Chapter 5 Word Scramble
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Term | Meaning |
anesthesiology | Study of how to administer agents capable of bringing about loss of sensation and consciousness |
cardiologist | Physician specializing in the study of the heart and heart disease |
cardiovascular surgeon | Specialist in operating on the heart and blood vessels |
clinical | Pertaining to the bedside or clinic: involving patient care |
colorectal surgeon | Physician specializing in operating on the colon and retum |
colostomy | Opening of the colon to the outside of the body |
dermatologist | Physician specializing in the skin and its diseases |
dematology | Study of the skin and its diseases |
emergency medicine | Care of patients requiring immediate action |
endocrinologist | Specialist in the study of endocrine glands |
enteritis | Inflammation of the small intestines |
family practitioner | Doctor responsible for primary care and treatment of patients on a continuing basis |
gastroenterologist | Specialist in treatment of the stomach |
gastroscopy | Visual examination of the stomach |
geriatric | Pertaining to treatment of older people |
geriatrician | Specialist in the treatment of diseases of old age |
gynecologist | Specialist in the medical and surgical treatment of female disorders |
gynecology | Study of female disorders |
hematologist | Specialist in blood and blood disorders |
hematoma | Mass or collection of blood under the skin |
iatrogenic | Pertaining to a patient's abnormal condition that results unexpectedly from a specific treatment |
infectious disease specialist | Physician who treats disorders caused and spread by microorganisms such as bacteria |
internal medicine | Branch of medicine speciaizing in the diagnosis of disorders and tretment with drugs |
laryngitis | Inflammation of the larynx |
lymphadenopathy | Disease of lymph nodes |
nephrologist | Specialist in the diagnosi and treatment of kidney diseases |
nephrostomy | Opening from the kidney to the outside of the body |
neuralgia | Nerve pain |
neurologist | Specialist in the diagnosis and treatment of nervous disorders |
neurosurgeon | Physician who operates on the organs of the nervous system |
nosocomial | Pertaining to or originating in a hospital |
obstetrician | Specialist in the delivery of a baby and care of the mother duin pregnancy ad labor |
obstetrics | Practice or branch of medicine concerned with the management of women during pregnancy, childbirth and the period just after edelivery of the infant |
oncogenic | Pertaining to producing tumors |
oncologist | Physician specializing in the study and treatment of tumors |
ophthalmologist | Specialist in the study of eye and treatment of eye disorders |
ophthalmology | Study of the eye |
optician | Nonmedical specialist trained to provide eyeglasses by filling perscriptions |
optometrist | Nonmedical specialist trained to examine and test eyes and persribe corrective lenses |
orthopedist | Specialist in the surgical correction of musculoskeletal disorders |
otitis | Inflammation of a bone |
otolaryngologist | Specialist in the treatment of diseases of the ear, nose and throat |
pathologist | Specialist in the study of disease using microsopic examination of tissues and cells and autopsy examination |
pathology | Study of disease |
pediatric | Pertaining to treatment of a child |
pediatrician | Specialist in the treatment of childhood diseases |
psychiatrist | Specialist in the treatment of the mind and mental disorders |
psychosis | Abnormal condidion of the mind |
pulmonary specialist | Physician trained to treat lung disorders |
radiation oncologist | Physician trained in the treatment of disease (cancer) with high-energy x-rays or other particles |
radiologist | Physician trained in the use of x-rays (including ultrasoundand magntic resonance imaging techniques) to diagnose illness |
radotherapy | Treatment of disease (cancer) with high-energy particles such as x-rays and protons |
rectocele | Hernia of the rectum into the vagina |
research | Laboratory investigation of a medical problem |
rheumatologist | Specialist in the treatment of diseases of the joints and connective tissues, especially the joints |
rheumatology | Branch of medicine dealing with inflammation, degeneration, or chemical changes in connective tissues, such as joints and muscles |
rhinorrhea | Discharge from the nose |
surgery | Branch of medicine that treats disease by manual or operative methods |
thoracic surgeon | Physician who operates on organs in the chest |
thoracotomy | Incision of the chest |
urologist | Specialist in operating on the urinary tract in males and females and on the reproductive tract in males |
vasculitis | Inflammation of blood vessels |
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