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Unit 1

TermDefinition
Pediatrician someone who specializes in caring for children
Path this means disease which is an abnormal condition that can affect how you function your body or a part of it.
ROS means review of systems which helps you identify signs or symptoms someone might be experiencing or experienced. 
EMT emergency medical technician
PACU post-anesthesia care unit
RX prescription
HEENT head,eyes,ears,nose,and throat
WNL within normal limits
SOAP subjective,objective,assessment plan
NKDA No known drug allergy
PCP primary care provider
SOB shortness of breath
CVL central venous line
Malaise Not feeling well
Palpation to feel
Benign safe
Dermatology the medical field that focuses on diagnosing and treating conditions affecting the skin hair and nails
Pharmacist a healthcare professional specializing in medication dispensing prescription
Lou Gehrig’s Disease a nervous system disease that5 weakens a muscles and impacts physical function
Parkinson’s Disease a disorder of the central nervous system that affects a movement often including tremors
Crohn’s Disease a chronic inflammatory bowel disease that affects the lining of the digestive tract
Huntington's disease A inherited condition in which never cells in the brain breaks down over time
Alzheimer’s Disease
Mono- uni one
Bi- two
Tri- three
Ab- away
Ad- toward
ecto-exo outside
endo in inside
Epi- upon
anterior ventral front
Posterior dorsal Back
Superior upper part of the body
inferior lower part of body
Lateral side of body
Distal farther from the point of attachment
proximal near the point of attachment
Ambi- denoting something as positioned on both sides
dys bad
Eu good
Homo the same ,alike, or common
ISO- denotes something as being equal
Mal- abnormal
algia pain
emia blood condition
-itis inflammation
-lysis loosen break down
-oid resembling
Opathy Disease
pnea Breath or respiration
centesis puncture
ectomy removal
-osotomy creation of an opening
-otomy Incision
-orrhaphy suture
-opexy Surgical fixation
-oplasty reconstruction
-otripsy the intentional surgical crushing of a structure
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