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April Pursell
Medical Terminology
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07/07/2016
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Term
PA
 Definition
PATHOLOGY
Term
PATHOLOGY
 Definition
The study of the essential nature diseases and esp. of the structural and functional changes produced by them.
Term
Path/o
 Definition
disease
Term
-ology
 Definition
study of
Term
Bilateral
 Definition
relating to or affecting the tight and left sides of the body or the right and left members of paired organs.
Term
BI-
 Definition
life, living organisms or tissue
Term
-al
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
Hemat-
 Definition
blood
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-ologist
 Definition
specialist
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Hematologist
 Definition
specialist of blood
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lateral
 Definition
relating to the side esp of body part
Term
TID
 Definition
Three times a day
Term
BM
 Definition
bowel movement
Term
C/O
 Definition
CHECK OUT
Term
CHF
 Definition
congestive heart failure
Term
EKG
 Definition
Electrocardiogram
Electrocardiograph
Electrocardiography
Term
ER
 Definition
EMERGENCY ROOM
Term
PRN
 Definition
AS NEEDEE
Term
SOB
 Definition
Shortness of breathe
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po
 Definition
by mouth
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prn
 Definition
as needed
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qhs
 Definition
at bedtime
each bedtime
hours of sleep
Term
Pulmonologist
 Definition
specialist in study of the lungs
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