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<
Less than
>
Greater than
Abdomen
Belly, stomach
Abdominal
Ablation
Remove
Absorb
Abrasion
Absorption
Abstain
Avoid
Acid taste
Sour taste
Accommodate
Meet/agree to
Accrediting agency
Acetaminophen
Acidosis
Acknowledged
Acuity
Acute
Adenopathy
Adhesion
Adjuvant
Adjuvant treatment
Added treatment
Adrenal gland
Adverse effect
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MEDICAL TERM
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Adverse events
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Injuries; bad reactions
Agent
Drug, medication
Albumin
Allergic reaction
Alopecia
Loss of hair
Alternative
Choice
Ambulate-AmbulationAmbulatory
Amend
Change
Amnesia
Amniocentesis
Analgesic
Anaphylaxis
Anemia
Anesthesia
Anesthetic (general)
Anesthetic (local)
Anesthetize
Angioplasty
Anomalies
Physical defects
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MEDICAL TERM
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Anorexia
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Condition in which a person will not eat; lack of appetite
Anoxia
No oxygen
Antacid
Antecubital
Antibiotic
Antibody
Anticonvulsant
Antiemetic
Antihistamine
Antilipidemic
Antimicrobial
Antiretroviral
Antiseptic
Antitussive
Aphasia
Aspiration
Arrhythmia
Artery
Type of blood vessel that carries blood and oxygen from the
heart to the rest of the body
Arterial catheter
Arthritis
Asphyxia
Aspiration
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MEDICAL TERM
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Assay
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Lab test
Assent
Agreement
Assess
To learn about
Assist
Help
Asthenia
Asthma
Atrophy
Asymptomatic
Without symptoms
Audiogram
Audiology
Audiometer
Audit
Authorization
Authorizing disclosures
Autonomy
Axilla
Armpit
Bacteria
Baseline visit/period
Benefit
Benign
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MEDICAL TERM
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Beta blocker
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Drug used to slow down the heart
BID
Twice a day
Bilateral
Binding/bound
Bioavailability
Biologic
Biopsy
Blood drawing
Blood profile
Body fluids
State what body fluids; then they are extracted and given the
source and amount
Bolus
Bone density
Bone marrow
Bone mass
Bradyarrhythmias
Bradycardia
Slow heartbeat
Bronchitis
Bronchospasm
Bronchus
Bulimia
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MEDICAL TERM
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Calcipenia
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Low in calcium
Cancer radiotherapy
Capillary
Capsule
Pill
Carcinogenic
Carcinoma
Type of cancer
Cardiac
Cardiac Catheterization
Cardiovascular
Cardioversion
Carpal bones
Wrist bones
Cataract
Catheter
A tube placed near the spinal cord used for anesthesia during an
operation
Cephalalgia
Headache
Cerebellum
The part of the brain that controls the movement of the muscles
and helps maintain balance
Cerebral Palsy
Cerebral trauma
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MEDICAL TERM
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Certify
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Confirm in writing
Cessation
Stopping
Chemotherapy
Chloasma
Chronic
Cisplatin
Clavicle
Collarbone
Clinical
Clinical trial
Clinically significant
Close proximity
Near
Coagulation
Coerced
Pressured; forced
Cognitively impaired
Cognitive status
Cohort
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MEDICAL TERM
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Collaborating with
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Working with
Colon
Colonoscopy
Coma
Unconscious state
Committed
Promised
Communicates
Communication source
Source of information
Compensation
Competence
Complete response
Confidentiality
Congenital
Conjunctivitis
Consent
Agreement
Consolidation phase
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MEDICAL TERM
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follows induction
Contraindicated
Contraindications
Contrast material
Contusion
Bruise
Convulsions
Cornea
Coronary
Cross-over design
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MEDICAL TERM
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CT (cat) scan
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Computerized (axial) tomography; computerized series of xrays; special type of x-ray
Culture
Cumulation
Cumulative
Cutaneous
CVA
Cytoid
Like a cell
Debilitation
Weakened condition
