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chapter 2
medical abbreviations
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| pathologist | pah/thaw/loh/jist |
| nicu | neonatal intensive care unit |
| pre-op | before surgery |
| chief complaint | main reson for patients visit |
| coronal | kah/roh/nal |
| dorsum | dor/sum |
| prophylaxis | proh/fuh/lak/sis |
| lesion | lee/shun |
| etiology | ee/tee/aw/loh/jee |
| auscultation | aws/kul/tuy/shun |