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Medical Language
Chapter 2
Term | Definition |
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Chronic | It had been going on for awhile now |
Palpation | to feel |
Prone | lying down on belly |
Ventral/antral/anterior | the front the word ventral means "stomach" |
Dorsum | the top of the hand or foot |
Sagittal | divides the body in slices right to left think of it as dividing the body in half |
Coronal | divides the body into slice from front to back |
Transverse | divides the body from top to bottom |
CV | cardiovascular |
WNL | within normal limits |
Rx | prescription |