Medical terminology
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mg is abbreviation for

milligram

100

Disease during Middle Ages that killed 75% of population in Europe and Asia

Bubonic plague

100

A local agency that provides immunizations, inspections for environmental health & sanitation, & clinics for healthcare prevention is:

health department

100

one who specializes in the brain, spinal cord, nerves

neurologist

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Sun Kim's parents were born in Korea.  Sun Kim was born and raised in Charlotte, N.C.  What ethnic group does Sun Kim belong?

Asian American

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The abbreviation for electrocardiogram

EKG

200

trephining means

drilling a hole in your head
200

Consumer pays a premium & inital deductibel, plus 20% of medical costs once the deductible is met has what type of Medicare?

Medicare Type B

200

2 year college degree

Associates

200

Believing that one's ethnic group is better or superior than another is called

ethnocentric

300

abbreviation for three times a day

TID

300

Acceptance of dissection of the body, invention of printing press occurred during

Renaissance

300

Worker's comp is administered by the 

state

300

Medical professional is licensed to spay a dog 

veterinarian

300

prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.

bias

400

"hyper" means

excessive or high

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In primitive times, people believed that the cause of disease and illness was

punishment from Gods

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The amount of money that must be paid by the pt for medical services before the policy begins to pay is the

deductible

400

Music therapist works with individuals that are

mentally handicapped

400


preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience

prejudice

500

root word "thorac" means

chest

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During what century did women begin to take an active role in providing healthcare?

19th

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The network is required to provice quality care at the lowest possible cost

managed care

500

How long does it take to become a phlebotomist 

10-20 hour course; less than 6 months

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a person who believes that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of God or of anything beyond material phenomena; a person who claims neither faith nor disbelief in God.

agnostic

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