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noscomial infection

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hospital-acquired infection

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bed-scar

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hospital gangrene
pressure gangrene
pressure sore

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orderly

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hospital orderly

hospital porter

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hospital staff

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hospital personnel

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nurse aid

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nurse’s aid

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dental nurse

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dental assistant

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charge nurse

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ward sister (British English)

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operating room nurse

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operating theatre nurse

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nursing home

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home of the aged

old people’s home

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human remains

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human bones

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leper

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leprosy patient

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leprosy

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Hansen’s disease

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outpatient care

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ambulatory care

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outpatients clinic

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outpatiend department - OPD

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admission to (a) hospital

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hospital admission

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inpatient

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hospitalized patied

hospital patient

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emergency department (ED)

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emergency room (ER)
casualty department
Accident and Emergency (A&E)

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ambulance

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emergency vehicle

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childbirth

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parturition

delivery

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teaching hospital

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university hospital

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to undergo an operation

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to have an operation

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CICU = cardiac intensive care unit

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CCU = coronary care unit
CVICU = cardiovascular intensive care unit
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hypertension

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high blood pressure

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neonatal

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newborn

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newborn baby
newborn | neonatal
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neonatology
neonatal medicine
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prematurity
prematureness
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asthmatic
asthma sufferer
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influenza
the flu
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intravenous infusion
intravenous drip
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tonsil
tonsilla
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MI = myocardial infarction
heart attack
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CA = cardiac arrest
heart arrest
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aneurysmal
aneurysmatic
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stroke
CVA = cardiovascular accident
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PACU = post-anesthetic care unit
post-operative recovery unit | recovery room
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HDU = high dependency unit
progressive care unit | step down unit
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SICU = surgical intensive care unit
surgery critical care unit
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breathing tube
endotracheal tube
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catheter
catheter tube
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pharmacist
chemist druggist apothecary
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pharmacy
chemist's shop chemist's drugstore apothecary's shop
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physical therapist
physiotherapist
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generalist
GP = general practitioner
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podiatrist
chiropodist
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dietician
diet doctor
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bedclothes
bedding | bed linen
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ongoing care
continuing care | unremitting care
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draw sheet
drawsheet
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bed pan
bedpan
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sink
hand basin | washbasin
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pole
polus
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sight
eyesight | vision
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site
situs
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baldness
alopecia | hair loss
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faint
fainting
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tic
habit spasm
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candidosis
candidiasis | moniliasis
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dyspepsia
gastric indigestion
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hemorrhoids
haemorrhoids | piles
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zoster
herpes zoster | shingles
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rubella
German measles
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urticaria
hives | nettle rash
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arteriosclerosis
arterial sclerosis
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burp
eructation | belching
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bad breath
fetid breath fetor oris halitosis
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infectious mononucleosis
kissing disease | glandular fever
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poliomyelitis
polio
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rubeola
measles | morbilli
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chickenpox
chicken pox | varicella
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bursitis
bursal synovitis
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prepatellar bursitits
housemaid's knee
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heartburn
pyrosis | brash
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tendonitis
tenositis
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verruca
wart
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paramedical staff
allied health personnel
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teaching staff
teaching personnel
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to diagnose
to make a diagnosis
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appropriate
proper fitting suitable
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osteopath
osteopathic phyisician
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osteopathy
ostepathic medicine
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internship
hands-on hospital training
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residency
specialty training
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resident
specialist-in-training
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infectious
infective
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infectiousness
infectiosity | infectivity
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characteristic
trait
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CHD = coronary heart disease
coronary disease | coronary artery disease
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wall
paries - parietes
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lab
laboratory
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lab test
laboratory test laboratory testing laboratory anlysis
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dermatologist
skin doctor
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ophthalmologist
eye doctor
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orthopedist
orthopedic surgeon
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fever
pyrexia
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febrile
feverish | pyretic
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otorhinolaryngologist
otolaryngologist | ear, nose and throat (ENT) specialist
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otorhinolaryngology
otolaryngology ear, nose and throat (ENT) ears, nose and throat (ENT) ear-nose-throat (ENT)
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anamnesis
case history
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family history
familial history
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series of tests
battery of tests
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decongestant
decongestive
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house visit
house call
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doctor's orders
doctor's instructions
