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Dean Vaughn
Abbreviations
Respiratory System
Cardiovasuuclar System
Blood & Lymphatic System
100
Suffix that means inflammation
What is "-itis"?
100
Coronary Care Unit
What is "CCU"?
100
Hairlike projections that sweep particles towards the throat
What are cilia?
100
Portable monitoring device that acts as a prolonged electrocardiograph
What is Holter monitoring?
100
Blood clot in a blood that remains attached to its place of origin
What is a thrombus?
200
Prefix that means appendix
What is "appendic-"?
200
Arterial Blood Gas
What is "ABG"?
200
Inflammation of respitory mucous membranes (AKA: common cold)
What is coryza?
200
Pressure exerted by blood on artery walls
What is blood pressure?
200
Classification of any malignant lymphoma besides Hodgkin's disease
What is Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma?
300
Prefix that means drug
What is "pharmac-"?
300
Diphtheria, Pertusis, Tetanus
What is "DPT"?
300
Hemorrage from the nose (AKA: nose bleed)
What is epistaxis?
300
Hypertension as a result of complications with the kidneys
What is secondary hypertension?
300
Excessive uncontrolled increase in immature white blood cells in blood
What is leukemia?
400
Prefix that means lump or clot
What is "thromb-"?
400
Respitory Distress Syndrome of the Premature Infant
What is "RDS"? (Hyaline Membrane Disease)
400
Thin, watery discharge from the nose
What is rhinnorrhea?
400
Excessive level of fats in the blood
What is hyperlipidemia?
400
Rate at which red blood cells settle to the bottom of a tube at a standard condition
What is erythrocyte sedimentation rate (AKA: ESR)?
500
Prefix that means flesh
What is "sarc-"?
500
Premature Ventricular Contractions
What are "PVCs"?
500
Harsh sound during respiration caused by airway obstruction
What is stridor?
500
Localized dilation in the wall of an artery that extends with each pulsation of the artery
What is an aneurysm?
500
An antigen that is on 85% of red blood cells
What is Rh factor?