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Shikenwa Sherman
Medical Terminology
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07/05/2016

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Term
Hematologist
Definition
The study of nature, function, and diseases of the blood and of blood-forming organs.
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Pulmonologist
Definition
a medical specialist who diagnoses and treats lung diseases.
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Cardiologist
Definition
the study of the heart and its functions in health and disease.
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edema
Definition
effusion of serious fluid into the interstices of cells in tissue spaces or into body cativies.
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DYSPNEA
Definition
difficult or labored breathing
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fever
Definition
an abnormal condition of the body
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tid
Definition
Three times a day
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bilateral
Definition
pertaining to, involving or affecting two or both sides, factions, parties
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mediastinal
Definition
a median septum or partition between two parts of an organ
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fundoscopic
Definition
A device for studying the interior of the eyeball through the pupil.
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pleural effusion
Definition
To much fluid collects in a pleural space between two layers of pleura
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pneumonia
Definition
inflammation of the lungs with congestion
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anemia
Definition
a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin
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EKG
Definition
the record produced by electrocardiography; a tracing representing the heart's electrical action derived by amplification of the minutely small electrical impulses normally generated by the heart.
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Blood transfusion
Definition
the injection of blood from one person or animal into the bloodstream of another
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Lateral
Definition
relating to the side
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CPR
Definition
cardiopulmonary resuscitation
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delirium
Definition
a more or less temporary disorder of the mental faculties, as in fevers
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Dementia
Definition
severe impairment or loss of intellectual capacity and personality intergration
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UTI
Definition
Urinary tract infection
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