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| the branch of medicine concerned with the study, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases related to blood |
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| deals with diseases involving the respiratory tract |
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| branch of medicine dealing with disorders of the heart as well as parts of the circulatory system |
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| the identification of the nature and cause of a certain phenomenon |
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| abnormal accumulation of fluid in the interstitium, located beneath the skin and in the cavities of the body, which can cause severe pain |
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| by mouth, that is, orally |
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| allows a health professional to see inside the fundus of the eye and other structures using an ophthalmoscope (or funduscope) |
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| excess fluid that accumulates in the pleural cavity, the fluid-filled space that surrounds the lungs |
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| an inflammatory condition of the lung affecting primarily the microscopic air sacs known as alveoli |
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| decrease in the total amount of red blood cell or hemoglobin in the blood |
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| process of receiving blood or blood products into one's circulation intravenously. |
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| Electrocardiograph: the process of recording the electrical activity of the heart over a period of time using electrodes placed on the skin |
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| activities of daily living |
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| organically caused decline from a previously attained baseline level of cognitive function. |
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| Right atrial pressure, a term describing the hydraulic pressure in a chamber of the hear |
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| brain diseases that cause a long term and often gradual decrease in the ability to think and remember that is great enough to affect a person's daily functioning |
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| narrowing of the coronary arteries which supply blood to the heart. |
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| having a temperature above the normal range due to an increase in the body's temperature set-point |
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| Yellowish waxy substance secreted in the ear canal of humans |
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| feeling like one cannot breathe well enough |
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| Gastrointestinal, an adjective meaning of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines |
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| left occipitoanterior (fetal position) |
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| Cardiopulmonary resuscitation |
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| —pupils equal and reactive to light |
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| occurring on both sides of an organism |
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