MEDICAL COMMUNICATION + TERMS Flashcards
1
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/24
A
houtrs
2
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/7
A
days
3
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/12
A
months
4
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MVA
A
motor vehicle acc.
5
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RTA
A
road traffic acc
6
Q
FOOSH
A
fell on outstretched hand
7
Q
MBA/MCA
A
motorbike/cycle acc
8
Q
ROI
A
region of int
9
Q
NAD
A
no abnormality detec
10
Q
?
A
suspicion
11
Q
Hx
A
hsitory
12
Q
ambulant
A
walking
13
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IDDM
A
insulin dependent daib mellitus
14
Q
NIDDM
A
non-insulin dependent diab mellitus
15
Q
SOL
A
space occupying lesion
16
Q
PVD
A
peripheral vascular disease
17
Q
AML
A
acute myeloid leukaemia
18
Q
NOF
A
neck of femur
19
Q
NOH
A
neck of humerus
20
Q
#
A
frac
21
Q
PUO
A
pyrexia of unknown origin
22
Q
CT
A
computed tomography
23
Q
MRI
A
mag res img
24
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US
A
ultrasound
25
PET
positron emission tomo
26
PTA
percutaneous transluminal angioplasty
27
PTC
percutaneous transhepatic cholangiogram
28
ERCP
endoscopic retrograde cholangio pacreatogram
29
lordosis
concave post
30
kyphosis
concave ant
31
scoliosis
lateral curve
32
CXR
chet xray
33
SOB
shortness of breath
34
SOBOOE
shortness of breath on exertion
35
RUL
right upper lobe
36
RML
right middle lobe
37
RLL
right lower lobe
38
LUL
left upper lobe
39
LLL
left lower lobe
40
URTI
upper resp. tract infection
41
LRTI
lower resp. tract infectio
42
LVF
left ventricular failure
43
RVF
right ventricualr fail
44
IHD
ischaemic heart disease
45
MI
myocardial infraction
46
AMI
anterior myocardial infraction
47
APO
acute pulmonary oedema
48
CCF
congestive cardiac fail
49
COPD/COAD
chronic obstructive pulmonary/airway disease
50
SVC
sup vena cava
51
ETT
endotracheal tube
52
CVC
central venous catheter
53
PICC
peripherally inserted central catheter
54
Sats
oxygen sat
55
Haemoptysis
coughing blood
56
AXR
abdomen xray
57
HSG
hysterosalpingogram
58
IVP/U
intravenous pyelogram/urogram
59
RGP
retrograde pyelogram
60
SBE
small bowel enema
61
SBS
small bowel series
62
BO
bowel obst
63
SBO
small bowel obst
64
LBO
large Bowel obst
65
ARF
acute renal fail
66
CRF
chronic renal fail
67
GB
gall bladder
68
AAA
abdmominal aortic aneurysm
69
PID
pelvic inflam disease
70
TAH
total abdominal hysterectomy
71
UTI
urinary tract infection
72
IVC
inf vena cava
73
NGT
nasogastric tube
74
NDT
nasoduodenal tube
75
GORD
gastro oesophageal reflux disease
76
TOF
tracheo oesophageal fistula
77
haematemesis
vomitting up blood
78
melaena
blood stained faeces
79
dysuria
difficulty producing urine (reduced amount)
80
SXR
skull xray
81
SAH
sub arachnoid haemorrhage
82
SDH
sub dural haemaorrhage/haematoa
83
TIA
transient ischaemic attack
84
CVA
cerebro vascular accident
85
LOC
loss of consciousness
86
GSC
glasgow coma scale
87
H/A
head ache
88
CCA
common carotif artery
89
ICA
internal carotid artery
90
ECA
external carotid artery
91
COW
circle of willis
92
MCA
middle cerebral artery
93
trachy
fast
94
brady
slow
95
hyper
above normal
96
hypo
below norm
97
normo
norm
98
supra
proximal to
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infra
distal to
100
dextra
opposite
101
lapar
exploration
102
Dys
difficulty
103
A
absence of
104
Angio
of the blood vessels
105
Osteo
of the bone
106
chondro
of the cartilage
107
Pneumo
of the lungs
108
ectomy
surgical removal
109
otomy
to cut into
110
ostomy
opening
111
oscopy
using an endoscope or similar
112
cardia
of the heart
113
pnoea
breathing
114
plasty
reshaping
115
genesis
development of
116
tensive
blood pressure
117
oma
tumour
