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| is the branch of medicine concerned with the study, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases related to blood |
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| the study of the heart and of diseases that affect the heart |
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| a hospital area equipped and staffed for the prompt treatment of acute illness, trauma, or other medical emergencies. |
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| a condition characterized by an excess of watery fluid collecting in the cavities or tissues of the body. |
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| is a routine part of every doctor's examination of the eye,which is simply a light with various optical modifications, including lenses. |
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the process of transferring the blood of a person into the veins of another.
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An electrocardiogram (EKG)is a test that checks for problems with the electrical activity of your heart. An EKG shows the heart's electrical activity as line tracings on paper. The spikes and dips in the tracings are called waves. The heart is a muscular pump made up of four chambers .
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| A complete blood count (CBC) is a blood test used to evaluate your overall health and detect a wide range of disorders, including anemia, infection and leukemia. A complete blood count test measures several components and features of your blood, including: Red blood cells, which carry oxygen |
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| A NAS diet is still a balanced diet. It includes grains, fruits, dairy products, meat and vegetables, but the choices you make must be lower-sodium choices. The NAS diet allows all milk, all yogurt, all fruits and all breads without salted tops. Vegetables must be fresh or frozen and not canned or pickled. |
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| Medical Definition of congestive heart failure. : heart failure in which the heart is unable to maintain adequate circulation of blood in the tissues of the body or to pump out the venous blood returned to it by the venous circulation—compare coronary failure. |
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| the state of being diminished, weakened, or damaged, especially mentally or physically |
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| The things we normally do in daily living including any daily activity we perform for self-care such as feeding ourselves, bathing, dressing, grooming, work, homemaking, and leisure |
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| Shortness of breath: Difficulty in breathing. Medically referred to as dyspnea. Shortness of breath can be caused by respiratory (breathing passages and lungs) or circulatory (heart and blood vessels) conditions and other conditions such as severe anemia or high fever. See also dyspnea |
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chronic disease of the heart muscle.
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| relating to or denoting drugs that affect a person's mental state. |
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| to move from place to place : walk. |
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| HCl that is a strong corrosive irritating acid, is normally present in dilute form in gastric juice |
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| technical term for earwax |
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| difficult or labored breathing. |
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