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chapter 2
medical abbreviations
Term | Definition |
---|---|
pathologist | pah/thaw/loh/jist |
nicu | neonatal intensive care unit |
pre-op | before surgery |
chief complaint | main reson for patients visit |
coronal | kah/roh/nal |
dorsum | dor/sum |
prophylaxis | proh/fuh/lak/sis |
lesion | lee/shun |
etiology | ee/tee/aw/loh/jee |
auscultation | aws/kul/tuy/shun |