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Kenya Banks
Medical Treminoloy & Body Structure
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Undergraduate 2
11/12/2016

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Jehovah
’s Witness
Definition
Religion:: a member of a group that witness by distributing literature and by personal evangelism to beliefs in the theocratic rule of God, the sinfulness of organized religions and governments, and an imminent millennium
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Asian
Definition
Race: of or relating to Asia or its people
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Hispanic
Definition
Ethnicity:1 : ethnic quality or affiliation 2: a particular ethnic affiliation or group See words that rhyme with ethnicity
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BM
Definition
Bowel Movement: an act of passing usually solid waste through the rectum and anus
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SOB
Definition
Shortness of Breath: difficulty breathing
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ADL
Definition
activities of daily living
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CHF
Definition
Congestive Heart Filaure: heart failure in which the heart is unable to maintain adequate circulation of blood in the tissues of the body or to pump out the venous blood returned to it by the venous circulation—compare coronary failure
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fundoscopic
Definition
of, done by, or obtained by ophthalmoscopic examination of the fundus of the eye
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Cardiologist
Definition
the study of the heart and its action and diseases
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Pulmonologist
Definition
a specialist in pulmonology or a specialist in pulmonology
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pneumonia
Definition
a serious disease that affects the lungs and makes it difficult to breathe
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pleural effusion
Definition
1: an exudation of fluid from the blood or lymph into a pleural cavity

2:an exudate in a pleural cavity
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anemia
Definition
1 a : a condition in which the blood is deficient in red blood cells, in hemoglobin, or in total volume b : ischemia
2: lack of vitality
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Blood
transfusion
Definition
a medical treatment in which someone's blood is put into the body of another person
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ischemic cardiomyopathy
Definition
is a term that doctors use to describe patients who have congestive heart failure due to coronary artery disease.
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fever
Definition
a body temperature that is higher than normal

: a disease that causes an increase in body temperature

: a state of excited emotion or activity
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DYSPNEA
Definition
difficult or labored respiration
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UTI
Definition
urinary tract infection: an infection in any part of your urinary system — your kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra. Most infections involve the lower urinary tract — the bladder and the urethra.
Term
mediastinal
Definition
:the space in the chest between the pleural sacs of the lungs that contains all the viscera of the chest except the lungs and pleurae; also : this space with its contents

2: mediastinum testis
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CPR
Definition
cardiopulmonary resuscitation:
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