Question | Answer |
MOSS | Medical Office Simulation Software |
STAT | Immediately |
DOB | Date of Birth |
TPMS | Total Practice Management Systems |
ARU | Automated Routing Unit |
ADA | Americans with Disabilities Act |
PHI | Protected Health Information |
URL | Uniform Resource Labor |
EKG,ECG | Electrocardiogram |
MI | Myocardial Infarction |
PAD | Peripheral Artery Disease |
CAD | Coronary Artery Disease |
C | Cholesterol |
EMG | Electromyograph |
Thromb/o/cytes | Smallest formed elements of the blood |
Peri/cardi/um | Membrane sac that surrounds the heart |
Angi/o/stenosis | Abnormal narrowing of a blood vessel |
Plasma/pheresis | Process of separating plasma from the whole blood |
Septic/emia | Blood poisoning |
Cardi/ology | Study of the heart |
Aort/o/rrhaphy | Surgical suturing of the aorta |
Tachy/card/ia | Abnormally fast heart rate |
Leuk/emia | A malignancy of abnormal white blood cells |
Aneurysm/o/plasty | Surgical repair of the aneurysm |
Cardi/o/megly | Abnormal enlargement of the heart |
Phleb/o/rrhexis | Rupture of the vein |
Peri/cardi/ectomy | Surgical removal of a portion of the tissue surrounding the heart |
Angi/o/graphy | Radiographic study of the blood vessels after the injection of a contrast medium |
Coron/ary | Pertaining to the heart |
Angi/ectomy | Surgical removal of a blood vessel |
Ather/o/sclerosis | Hardening and narrowing of the arteries due to a buildup of cholesterol plaque |
Brady/card/ia | Abnormally slow heart rate |
Peri/card/itis | Inflammation of the pericardium |
Erythr/o/penia | Deficiency of red blood cells |
Systolic | Contraction of the heart |
Diastolic | Relaxation of the heart |
Thromb/us | Blood clot attached to the interior wall of an artery or vein |
Dys/crasia | Any pathologic condition of the cellular elements of the blood |
Phleb/otomy | The puncture of a vein for the purpose of drawing blood |
CC | Cardiac Catheterization |