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Medical Terminology Module 1
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Intermediate
08/13/2016

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Hematologist
Definition
study of blood, blood forming organs, and blood disease
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Pulmonologist
Definition
Specialized in lungs
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Cardiologist
Definition
Treating and preventing disease if heart and blood vessels
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Diagnosis
Definition
Identification of an illness or other problem by examination of the symptoms
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Fundascopic
Definition
Examination of the eye
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Pleural Effusion
Definition
Excess fluid that builds in pleural cavity and surrounds the lungs
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Pneumonia
Definition
Lung inflammation caused by bacterial or viral infection, can fill with puss could become solif
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Amemia
Definition
Deficiancy of red blood cells or hemoglobin in the blood
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Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
Definition
When the heart muscle is weakened
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Cerumen
Definition
earwax
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DYSPNEA
Definition
Difficult or labored breathing
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qhs
Definition
every bedtime
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CHF
Definition
congestive heart failure
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C/O
Definition
complains of
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SOB
Definition
Shortness of Breath
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tid
Definition
three times a day
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po
Definition
taken orally
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prn
Definition
when necessary
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G-Tube
Definition
Tube inserted through the abdomen that delivers nutrition directly to the stomach
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Mediastinal
Definition
central compartment of the thoracic cavity surrounded by loose connective tissue
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