Deceased person
Defecate
Defibrillation
Dehydrate
De-identified information
Information from which key data that identifies you has been
removed
Demographic
Depressant
Drug that slows down the action of the central nervous system
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MEDICAL TERM
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Dermatologic
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Pertaining to the skin
Deteriorate
Determine (s)
Decide(s)
Diagnostic (Procedure)
Disclosure Information
Diplopia
Double vision
Distal
Distension
Diuretic
Doppler
Sound waves
Duct
Duodenum
Duration
Dysfunction
Dyspepsia
Dysphagia
Difficulty in swallowing
Dysplasia
Abnormal cells
Dyspnea
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MEDICAL TERM
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Echocardiogram
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Procedure that uses sound waves for examination of the heart
Edema
EEG or Electroencephalogram
Effective date
Takes effect on
Efficacy
Effectiveness
Electrocardiogram (ECG)
Electrolyte imbalance
Electrophysiology study
Embolus
Blood clot
Embryo
Unborn baby
Emesis
Vomiting
Empiric
Based on experience
Enable
Endorphin
Endoscopic examination
Enema
medication given through the rectum that cleans out the bowel
Ensure
Make sure
Enteral
Entities
Enzyme
Enzyme abnormality
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MEDICAL TERM
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Epidermal
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Having to do with the outer layer of skin
Epidermis
Epidural
Eradicating
Esophagus
Established protocols
Has rules
Evaluate
Measure; rate
Evaluated
Examination
Exam
Limits
Excrete
Discharge, pass
Expanded availability
Experimental
External
Extravasate
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MEDICAL TERM
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Fast
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A required period to go without food; do not eat or drink
Fatigue
Feeling tired
FDA
Fetal material
Fetus
Unborn baby
Flatulence
Fibrillation
Fibrosis
Scars
Fibrous
Filing a complaint
Complaining
Fluoroscope
X-ray machine
Fracture
Break
Fungus
Form of infection
Gait
Walk
Gastric
Stomach
Gastrointestinal
Gene therapy
General anesthesia
Genetic screening
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MEDICAL TERM
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Genotype
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The genetic makeup of an individual.
Gestational
Pertaining to pregnancy
Glucose
Graph
Chart, records
Guardian
Gynecologist
Gynecology
Healthcare professionals
People who care for you: doctors, nurses; and others who care
for you
Hematocrit
Hematologist
Hematoma
Hemodynamic measurement
Hemolysis
Hemorrhage
Heparin lock
Needle placed in the arm with blood thinner to keep the blood
from clotting inside the needle or tubing
Hepatic
Liver
Hepatitis
Hepatoma
Hereby
DO NOT USE
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MEDICAL TERM
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Heritable disease
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A disease which can be transmitted to ones offspring resulting
in damage to future children
Histopathologic
Holter monitor
Hormone
Human subjects
Hypercalcemia
Hyperkalemia
Hypernatremia
Hyperopia
Farsightedness
Hypertension
Hypocalcemia
Hypodermic
Hypoglycemia
Hypotension
Hypokalemia
Hyponatremia
Hypotension
Hypothermia
Hypoxia
Hysterectomy
Iatrogenic
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MEDICAL TERM
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IDE
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Investigational device exemption, the license to test an
unapproved medical device
Identifiable information
Idiopathic
Of unknown cause
Idiosyncrasy
Immobilization
Unable to move
Immunization
Immunoglobulin
Immunological
Immunosuppressive
Immunotherapy
Impaired function
Implanted
Incapacity
Incision
To cut open
Incompetence
Incomplete
Lacking; unfinished
Incorrect
Wrong
Incumbent upon
Must
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MEDICAL TERM
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IND
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Investigational new drug; the license to test an unapproved new
drug
Indicate
Tell us
Individual right
A persons right
Individual (s)
Patient(s)
Induction phase
Induration
Hardening
Indwelling
Inert
Infarct
Infectious disease
Inflammation
Inflation
To put air in
