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Chapters 1-2
Medical Terminology
Term | Definition |
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SH | Social History |
PSH | Past Surgical History |
ICU | Intensive Care Unit |
MRI | Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
EHR | Electronic Heath Record |
-old (OYD) | resembling keloid |
-oma | tumor |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-spasm | involuntray contraction |
-ptosis | drooping |
-megaly | enlargement |
Pediatrics | is the specialty of medical science concerning with children |
Psychiatrist | is a medical doctor who specailizes in mental health, including substnace use disorders |
psychology | is the study mind and behavior in humans |
orthodontist | is a dentistry that specialty in fixing teeth/straightening them (getting braces) |
Pathology | is the study of disease |
Hyper- | over |
Hypo- | under |
Oligo- | Few |
Poly- | many |
Hemi- | Half |