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Daijniai Jordan
Medical Termonolgy
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07/14/2016

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Pulmonologist
Definition
A medical speciality that deals with diseases involving the respiratory tract.
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Hematologist
Definition
The study of blood in health and disease.
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Cardiologist
Definition
A doctor with special training and skill in finding of the heart and blood vessels.
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Fundoscopic
Definition
Examination is a routine part of every doctor's examination of the eye.
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Pleural effusion
Definition
An abnormal amount of fluid around the lung.
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Pneumonia
Definition
Is a inflammatory condition of the lung affecting primarily the microscopic air sacs.
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Anemia
Definition
Defined as a decrease in the amount of red blood cells.
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Blood transfusion
Definition
Generally the process of receiving blood.
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EKG
Definition
The process of recording that you electrical activity of the heart over a period of time.
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CBC
Definition
Blood test used to evaluate your overall health.
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Delirium
Definition
Serious disturbance in mental abilities that results in confused thinking.
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Ischemic cardiomyopathy
Definition
A condition that occurs when the heart muscle is weakened.
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Fever
Definition
Having a temperature above normal range.
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Hydroactive
Definition
Dressing to pressure ulcer healed.
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CPR
Definition
And emergency procedure that combines chest compression.
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Lateral
Definition
Relating to the side.
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Bilateral
Definition
Having or relating to two sides.
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Mediastinal
Definition
The part of that says that lies between the sternum is spinal column.
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Diagnosis
Definition
The identification of the nature of an Illiness.
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Jehovah's Witness
Definition
A religious domination that a face the millennium to begin within a very few years.
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