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Unit One Terms
Chap 1-3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| OR | Operating room |
| PACU | Post anesthesia care unit |
| ICU | Intensive care unit |
| CCU | Cardiac care unit |
| SICU | Surgical intensive care unit |
| PICU | Pediatric intensive care unit |
| NICU | Neonatal intensive care unit |
| ER | Emergency room |
| ED | Emergency department |
| ECU | Emergency care unit |
| L&D | Labor and delivery |
| Benign | Not cancerous |
| Malignant | Cancerous |
| Degeneration | Getting worse |
| Etiology | The cause |
| Idiopathic | No known cause |
| Remission | No longer having the symptoms of a disease; usually used when referring to cancer |
| Kerato- | Hardness, horniness |
| Xero- | Dryness |
| Crypto- | Hidden |
| Leuko- | Whiteness |
| Erythro- | Redness |
| Xantho- | Yellowness |
| Melano- | Blackness |
| impetigo (im-peh-TAI-goh) | a highly contagious bacterial infection of the skin |
| onychophagia (awn-ih-koh-FAY-jah) | eating (biting) the nail |
| -plasty | reconstruction |