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| A specialist that studies blood, blood-forming organs, and blood diseases. |
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| A specialist who diagnoses and treats lung diseases. |
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| A specialist that studies the heart and its function in health and disease. |
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| A condition characterized by an excess of watery fluid collecting in the cavities or tissues of the body. |
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| A buildup of fluid between the layers of tissue that line the lungs and chest cavity. |
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| A routine part of every doctor's examination of the eye, not just the ophthalmologist's. It consists exclusively of inspection. One looks through the ophthalmoscope, which is simply a light with various optical modifications, including lenses. |
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| Lung inflammation caused by bacterial or viral infection, in which the air sacs fill with pus and may become solid. Inflammation may affect both lungs ( double pneumonia ), one lung ( single pneumonia ), or only certain lobes ( lobar pneumonia ). |
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| A condition marked by a deficiency of red blood cells or of hemoglobin in the blood, resulting in pallor and weariness. |
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| The process of transferring the blood of a person into the veins of another. |
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| Activities of daily living |
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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 chronic or persistent disorder of the mental processes caused by brain disease or injury and marked by memory disorders, personality changes, and impaired reasoning. |
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Congestive heart failure
(a weakness of the heart that leads to a buildup of fluid in the lungs and surrounding body tissues.) |
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| Ischemic Cardiomyopathy (IC) |
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| A condition that occurs when the heart muscle is weakened. In this condition, the left ventricle, which is the main heart muscle, is usually enlarged and dilated. This condition can be a result of a heart attack or coronary artery disease, a narrowing of the arteries. |
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| When necessary (Latin word"pro re nata") |
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