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| a member of a Christian movement (the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society) founded in the US by Charles Taze Russell (1852–1916). Jehovah's Witnesses deny many traditional Christian doctrines (including the divinity of Christ). and refuse military service and blood transfusion on religious grounds. |
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| of or relating to Asia or its people, customs, or languages. |
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| of or relating to Spain or to Spanish-speaking countries, especially those of Latin America. |
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| branch of medicine concerned with the study, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases related to blood. |
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| physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary (lung) conditions and diseases. |
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| A cardiologist is a heart doctor. He or she is the one to visit if you feel a tightness in your chest and shortness of breath. |
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emergency room;
a hospital room or area staffed and equipped for the reception and treatment of persons with conditions (as illness or trauma) requiring immediate medical care |
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| swelling caused by excess fluid trapped in your body's tissues. |
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"3 times a day";
stems from Latin "ter in die" |
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| "quantity not sufficient"; |
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Abbreviation for L. pro re nata, as the occasion arises;
when necessary |
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examination;
is a routine part of every doctor's examination of the eye, not just the ophthalmologist's. It consists exclusively of inspection. One looks through the ophthalmoscope, which is simply a light with various optical modifications, including lenses. |
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| sometimes referred to as “water on the lungs,” is the build-up of excess fluid between the layers of the pleura outside the lungs. The pleura are thin membranes that line the lungs and the inside of the chest cavity and act to lubricate and facilitate breathing. |
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| lung inflammation caused by bacterial or viral infection, in which the air sacs fill with pus and may become solid. Inflammation may affect both lungs ( double pneumonia ), one lung ( single pneumonia ), or only certain lobes ( lobar pneumonia ). |
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| 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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| the process of transferring the blood of a person into the veins of another |
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| the identification of the nature of an illness or other problem by examination of the symptoms. |
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