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Danielle Scantling
Medical Terminology
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07/06/2016

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Hematologist
Definition
a medical specialist who studies blood cells and blood forming organs.
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Cardiologist
Definition
a medical specialist who studies the heart.
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Plumonologist
Definition
a medical specialist who diagnoses and treats lung diseases.
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Hematologist
Definition
a medical specialist who studies blood cells and blood forming organs.
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Cardiologist
Definition
a medical specialist who studies the heart.
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Plumonologist
Definition
a medical specialist who diagnoses and treats lung diseases.
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Diagnosis
Definition
the identification of the nature of an illness or other problem by examination of the symptoms.
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pleural
Definition
membrane that enfolds the lungs
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pneumonia
Definition
inflammation of the lungs
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fundoscopic
Definition
examination of the eye
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edema
Definition
a condition characterized by an excess of watery fluid collecting in the cavities or tissues of the body
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transfusion
Definition
transferring blood or other fluids
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ADL
Definition
active daily living
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Dementia
Definition
a chronic disorder of the mental processes caused by brain disease
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cardiomyopathy
Definition
disease of the heart muscle
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HCL
Definition
hydrochloric acid
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CPR
Definition
cardiopulmonary resuscitation
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mediastinal
Definition
a median septum or partition between two parts of an organ, or paired cavities of the body
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bilateral
Definition
having or relating to two sides; affecting both sides
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Lateral
Definition
of, at, toward, or from the side or sides
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Hydroactive
Definition
various materials used for covering and protecting
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leukocytes
Definition
white blood cells
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ischemic
Definition
deficient supply of blood to a body part that is due to obstruction of the inflow of arterial blood
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