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| plan; posterior; pulse; phosphorus; pupil; pressure |
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| posteroanterior (back to front); pulmonary artery |
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| premature atrial contraction |
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| arterial pressure of carbon dioxide in the blood; also written PCO2. |
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| picture archival communications system |
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| palpable; palpation (examine by touch) |
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| arterial pressure of oxygen in the blood. |
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| Papanicolaou smear (microscopic examination of cells from the cervix and vagina) |
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| paracentesis (abdominocentesis) |
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| woman having produced one, two, three viable offspring; unipara, bipara, tripara |
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| percutaneous coronary interventions |
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| physical examination; pulmonary embolus |
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| positive end expiratory pressure |
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| pupils equal, round, and reactive to light and accomodation |
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| positron emission tomography |
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| pressure-equalizing tube (ventilating tube for the eardrum) |
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| hydrogen ion concentration (measurement of acidity or alkalinity of a solution) |
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| pelvic inflammatory disease |
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| phenylketonuria (test for lack of an enzyme in infants) |
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| afternoon (post meridian); post mortem |
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| paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea; postnasal drip |
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| polymorphonuclear leukocytes (neutrophils) |
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| popliteal (behind the knee) |
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| after meals (postprandial); after birth (postpartum) |
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| purified protein derivative (skin test for tuberculosis) |
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| before operation (preoperative) |
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| prothrombin time (test of blood clotting) |
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| prostate specific antigen |
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| physical therapy; prothrombin time |
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| prior to admission (to hospital) |
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| percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (baloon angioplasty) |
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| partial thromboplastin time (test of blood clotting) |
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| premature ventricular contraction (abnormal heart rhythm) |
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| peripheral vascular disease |
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| paroxysmal ventricular tachycardia |
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| rheumatoid arthritis; right atrium |
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| radioimmunoassay (minute quantities are measured) |
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| recovery room; respiration rate |
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| regular rate and rhythm (of the heart) |
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| radiation therapy; recreational therapy; radiologic technologist |
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| first, second sacral vertebra |
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| sinoatrial node (pacemaker of the heart) |
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| severe acute respiratory syndrome |
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| small bowel follow-through (x-rays of the small intestine with contrast) |
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| erythrocyte sedimentation rate (time it takes red blood cells to settle out of blood) |
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| segmented white blood cells (gradulocytes) |
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| selective estrogen receptor modulator (tamoxifen is an example) |
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| social history: serum hepatitus |
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| sudden infant death syndrome |
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| systemic inflammatory response syndrome (severe bacteremia) |
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| systemic lupus erythematosus |
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| sequantial multiple analyzer (test of blood componenets) |
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| subjective (symptoms perceived by the patient) data, objective (exam findings) data, assessment (evaluation of condition), plan (goals for treatment) |
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| status post (previous disease condition) |
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| single photon emission computed tomography |
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| selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (antidepressant drug) |
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| first, second thoracic vertebra |
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| triiodothyronine (thyroid gland hormone) |
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| thyroxine (thyroid gland hormone) |
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| tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy |
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| total adominal hysterectomy - bilateral salpingo oophorectomy |
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| lymphocytes originating in the thymus gland |
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| transesophageal echocardiogram |
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| transient ischemic attack |
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| transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulator |
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| tumor, nodes, metastasis (staging system for cancer) |
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| tomograms (x-ray images to show an organ in depth) |
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| total parenteral nutrition |
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| temperature, pulse, respiration |
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| thyroid stimulating hormone |
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| transurethral incision of the prostate gland |
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| transurethral resection of the prostate gland |
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| total vaginal hysterectomy |
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| navel (umbilical cord region) |
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| upper respiratory infection |
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| vital capcity (of the lungs) |
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| visual field; ventricular fibrillation |
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| ventricular septal defect |
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| ventricular tachycardia (abnormal heart rhythm) |
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| white blood cell; white blood count |
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| well developed, well nourished |
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