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| is a branch of medicine concerning the study of blood, the blood-forming organs, and blood diseases. |
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| A cardiologist is a heart doctor. He or she is the one to visit if you feel a tightness in your chest and shortness of breath. |
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| is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary (lung) conditions and diseases. |
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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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| is a routine part of every doctor's examination of the eye, not just the ophthalmologist's. It consists exclusively of inspection. |
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| (in prescriptions) abbreviation for pro re nata, a Latin phrase meaning "as needed." The administration times are determined by the patient's needs. |
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every bedtime,
four times each day (from Latin quater in die) (not deprecated, but consider using "four times a day" instead. See the do-not-use list |
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| Seen on a prescription, t.i.d. means three times a day. |
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| the process of transferring the blood of a person into the veins of another. |
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| is a test that checks for problems with the electrical activity of your heart. An EKG shows the heart's electrical activity as line tracings on paper. |
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| A complete blood count (CBC) is a blood test used to evaluate your overall health and detect a wide range of disorders, including anemia, infection and leukemia. |
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| are routine activities that people tend do every day without needing assistance. |
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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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| Neonatal abstinence syndrome, is a group of problems that occur in a newborn who was exposed to addictive opiate drugs while in the mother's womb. |
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| congestive heart failure. : 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 |
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| Shortness of breath: Difficulty in breathing. Medically referred to as dyspnea. |
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| Prothrombin time (PT) is a blood test that measures the time it takes for the liquid portion (plasma) of your blood to clot. |
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| One of two small bands of muscle within the larynx. These muscles vibrate to produce the voice. The vocal cords form a "V" inside the larynx, a 2-inch-long, tube-shaped organ in the neck |
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