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Medical Terminology
Flash card
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| L&D | Labor and Delivery |
| CCU | Coronary Care Unit |
| PMHx | Past medical |
| h/o | History of |
| Tx | Treatment |
| afebrile | to not have a fever |
| lethargic | a decrease in level of consciousness; in a medical record, this is generally an indication that the patient is really sick |
| palpation | to feel |
| etiology | the cause |
| disposition | what happen to the patient at the end of the visit; often used at the end of ED notes to reference where the patient went after the visit ( home, the ICU, normal hospital bed) |