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| A physician who specializes in disorders of the respiratory system. |
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| A physician who specializes in diseases of the blood. |
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| A physician who specializes in disorders of the cardiovascular system. |
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| Inflammation of the lungs, usually due to infection with bacteria, viruses, or other pathogenic organisms. |
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| A deficiency of erythrocytes or hemoglobin in the blood. it is not a disease but a symptom of other illnesses. |
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| A device for examining the fundus of the eye. |
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| Infusion of blood or blood products from one person (donor) to another person(recipient) |
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| Series of tests that includes hemoglobin, hematocrit, red and white blood cell counts, and differential(diff)count, also called hemogram. |
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| 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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| An acutely disturbed state of mind that occurs in fever, intoxication, and other disorders and is characterized by restlessness, illusions, and incoherence of thought and speech. |
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| A broad term that refers to cognitive deficit, including memory impairment. |
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| of or relating to cognition, concerned with the act or process of knowing, perceiving ect. |
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| Red blood cells, or erythrocytes, transport oxygen and carbon dioxide. they are the most numerous of the circulating blood cells. |
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| A type of cardiomyopathy caused by a narrowing of the coronary arteries which supply blood to the heart. |
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| Difficulty in breathing, often associated with lung or heart disease and resulting in shortness of breath. Also called air hunger. |
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| Any abnormal fluid in the pleural cavity, the space between the visceral and parietal pleura, is called this. |
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| Abnormal accumulation of fluid within the tissue spaces. |
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