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prescription
drug order | medication order
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EKG = electrocardiogram
electrocardiographic pattern
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brain waves
brainwaves
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dialysis center
kidney dialysis center
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chiropractor
chiropractic physician
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chiropractic
chiropraxis
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therapeutic
therapeutical
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pulmonary emphysema
pneumonectasia
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chronic evolution
chronic course
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podiatrist
chiropodist
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podiatry
podiatric medicine | chiropody
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correction lenses
corrective lenses
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relapse
recurrence
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malignant
cancerous
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rhinorrhea
rhinorrhoea runny nose nasal discharge
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chronic rhinopharyngitis
postnasal drip | postnasal catarrh
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contagious
communicative | catching
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contagiousness
contagiosity
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aching pain
dull pain
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acute pain
fast pain | extreme pain
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boring pain
piercing pain | terebrant pain
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sharp pain
darting pain
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sudden pain
lightning pain | fulgurant pain
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pulsating pain
throbbing pain
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pain reliever
painkiller pain killer pain medication
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pain relief
relief of pain
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pain stimulus
nociceptive stimulus
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ailment
minor illness
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cough
tussis
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dry cough
hollow cough
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wet cough
phlegmy cough | productive cough
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persistant cough
persistant coughing
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cough syrup
cough mixture
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pertussis
pertussis syndrome | whooping cough
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fit of cough
fit of coughing | bout of coughing
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nose
nasus
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throat
jugulum
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chest
pectus - pectora | thorax - thoraces
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lung
pulmo - pulmones
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dizziness
lightheadedness
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morning sickness
morning vomiting | nausea gravidarum
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vomit
vomitus
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vomiting
emesis
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itch
itchiness | itching
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idiopathic
cryptogenic
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poison gas
toxic gas
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plumbism
lead posioning | saturnism
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mushroom poisoning
muscarinism | mycetism
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poisonous
toxigenous venenous venomous
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nonprescription drugs
over-the-counter drugs
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poor memory
failing memory
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narcotic
narcotic drug
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digitalis
foxglove
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thrombus
blood clot
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nasal obstruction
nasal stuffiness
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congested
stuffy | obstructed
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to palliate
``` to calm to relieve to soothe to alleviate to mitigate ```
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stimulant
pep pill
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health care facility
health care setting
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prevention
prophylaxis
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preventive
propylactic
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cancer screening
cancer detection
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to die
to succumb | to decease
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hernia repair
herniorrhaphy | hernioplasty
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atherosclerosis
hardening of the arteries
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dyspnea
SOB = shortness of breath breathlessness laboured breathing
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multiple injuries
multiple trauma | polytrauma
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neck injury
neck trauma
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to weaken
to debilitate
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weakness
debility
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stroke
CVA = cardiovascular accident | cerebral infarction
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angina pectoris
breast pang heart stroke stenocardia
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heart transpant
heart transplantation
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kidney transpant
kidney transplantation | kidney graft
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liver transpant
liver graft
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canceriform
carcinomatoid
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leukemia
leukocytic sarcoma
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hoarseness
raucedo
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bladder
vesica
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flu virus
influenza virus
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ganglionic
ganglial
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kidney
ren - renes | nephros
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renal
nephric
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type II diabetes
NIIDM = non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
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type I diabeted
IDDM = insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus | insulin-dependent diabetes
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diabetologist
diabetes specialist
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body of pancreas
corpus pancreatis
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head of pancreas
caput pancreatis
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tail of pancreas
cauda pancreatis
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arthritis
articular rheumatism
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osteoarthritis
degenerative arthritis | degenerative joint disease
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ear
auris - aures
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Alzheimer's disease
presenile dementia dementia presenilis primary senile dementia
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hay fever
hayfever automnal catarrh seasonal allergic rhinitis
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smallpox
variola | variola major
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check up
checkup
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latent
dormant | inactive
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infectious parotiditis
epidemic parotiditis | mumps
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diphtheria
diphtheritis
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STD = sexually transmitted disease
venereal disease
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syphilis
lues
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syphilitic
luetic
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Kaposi's sarcoma
multiple idiopathic hemorrhagic sarcoma
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clinical protocol
therapeutic protocol | medical guideline
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to fill a prescription
to fill an order
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ICU = intensive care unit
``` CCU = critical care unit ITU = critical treatment unit ```
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administration route
route of adiministration
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tag
label
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to tag
to label
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anxiolytic
antianxiety | anxiety-relieving
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insulin shock
wet shock
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vial
phial
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digitus - digiti
digit dactyl dactylus - dactyli
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Surface anesthesia
Topical anesthesia
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Hyperthermic
Hyperpyrexial | Hyperpyretic
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Nonambulatory
Nonambulant
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Ambulatory
Ambulant
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Obese
Corpulent
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Obesity
Corpulence | Corpulency
