Chapter 2 Flashcards
Caduceus
Recognized symbol for medicine, depicts a healing staff with 2 snakes coiled around it.
Pandemic
Affects a large part of the population of many countries within the same period of time.
Bacteria Microorangisms
Minute living organisms, some of which are capable of causing disease.
Cadavers
Dead Bodies
Anthrax
A deadly infectious disease caused by bacillus anthracis
Pasteurization
Process during substances such as milk and cheese are heated to a certain temperature to eliminate bacteria
Autopsy
Examination of the organs and tissue of a deceased body to determine the cause of death.
Immunology
The study of immunity, the resistance to or protection from disease.
Chemotherapy
The use of chemicals, including drugs, to treat or control infections and disease.
Microbes
One-celled forms of life, such as bacteria.
Syphilis
An infectious and chronic venereal disease.
Anesthesia
Refers to the partial or complete absence of sensation
Morbidity rates
Rates of disease and illness
Oncology
The study and treatment of cancer
Immune Function
The role of the immune system to protect against disease.
Endocrinology
The study of glands and their functions
Nutrition
Study of food and how it affects the body
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)
A series of illness that occurs as a result of infection by HIV, causes the immune system to break down
Human genome project
A publicly funded international research project to sequence and identity human genes and record their positions on chromosomes
Diagnosis related groups (DRGS)
Hospital payment system, which classifies each medicare patient according to his/her illness within 467 illness categories
Bariatrics
Specializes in treating patients who are obese
Outpatients
Care service provided to patients on a walk in basis where no overnight stay is required
Inpatient
Care services provided to patients who are in a facility overnight or on a long term basis
Medical privilege
Refers to the physicians right to practice medicine in a particular hospital or other healthcare facility
Hospice
An interdisciplinary program of care and supportive services that facilitates the care of the terminally ill patient by family member or significant others in the privacy of the patients home or in a hospice facility
certification
In solves the issuing of a certificate and credentials by a professional organization to one who has met the educational and experience standards of the organization
Registration
A professional organization in a specific healthcare field administers examinations, maintains a list of qualified individuals, or both.
Stem cell
An unidentified cell that can give rise to there cells of the same type or from which specialized cells can develop
