturbed state of mind that occurs in fever, intoxication, and other disorders and is characterized by restlessness, illusions, and incoherence of thought and speech.
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Dementia
Definition
A chronic or persistent disorder of the mental processes caused by brain disease or injury and marked by memory disorders, personality changes, and impaired reasoning.
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Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
Definition
A term used to describe patients whose heart can no longer pump enough blood to the rest of their body due to coronary artery disease.
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CPR
Definition
An emergency procedure that combines chest compression often with artificial ventilation in an effort to manually preserve intact brain function until further measures are taken to restore spontaneous blood circulation and breathing in a person who is in cardiac arrest.
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LOA
Definition
left occipitoanterior (fetal position) lysis of adhesions
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UA
Definition
urinalysis unstable angina
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UTI
Definition
An infection of the kidney, ureter, bladder, or urethra.
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Lateral
Definition
In anatomy, the side of the body or a body part that is farther from the middle or center of the body
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Bilateral
Definition
"on both sides"
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Mediastinal
Definition
the area in the chest between the lungs that contains the heart, part of the windpipe (the trachea), the esophagus, and the great vessels including the ascending aorta and right and left pulmonary arteries—essentially all of the organs in the chest except the lungs.
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