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3520Term&Abbrev wk2
3520 Teminology and Abrevs.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| MOSS | Medical Office Simualtion Software |
| Stat | Immediately |
| DOB | Date of birth |
| TPMS | Total practice management system |
| ARU | Automated Routing Unit |
| ADA | Americans with Diability Act |
| PHI | Protected Health Information |
| URL | Uniform resource labor |
| EKG,ECG | Elecetrocardiogram |
| Mi | Myocardial infraction |
| PAD | Periheral Artery Disease |
| CAD | Coronary Artery Disease |
| C | Cholesterol |
| EMG | Electromyography |
| CC | Cataract Cauteriztion |
| Thrombocytes | smallest formed elements of the blood |
| Pericardium | Membrane sac that surounds the heart. |
| Angiostenosis | Abnormal narrowing of a vessel. |
| Plasmapheresis | The process of separating plasma from the whole blood |
| Septicemia | Blood poisoning |
| Cardiology | The study of the heart. |
| Aortorrhapy | Surgical suturing of the aorta |
| Tachycardia | Abnormal condtion of a fast heart. |
| Leukemia | A maliganancy of abnormal blood cells |
| Aneurysmoplasty | Surgical repair of a aneurysm |
| Cardiomegaly | abnormal enlargement for the heart |
| Phleborrhexis | Rupture of a vein |
| Pericardiectomy | The surgical removal of a portion of the tissue surrounding the heart. |
| Angiography | Radiographic study of blood vessels after the injuection of a contrast meduim. |
| Coronary | pettaining to the heart |
| Angiectomy | surgical removal of a blood vessel |
| Artherosclerosis | Hardening and narrowing of the arteries cauesed by a bulid up of cholseterol plaque |
| Baradycardia | abnormal conditon of a slow heart |
| Percarditis | imflammation of the pericardium |
| Erytheropenia | deficiency of red blood cells |
| Systolic | contraction of the heart |
| Diastolic | Relaxation of the heart |
| Thrombus | a blood clot attached to the interior wall of an artery or vein |
| Dyscrasia | any pathologic condition of the cellular elements of the blood. |
| Phlebotomy | The pucture of the vein for the purpose of drawong blood. |