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Chps. 20 & 21
radiology & pharmacology
Question | Answer |
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a.c., ac | before meals (ante cibum) |
b.i.d., bid | two times a day (bis in die) |
FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
HRT | hormone replacement therapy |
IV | inravenous |
SL | sublingual |
SQ | subcutaneous |
angio | angiography |
Ba | barium |
IVP | intravenous pyelogram |
MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
PET | positron emission tomography |
UGI | upper gastrointestinal |
US, U/S | ultrasound; ultrasonography |
V/Q scan | ventilation-perfusion scan of lungs |
radiology | medical specialty of the study of x-rays |
xrays | invisible waves of energy |
nuclear medicine | radioactivity and radionuclides |
PET | positron |
doppler ultrasound and color flow imaging | record blood flow velocity |
bone scan | Tc is injected intravenously and the skeleton is imaged. |
radiolucent | substance which permits passage of x-rays |
radiopaque | substance that absorbs x-rays |
straight lines | allows the formation of precise shadow images on x-ray plate |
scattering of x-rays | occurs when x-rays come into contact with any material. |
CT (CAT) scan | Computed tomography - beaming x-rays at multiple angles |
contrast studies |