Influenza
The flu
Informed consent
Infusion
Ingestion
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MEDICAL TERM
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Inject
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To put into by way of a needle of other device
Insomnia
Unable to sleep
Instruments in testing
Specify what instruments are to be used and how they are used
Interferon
Intermittent
Internal interior
Intestine
Stomach (belly)
Intracatheter
Intramuscular
Intraperitoneal
Intracatheter
Intraperitoneal
Intrathecal
Intravenous infusion
To drip into the blood vessel through a plastic tube and needle
Intravesical
In the bladder
Intubate
Invasive procedure
Investigational method
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MEDICAL TERM
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or has not been accepted as standard care
A new drug which has not yet been approved by the FDA
Investigator
Study doctor
In vitro
In vivo
I.V. push
Irradiation
X-ray
Ischemia procedure
Jaundice
Judicial administrative
proceeding
Lactating
Nursing
Lactation
Laparotomy
Lateral
Legal requirements
The law
Legally authorized
representative
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MEDICAL TERM
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Lesion
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Abnormal area of tissue, such as a wound, sore, rash, or boil
Lethargy
Sleepiness
Leucocyte
Leukopenia
Libido
Sexual desire
Licensure
Being licensed
Lipid
Fat
Local anesthesia
Localized
Lumbar puncture
Lumbosacral
Lower back
Lumen
Lymphangiography
Lymphocyte
Lymphoma
Macro
Large or long
Maintained
Kept
Malaise
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MEDICAL TERM
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Malfunction
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Condition in which something is not functioning properly
Malignancy
Mastectomy
Material change
Significant change
Medical device
Medications
Drugs; medicines
Medulloblastoma
Meningitis
Metabolism
Metabolize
Metastasis
Metronidazole
MI (myocardial infarction)
Minimal
Slight
Minimize
Reduce
Mobility
Monitor
Morbidity
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MEDICAL TERM
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Mortality
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Death or death rate
Mucoid
Slimy
Myalgia
Muscle aches
Myocardial infarction
Myopia
Nearsightedness
Nasal
Nose
Naso-gastric tube
Tube that goes through the nose and into the stomach
Nausea
Necrosis
Negligible
Small or unimportant
Neoplasia
Neuroblastoma
Neurological
Neurological exam
Neurologist
Neurosis
Neutropenia
New indication
New use
Next of Kin
Close relatives
Non-invasive
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MEDICAL TERM
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Nosocomial pneumonia
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Pneumonia acquired in the hospital
Notify
Tell you/tell us
Nuremberg Code
Observations
Reports
Obtain a copy
Get a copy
Obtaining
Getting
Occlusion
Closing; obstruction
Oncology
Open label
Ophthalmic
Ophthalmologist
Optimal
Oral administration
Origin
Beginning cause
Orthodontist
Orthopedic
Orthopedist
Osteopetrosis
Osteoporosis
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MEDICAL TERM
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Otologist
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Doctor who treats disorders of the ear
Otorhinolaryngologist
Otoscope
Ovaries
Palpitation
Pap test
Parenteral
Administration by injection
Paresthesia
Tingling in the ( )
Partial seizure
seizure
Patency
Pathogenesis
Pathogenic
Causing disease
PER OS (PO)
By mouth
Percutaneous
Perforation
Peripheral
Not central
Peripheral blood
Vein blood
Phalanx
Pharmacokinetics
Study of the way the body absorbs, distributes and gets rid of a
drug
Pharmacological
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MEDICAL TERM
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Pharynx
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Throat
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MEDICAL TERM
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side effects, that drug would be considered too toxic
(poisonous) to be used to treat that condition.
In Phase 3 studies, the drug is used the way it would be
administered when marketed. When these studies are completed
and the sponsor believes that the drug is safe and effective, the
sponsor applies to the FDA for approval to market the drug.
