MT#2 Flashcards
WHO
World Health Organization
NIH
National Institutes of Health
CDCP
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
FDA
Food and Drug Administration
USDHHS
U.S Department of Health and Human Services
OBRA
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
LTC
Long-term care
HMO
health maintenance organization
OSHA
Occupational safety and health administration
PPACA
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
HIPAA
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
-algesia
Pain
-ology
Study of, science of
-itis
Inflammation, inflammation of
-scopy
Observation
-edema
Swelling
-emesis
Vomit
-derma
Skin
-pathy
Disease, abnormal condition
-phasia
Speech
-phagia
To eat
-oma
Tumor
-ectomy
Surgical removal of
-graphy
To record
-opsy
To view
-megaly
Enlargement, large
-plegia
Paralysis
-plasty
Surgical correction or repair