Common Medical Terms And Definitions

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Biopsy

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The removal of body tissue for diagnostic examination

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Asepsis

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The state of being free from disease causing organisms

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Bradycardia

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A slow heart rate

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Tachycardia

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A fast heart rate

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Cardiac

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Pertaining to the heart

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Contraindicate

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To make a medication procedure or treatment in advisable

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Dehydration

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Excessive loss of water from the body

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Diagnostic

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Relating to or used for diagnosis, the identification by a physician of the cause of a persons daughter

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Gastroenteritis

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Inflammation of the stomach and intestines

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Hemorrhage

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Excessive bleeding either internal or external

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Hepatitis

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Inflammation of the liver

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Intravenous IV

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Within a vein

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Pathology

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Branch of medicine dealing with the nature of disease and the structural and functional changes caused by the disease

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Phlebitis

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Inflammation of the blood vessel

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Pulmonary

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Pertaining to the lungs

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Secretion

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The production and release of a chemical substance by a cell gland or organ which is used in the body an example is a secretion of saliva by the salivary glands

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Therapeutic

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Relating to or used in the treatment of disease

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Thrombosis

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The formation of a blood clot in a blood vessel or an organ

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Tracheotomy

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A surgical incision in the trachea performed to make an artificial breathing hole

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Urinalysis

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Laboratory test of a patients urine done for diagnostic purposes