Phase 3 trials usually involve several hundred to several
thousand patient-subjects.
Phlebitis
Physical property
Physician
Doctor
Placebo
Placebo effect
Placenta
Afterbirth
Care plan
Plasma
Platelets
Pneumonia
Lung infection
Pneumothorax
Collapsed lung
Podiatrist
Foot doctor
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MEDICAL TERM
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Policies, procedures, practices
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Our rules and standards
Polydipsia
Polyps
Postpartum
After childbirth
Potential
Possible
Potentially endangering
Possibly hurting
Potentiate
Potentiation
Prenatal
Before birth
PRN
As needed
Proctologist
Prognosis
Prone
Prophylaxis
Prorated
Prospective studies
Prosthesis
Protocol
Protocols
Rules
Treat you
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MEDICAL TERM
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Provided consent
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Given consent/permission
Provider
Provisions
Arranging for
Proximal
Pruritus
Itchiness
Psychologist
Psychological test
Psychosis
Psychosomatic
Pulmonary
Pulmonary neoplasm
Lung tumor
Puncture
To make a hole
Pyelogram
QD
QID
Radiation therapy
Radioactive isotope
Random
Randomization
RBC
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MEDICAL TERM
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Rebuttal
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Response; answer; contradict
Recombinant
Reconstitution
Recur
Happen again
Refractory
Regeneration
Regimen
Regulation
Rule
Relapse
Release information
Remission
Renal
Replicable
Request a correction/amendment
Request a restriction
Ask us not to
Research
Resect
Respiratory
Breathing
Restrictions
Limits
Retrospective
Retrospective study
Revised
New; changed
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MEDICAL TERM
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Revoke your written
authorization
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Withdraw; take back; tell us not to
Risk
Saline
Sarcoma
A type of cancer
Scapula
Shoulder blade
Screening
Examination, test
Secretion
Release
Sedative
Seminoma
Sequentially
In a row
Serum
Shunt
Simultaneous
Single-blind
Sleep apnea
Software
Computer program
Somatic
Somnolence
Sleepiness
Spirometer
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MEDICAL TERM
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Staging
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A determination of the extent of the disease
Standard of care
Stenosis
Stent
A metal (or plastic) tube placed inside a blood vessel that keeps
it open to prevent blockage
Sternum
Breastbone
Stimuli
Stomatitis
Stratify
Stupor
Subclavial
Subcutaneous (SC)
Sublingual
Submandibular gland
Write a letter
Substantial communication
barrier
Communication problem
Superficial
Supine position
Supplement
Add
Supportive care
Suspected violation
Possible violation
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MEDICAL TERM
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Suture
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Stitches
Symptom
Symptomatic
Having symptoms
Syncope
Fainting or lightheadedness
Syndrome
Systemic
Tachycardia
Teratogenic
Testes
Therapeutic dose
Thorax
The chest
Thrombosis
TID
Tinnitus
Titration
T-lymphocytes
Tolerance
Topical application
Toxicity
Trachea
Windpipe
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MEDICAL TERM
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Tranquilizer
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Drug used to control anxiety
Transdermal
Transiently
Temporarily
Trauma
Injury; wound
Treadmill
Treatment choices
Tremor
Shakiness
Trial
Study
Triglyceride
In legal custody
Underpayment exists
If you ask
Uptake
Ureter
Urethra
the tube that carries urine from the bladder outside the body
Urinalysis
Urologist
Use or disclose
Utilize
Use
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MEDICAL TERM
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Valvuloplasty
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Plastic repair of a valve, especially of the heart
Varices
Vasospasm
Vector
Vehicle preparation
Vein
blood vessel
Venipuncture
Verbal
Speak or talk
Verticle transmission
Spread of disease
Voluntary
Waive
Give up
Washout period
WBC
We must
Withdraw
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