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Medical terms are divided into sections and categorized based on areas of medical knowledge. Here are some terms that you may encounter from the surgical, obstetrics, and podiatric fields.
Surgical
Surgical words are often used in the healthcare information management field. They are a staple to your everyday work, whether you're a medical transcriptionist, coder or biller. Found below are a few of them. You may notice that some of them are spelled or pronounced similarly.
• Auvray
• Bar's
• Battle
• Bergmann's
• Bevan's
• blunt and sharp
• buttonhole
• Cherney
• Chernez
• chevron
• circular
Podiatric
Podiatric medicine is the field of medicine that deals with treating different disorders relating to the ankle, foot and lower extremities. You'll encounter medical words from this field since the older generation are often treated for joint and muscle ailments associated with the lower extremities. Here are a few medical words starting with A that you may encounter while on the job:
abductor (muscle)
achillobursitis
aclasis - pathological continuity of structure
acrodermatitis enteropathica
acrokeratosis paraneoplastica - Bazex syndrome
adductor (muscle)
adiposis dolorosa - Dercum disease
aDWF - ankle Doppler wave form
AFO - ankle-foot orthosis
alligator skin - ichthyosis congenita
allylamines - e.g. Naftin (naftifine)
angle, DMMA - distal metatarsal articular, Engel, Fowler-Philip, Kite, talo-first, Taygar
ankylosis
anserinoplasty
antalgic gait
AOFS hindfoot ankle score
apophysitis
aPVR - ankle pulse volume recording
atavistic tarsometatarsal joint
athlete's foot - tinea pedis, ringworm of the feet
atavism
Obstetrical
Obstetrics words are words used in Gynecology or Obstetrics. These words pertain to the reproductive systems of women and may often denote the status of their pregnancy or birth-giving. Here are a few samples of these words:
T=term births
P=preterm births (prior to 37 weeks gestation)
A=abortions
L=living children
G gravida (number of pregnancies)
P para (number of births of viable offspring)
A or Ab abortus (abortions)
And here are some of the abbreviations that you may encounter as well. These are abbreviations starting with J and K. You might notice that you use some of them on a daily basis.
JVD - jugular venous distention
JVP - jugular venous pressure
JP - Jackson-Pratt (drainage tube)
K - Potassium
Kcal - kilocalorie
KCI - potassium chloride
Kg - kilogram
Kg-cal - kilogram calorie
Kilo - kilogram
KUB - kidney, ureter, bladder (x-ray)
K-wire - Kirschner wire
Some commons terms include patient (the person being cared for), procedure (the operation being done), and things like RN (registered nurse). The terminology is different for all concentrated areas of the medical field.
arterial blood gases ABGs
body mass index BMI
congestive heart failure CHF
diagnosis related groups DRGs
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation ECMO
failure to diagnose FTD
gastrointestinal GI
herniated nucleus pulposus HNP
intravenous IV
Jackson-Pratt drain JP drain
kilocalorie kcal
left ventricular hypertrophy LVH
measles/mumps/rubella MMR
no intraepithelial lesion NIL
orogastric tube OGT
papanicolao smear pap smear
reflex sympathetic dystrophy RSD
sympathetic nervous system SNS
transesophageal echocardiogram TEE
ventricular fibrillation VF
Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome WPW
xeroderma pigmentosum XP
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What does iii mean in medical terms?
In medical terms, iii means three.
What is 3mm in medical terms?
3mm in medical terms and in general usage means three millimeters (about an eighth of an inch).
What q3h means?
it means in medical terms, every three hours
What does iii means in medication?
In medical terms, iii means three.
What does Q3h mean?
it means in medical terms, every three hours
What letters is rarely used as combining vowel in medical terms?
All vowels are used in medical terms e.g. uvula tonsillitis pectoriloquy
Is a word formed from the initial letter of the major part of a compound term?
medical terms for fractured bones
What silent letter is sometimes found before an s in medical terms?
It is a P. As in Psychology, Psychometric etc....
Why do you think there are sometimes two or even three medical terms that mean the same?
Multiple medical terms for the same concept usually are due to translating into multiple subfields. The prefixes or the Latin terms chosen for the terms are specific depending on the field or subfield in medicine. In other words, the terms help to translate over to the other professions better than other terms.
What is themeaning of care based of medical terms?
Medical terms used by the medical profession in caring for patients.
What does stool mean In medical terms?
In medical terms, stool means feces.
What does code 610 mean in medical terms?
What does code610 mean in medical terms
