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Shawnna Yoka
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CARDIOLOGIST
Definition
A cardiologist is a doctor with special training and skill in finding, treating and preventing diseases of the heart and blood vessels.

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Hematologist
Definition
The branch of medicine concerned with the study,diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases related to blood.
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Pulmonologist
Definition
A medical specialty that deals with medical specialties involving the respiratory tract.
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Diagnosis
Definition
The medical definition of diagnosis is the art or act of identifying a disease from its signs and symptoms.
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CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
Definition
a SERIOUS AND COMPLEX DISEASE IN WHICH THE HEART MUSCLES HAS BEEN DAMAGED OR HAS TO WORK TWICE AS HARD BECAUSE OF HEART DISEASES AND OTHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS OBESITY.
THE ABBREVIATION IS - CHF
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LEFT PLEURAL EFFUSION
Definition
EXCESSIVE FLUID THAT ACCUMULATES IN THE CHEST OR ON THE LUNG(S)
Term
PNEUMONIA
Definition
A INFLAMMATION OR SWELLING IN THE LUNGS IN WHICH THE AIR SACS ARE FILLED WITH PUS AND OTHER FLUIDS, MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR OXYGEN TO REACH THE BLOOD.
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ANEMIA
Definition
A SMEDICAL CONDITION IN WHICH THE RED BLOOD CELL COUNT OR HEMOGLOBIN IS LESS THAN NORMAL.
Term
ER
Definition
EMERGENCY ROOM
Term
C/O
Definition
COMPLAINS OF
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SOB
Definition
SHORT OF BREATH
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EDEMA
Definition
MEDICAL TERM FOR SWELLING. IT IS A GENERAL RESPONSE OF THE BODY TO INJURY OR INFLAMMATION.
Term
TID
Definition
TWICE A DAY
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QHS
Definition
EVERY BEDTIME, BEDTIME
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PRN
Definition
AS NEEDED, AS NECESSARY
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PO
Definition
BY MOUTH
Term
fUNDOSCOPIC
Definition
A ROUTINE PART OF EVERY DOCTOR'S EXAMINATION OF THE EYE, NOT JUST THE oPHTHALMOLOGIST'S.
Term
BENIGN
Definition
A ABNORMAL GROWTH OF CELLS THAT SERVES NO PURPOSE, NOT MALIGNANT TUMOR, WHICH WOULD BE CANCER.
Term
Dx,Diag, DX, diag, DG (MEDICAL ABBREVIATION)
Definition
DIAGNOIS
Term
Inflam,Inflamm (medical abbreviation)
Definition
Inflammation
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