NUR 1055 Medical Terminology Quiz 1
- Diseases and Disorders
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis)
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Also knows as Lou Gehrig's Disease
- AMD (Age-related Macular Degeneration)
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eye problem
- AMI (Acute myocardial infarction)
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heart attack
- AODM (Adult onset diabetes mellitus)
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type 2 diabetes
- AVM (Arteriovenous malformation)
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defect in the circulatory system 1 / 4
- BPH (Benign prostatic hypertrophy)
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enlargement of the prostate gland
- CABG (Coronary artery bypass graft)
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type of heart surgery
- CAD (Coronary artery disease)
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common type of heart disease
- CMV (Cytomegalovirus)
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common virus
- CHD (Congenital heart disease)
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heart disease clients are born with
- CHF (Congestive heart failure)
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heart failure; heart cannot pump enough blood throughout the body 2 / 4
- CRF (Chronic renal failure)
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failure of the kidneys
- CVA (Cerebrovascular accident)
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stroke
- DJD (Degenerative joint disease)
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arthritis
- DM (Diabetes Mellitus)
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lack control of blood suggar
- DVT (Deep-vein thrombosis)
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blood clot
- ESRD (End-stage renal disease)
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kidney disease 3 / 4
- GERD (Gastroesophageal reflux disease)
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stomach contents back up into stomach and esophagus
- HAV (Hepatitits A virus)
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virus that causes liver disease
- HBV (Hepatitis B virus)
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virus that causes liver disease
- HCV (Hepatitis C virus)
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virus that causes liver disease
- HIV (Human immunodeficiency virus)
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the virus that causes AIDS
- HPV (Human papilloma virus)
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virus that causes cervical cancer
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