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Week 2
Office Management Vocab
Term | Definition |
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SPECIALIST WHO DIAGNOSES & TREATS THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM | GASTROENTEROLOGIST |
SPECIALIST WHO WORKS WITH THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM | GYNECOLOGIST |
GI | GASTROINTESTINAL |
INTRA | WITHIN |
kg | KILOGRAM |
SPECIALIST WHO WORKS WITH THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM | IMMUNOLOGIST OR DERMATOLOGIST |
mg | MILLIGRAM |
mm | MILLIMETER |
NPO | NOTHING BY MOUTH |
RE | AGAIN & AGAIN, BACKWARDS, UNABLE TO |
SPECIALIST WHO WORKS WITH RESPIRATORY SYSTEM | PULMONOLOGIST |
SUPRA | ABOVE |
Sx | SURGERY |
T&A | TONSILLECTOMY & ADENOIDECTOMY |
TACHY | RAPID, FAST |
TIA | TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK |
U/A | URINE ANALYSIS |
SPECIALIST WHO WORKS WITH THE URINARY SYSTEM | UROLOGIST |
UTI | URINARY TRACT INFECTION |
WBC | WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT |
ANTERIOR | FRONT |
BMR | BASAL METABOLIC RATE |
CERVICAL | NECK |
CNS | CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM |
DISTAL | AWAY FROM POINT OF REFERENCE |
DNR | DO NOT RESUSCITATE |
DORSAL | BACKSIDE OF THE BODY |
SPECIALIST WHO TREATS AND DIAGNOSES DISEASES OF THE BLOOD AND BLOOD FORMING ORGANS | HEMATOLOGIST |
SPECIALIST WHO TREATS INTERNAL ORGANS MEDICALLY NOT SURGICALLY | INTERNIST |
LATERAL | TOWARDS THE SIDE OR AWAY FROM THE MIDLINE |