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Medical Terminology
Flash card
Term | Definition |
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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) |