Medical Terms 1
difficulty swallowing
dyshagia
Malignant
Cancerous
Bleeding from damage to a blood vessel
heamorrhage
Paediatric
Relates to medical treatments of children, typically between 0 - 16 years of age.
4WW
Four wheel walker
surgical removal of the tonsils
Tonsillectomy
Hypotension
Low blood pressure
Inflamed or infected tissue beneath the skin
Cellulitis
Pathology
The investigation of diseases through blood, tissue and body fluid sampling.
IDC
Indwelling catheter
a heart rate over 100 beats a minute
Tachycardia
Aneamia
low red blood cell/haemoglobin blood level
surgical investigation of the bowel
Colonoscopy
myopathy
disease of the muscle
BOC
Behaviours of concern
inflammation of the organ which produces enzymes to break down food
Pancreatitis
Renal
relates to the kidneys
A medical imaging device that creates multi-plane images of the body. Non-radioactive.
MRI
Sphygmomanometer
Device for measuring blood pressure
SOOB
Sitting out of bed
systemic shock like state in response to an infection
Sepsis
Hypodermic
pertaining to below the skin
an abnormally large liver
Hepatomegaly
pertaining to the period of time after birth
HFrEF
Heart failure reduced ejection fraction