Vocabulary Week 1 Flashcards

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1
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Pharmacy

A

Legal drug distributor

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Laboratory

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A place where tissues are tested and examined

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3
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Dietary

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Patient nutrition services

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4
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Bariatric medicine

A

Overweight health services

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5
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Radiology

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Diagnostic imaging

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6
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Biomedical

A

Anything pertaining to a patient

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7
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Magnetic resonance imaging

A

Visualizing inside of the body via magnets

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8
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Rehabilitation

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Trying to get the patients healthy enough to leave the hospital

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Preoperative

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Getting a patient ready for surgery

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10
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Postoperative

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After surgery care

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11
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Infectious

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Contagious; anything that can spread disease

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12
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DON

A

Director of nursing

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13
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SICU

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Surgical intensive care unit

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14
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ICU

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Intensive care unit

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15
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Preop

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Preoperative

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16
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Postop

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Postoperative

17
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MRI

A

Magnetic resonance imaging

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CT

A

Computerized tomogram

19
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IV

A

Intravenous

20
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PO

A

By mouth

21
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PR

A

By rectum

22
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NPO

A

Nothing by mouth

23
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Q2H

A

Every two hours

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Q4H

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Every four hours

25
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Q6H

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Every 6 hours

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Q12H

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Every 12 hours

27
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QAM

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Every morning

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QPM

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Every evening

29
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QD

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Every day

30
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QID

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Four times a day

31
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BID

A

Two times a day

32
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TID

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Three times a day

33
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QOD

A

Every other day

34
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Physician

A

A medical doctor