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Week 9 Vocab
HS words week 9
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cadiologist | person who studies the heart |
| cardiomegaly | enlarged heart |
| tracheotomy | cutting into the trachea |
| DNR | do not resuscitate |
| TIA | transient ischemic attack |
| trich | hair |
| ultra | excess |
| partum | birth, labor |
| necro | death |
| ambi | both |
| acr | extremities |
| epi | upon, over, upper |
| PMC | post mortem care |
| PPE | personal protective equipment |
| AED | automated external defibrillation |
| gerontology | study of old people |
| adenoma | swelling of the gland |
| dysmenorrhea | difficult monthly discharge |
| colonscopy | observation of the colon |
| pericardiectomy | surgical removal of the area around the heart |