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This term means high blood pressure.
The patient has been having stomach upset leading to loose, runny stools. The MA knows that the medical term for this is.
What is diarrhea?
A pool of blood outside of your blood vessels is known as this. An example of this is when a person falls and hits their head and blood pools around their brain.
What is hematoma?
This is normal heart rate for an adult?
What is 60 - 100 BPM?
The medical assistant knows that this type of appointment is scheduled after an operation to ensure that the patient is doing well.
This term means surgical removal of the stomach or part of the stomach.
What is gastrectomy?
The prefixes ic, eal, and al mean this.
When a patient has drainage from their nose often caused by an allergy or cold it is called this.
This is normal respiratory rate for an adult?
What is 12 - 20 respirations per minute?
The patient arrives to the office with difficulty breathing. The MA knows to chart this as this medical term.
The MD wants to look in the patient's ear. The MA knows that the doctor will want to use this tool.
What is otoscope?
The heart specialist is called this.
What is cardiologist?
The term for enlarged heart would be documented as this.
What is cardiomegaly?
The term used for finding a pulse with your fingers is this.
A patient was in a car accident and unfortunately has no feeling or use in their arms or legs.
What is quadriplegia?
The eye specialist is known as an optometrist and this other medical term.
What is ophthalmologist?
The study of the skin is called this.
What is dermatology?
What is cephalgia?
This term is used when listening with a stethoscope.
What is auscultation?
What are antibiotics?
What is cholelithiasis?
This term refers to the process of stopping bleeding.
What is hemostasis?
Inflammation of the stomach and intestines is known as this.
What is gastroenteritis?
Where is fifth intercostal space, midclavicular line?