AMA Jargon

Question 1

4+ albuminuria

Answer 1

proteinuria (4+)

Question 2

blood sugar

Answer 2

blood glucose

Question 3

chart

Answer 3

medical record

Question 4

chief complaint

Answer 4

chief concern

Question 5

cocktail

Answer 5

mixture

Question 6

congenital heart

Answer 6

congenital heart disease; congenital cardiac anomaly

Question 7

emergency room

Answer 7

emergency department

Question 8

exam

Answer 8

examination

Question 9

flu

Answer 9

influenza

Question 10

gastrointestinal infection

Answer 10

gastrointestinal tract infection; infection of the gastrointestinal tract

Question 11

genitourinary infection

Answer 11

genitourinary tract infection; infection of the genitourinary tract

Question 12

heart attack

Answer 12

myocardial infarction

Question 13

hyperglycemia of 250 mg/dL

Answer 13

hyperglycemia (blood glucose level of 250 mg/dL)

Question 14

jugular litigation

Answer 14

jugular vein litigation; litigation of the jugular vein

Question 15

lab

Answer 15

laboratory

Question 16

left heart failure

Answer 16

left ventricular failure [preferred, but query author]; left-sided heart failure

Question 17

normal range

Answer 17

reference range

Question 18

Pap smear

Answer 18

Papanicolaou test

Question 19

the patient failed treatment

Answer 19

treatment failed

Question 20

preemie

Answer 20

premature infant

Question 21

preop/postop

Answer 21

preoperative/postoperative

Question 22

prepped

Answer 22

prepared

Question 23

psychiatric floor

Answer 23

psychiatric department, service, unit, ward

Question 24

randomized patients

Answer 24

randomly assigned patients

Question 25

respiratory infection

Answer 25

respiratory tract infection; infection of the respiratory tract

Question 26

surgeries

Answer 26

operation or surgical procedures

Question 27

symptomatology

Answer 27

symptoms [query author]

Question 28

therapy of [a disease or condition]

Answer 28

therapy for

Question 29

treatment for [a disease or condition]

Answer 29

treatment of

Question 30

urinary infection

Answer 30

urinary tract infection or infection of the urinary tract