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Chapter 2.1 Vocab. words
Health Care
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Science
9th Grade
02/14/2014

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Facilities
Definition
Places designed or built to serve a special function.
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Diagnostic
Definition
Pertaining to the determination of the nature of a disease or injury by examining.
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Surgical
Definition
Repairing or removing a body part by cutting.
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Chronic
Definition
Continuing over many years and for a long time.
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Psychiatric
Definition
Pertaining to the mind.
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Geriatric
Definition
A branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and aging people.
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Convalescence
Definition
The gradual recovery of health and strength after illness.
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Ambulatory
Definition
Serving patients who are able to walk.
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Specialties
Definition
Fields of study or professional work.
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Outpatients
Definition
Patients/clients who do not require hospitalization but are under a physician’s care.
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Occupational therapy
Definition
Helps to give people skills for the job of living satisfying lives, such as dealing with job-related injuries.
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Recreational therapy
Definition
Uses play, recreation, and leisure activities to improve physical, cognitive, social, and emotional functioning; the primary goal is to develop lifetime leisure skills.
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Hydrotherapy
Definition
Treatment that uses water therapy for disease or injury.
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Prosthetics
Definition
Artificial parts made for the body (teeth, feet, legs, arms etc.).
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Immunizations
Definition
Substances given to make disease organisms harmless to the patient; may be given orally or by injection (tetanus, polio etc.).
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Communicable
Definition
Capable of passing directly or indirectly from one person or thing to another.
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Maternal
Definition
Relating to the mother or from the mother.
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Licensing
Definition
Giving an agency or person permission to carry on certain activities and telling that they may not do as well as what they are authorized to do.
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Environmental sanitation
Definition
Methods used to keep the environment clean and to promote health.
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Podiatry
Definition
The diagnosis and treatment of foot disorders.
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Hypertension
Definition
Elevation of the blood pressure.
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Endowments
Definition
Gifts of property or money given to a group or organization.
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Refer
Definition
To send to.
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Obstetrics
Definition
The branch of medical science concerned with child birth.
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Orthopedics
Definition
The medical specialty concerned with correcting problems with the skeletal system.
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Chiropractic
Definition
The method of adjusting the segments of the spinal column.
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Urology
Definition
The study of the urine and urinary organs in health and disease.
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Trend
Definition
General direction or movement.
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Managed care
Definition
A care plan or system that seeks to control medical costs by contracting with a network of providers and by requiring preauthorization for visits to specialties.
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Radiology
Definition
The science dealing with x-rays or nuclear radiation.
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Therapeutic
Definition
Pertaining to the treatment of disease or injury ( physical therapy, radiology, diet, nursing etc.).
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