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unit 10 health scien
Term | Definition |
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Anesthesiologist | is a physician trained in anesthesia and perioperative medicine |
Cardiovascular | of or relating to the heart and blood vessels. |
Diagnostic | characteristic of a particular species, genus, or phenomenon. |
EMT | a specially trained medical technician certified to provide basic emergency services |
Hygienist | a specialist in the promotion of clean conditions for the preservation of health. |
Laboratory | a room or building equipped for scientific experiments, research, or teaching, or for the manufacture of drugs or chemicals |
Medical Transcriptionist | also known as MT, is an allied health profession, which deals in the process of transcription, or converting voice-recorded reports as dictated by physicians or other healthcare professionals, into text format. |
Nuclear medicine | the branch of medicine that deals with the use of radioactive substances in research, diagnosis, and treatment |
Oncology | the study and treatment of tumors |
Ophthalmic | of or relating to the eye and its diseases |
Paramedic | a person who is trained to do medical work, especially emergency first aid, but is not usually a fully qualified physician |
Pathologist | experts at interpreting microscopic views of body tissues |
Podiatrist | medicine is a branch of medicine devoted to the study of diagnosis, medical and surgical treatment of disorders of the foot, ankle, and lower extremity |
Practitioner | a person actively engaged in an art, discipline, or profession, especially medicine |
Rehabilitation | is the act of restoring something to its original state |
Respiratory | of, relating to, or affecting respiration or the organs of respiration |
Sonography | the analysis of sound using an instrument that produces a graphical representation of its component frequencies |
Technologist | a specialist in technology |