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Morbid obesity
Clinically severe obesity
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Diathermic
Diathermal
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Diathermy
Transthermia
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Error in diagnosis
Misdiagnosis | Diagnostic error
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Health risk
Health hazard
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Beginning
Commencement
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Contrast medium
Contrast agent
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Culture medium
Growth medium
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Air contaminant
Air pollutant
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Needle biopsy
Aspiration biopsy
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Needle-holder
Needle forceps
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Needle-shaped
Acicular
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Resection
Excision
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Recovery period
Recovery time
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Post-anesthesia care unit PACU
Post-anesthesia recovery PAR
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Full bladder
Bladder distension
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Radectomy
Radiectomy
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Genioplasty
Chin augmentation
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Mentoplasty
Chin reduction
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Skin
Integument
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Thorax
Rib cage
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Thoracic
Thoracal | Pectoral
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Pulmonary
Pulmonic | Pneumonic
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Artery
Arteria
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Vein
Vena
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Brain
Encephalon
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Skull
Cranium
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Mastopexy
Breast lift surgery
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Spinal column
Vertebral column Rachis Backbone
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Myomectomy
Fibromectomy
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Tooth extraction
Extraction of a tooth | Dental extraction
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Crown
Corona
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Crown fracture
Coronal fracture
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Root
Radix
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Malposition
Dystopia
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Malposition of teeth
Irregular teeth position
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Supernumerary
Epactal
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Tubercle
Tuberculum
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Dental fistula
Alveolar fistula
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NUG necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis
Vincent's disease
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Purulent synovitis
Suppurative arthritis
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Sialolithiasis
Ptyalolithiasis
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Malunion
Vicious union
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Nerve damage
Nerve injury
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Abrasion
Abrasio
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Cleft lip
Cheiloshisis
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Myalgia
Myodynia
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dystrophy
dystrophia
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muscular dystrophy
myodystrophy
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DMD = Duchenne's muscular dystrophy
childhood muscular dystrophy
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cardiomyopathy
myocardiopathy
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incapacitating
crippling | disabling
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incapacity
incapacitation
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to infect
to contaminate
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infected
contaminated
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dysphagy
aphagia | aglutition
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erythematous
erythematosus
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junction
juncture | junctura
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nerumuscular junction
myoneural junction
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ligament
ligamentum
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CT = computed tomography
CT scan CAT = computerized axial tomography CAT scan
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MRI = magnetic resonance imaging
nuclear magnetic resonance tomography
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spinal tuberculosis
Pott's disease
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spinal cord
medulla spinalis
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strain of a muscle
pulled muscle
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closed fracture
simple fracture
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open fracture
compound fracture
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metabolic bone disease
metabolic osteopathy
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estrogen replacement therapy
substitution hormonotherapy
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rachitis
rickets
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Paget's disease
osteitis deformans
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axial skeleton
skeleton axiale
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cardiac failure
heart failure | cardiac insufficiency
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neoplasm
new growth
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osteosarcoma
osteogenic sarcoma
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gout
gouty arthritis
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hallux
great toe
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ankylosing spondylitis
Marie-Strumpell arthritis
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herniated disk
slipped disk ruptured disk herniated nucleus pulposus
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verbral pulp
nucleus pulposus | gelatinous nucleus
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sciatic nerve inflammation
sciatica | sciatic neuralgia
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spasm
muscle spasm | spasmus
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intestinal ischemia
bowel ischemia
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brain ischemia
cerebral ischemia
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hepatic ischemia
ischemia hepatitis
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diaphoretic
sudorific
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to coagulate
to clot
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clot
coagulum
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precordial pain
precordialgia
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epigastric pain
epigastric distress | epigastralgia
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paleness
pallor
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indigestible
undigestible
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cerebral arteries
arteriae cerbri
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leg
crus - crura
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leg injury
leg trauma
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dissecting aneurysm of the aorta
dissecting aortic aneurysm
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aneurysmal
anerurysmatic
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cyanotic
cyanosed
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syncopal
syncopic
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essential hypertension
primary hypertension | idiopathic hypertension
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DBP = dyastolic blood pressure
minimum blood pressure
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SBP = systolic blood pressure
maximum blood pressure
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pathologic
pathological
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ongoing
unceasing
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palliation
alleviation | mitigation
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middle ear
auris media
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perioperative
paraoperative
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balance
equilibrium
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pre-operative
presurgical
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prominence
prominentia
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embolism
embolia
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to compress
to compact
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calf
sura
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heparin
heparinic acid
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venous stasis
venostasis | plebostasis
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hypothermal
hypothermic
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accidental hypothermia
inadvertent hypothermia
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muscle tone
myotony
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epidural anesthesia
peridural anesthesia | epidural block
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vasodilating
vasodilator | vasohypotonic
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vasodilator
vasodilator agent
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drug safety
pharmacovigilance = PV = PhV
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fast
fasting
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articulate
articulated

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