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Chapter 2
Medical Terminology
Term | Definition |
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AAD | American Academy of Dermatology |
ALL | acute lymphocytic leukemia |
ARDMS | American Registry for diagnostic Medical Sonography |
ARRT | American Registry of Radiologic Technologists |
ASRT | American society of radiologic technologists |
CABG | coronary artery bypass graft |
CAT scan | computed axial tomography |
CBC | Complete blood count |
CCU | Cardiac Care Unit (Critical care unit) |
CE | Cardiac Enlargement (cardiomegaly) |
CT | Computed Tomography |
cTnl and cTnT | Troponin l and troponin |
Diff | differential white blood cell count |
DMS | diagnostic medical sonography |
ECG,EKG | electrocardiogram |
ECHO | echocardiogram |
FDG | fluorodeoxyglucose |
GA | gastric analysis |
GI | gastrointestinal |
Hct | hematocrit |
Hgb | hemoglobin |
mm3 , cu mm | millimeter cubes, cubic millimeter |
mmol/L | millimole per liter |
MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
ms | millisecond |
PET | positron emission tomography |
Ra | radium(element) |
RBC | red blood cell(count) |
RDCS | registered diagnostic cardiac sonographer |
RDMS | registered diagnostic medical sonographer |
RT | registered technologist |
RT(MR) | registered technologist(magnetic resonance imaging) |
RT(N) | registered technologist(nuclear medicine) |
RT(S) | registered technologist (sonography) |
RT(T) | registered technologist (radiation therapy) |
RVT | registered vascular technologist |
SPECT | single photon emission computed tomography |
WBC | white blood cell (count) |
XR | X-Ray |