medical terminology
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmedicalandterminology
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medical
adjective
uk/ˈmed.ɪ.kəl/us/ˈmed.ɪ.kəl/
related to the treatment of illness ...
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terminology
noun[C or U]
uk/ˌtɜː.mɪˈnɒl.ə.dʒi/us/ˌtɝː.məˈnɑː.lə.dʒi/
special words or expressions used in relation to a particular subject ...
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(Definition ofmedicalandterminologyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The text contains an abbreviation section, however a certain understanding ofmedicalterminologyis assumed.
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The language construction of the letter and themedicalterminologyused also needs consideration.
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Presently this task must be accomplished manually by a medical expert familiar withmedicalterminology.
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But the rounding bioethicist must be knowledgeable of the clinical setting and understand enoughmedicalterminologyto grasp what is going on with the patient.
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Some conditions inherited in different ways have the samemedicalterminology, while others may simulate genetic disorders but are due to drugs, infection or other agents.
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Eleven patients cited some words or statements that they had not understood, mostlymedicalterminologyand especially abbreviations.
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Conceptual medicalisation is evident whenmedicalterminologyis used to define an issue and is generally used.
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In so doing, she touched upon the question of the status of eponyms in modernmedicalterminology.
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The case in point that will be examined in this article is the infiltration ofmedicalterminologyinto the critique of "enthusiasm" in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.
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Hence, doctors should be cautious about usingmedicalterminologyeven if patients seem to accept (and even use) it.
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Autosomal recessive conditions inmedicalterminologyare those in which affected individuals are homozygotes for the mutant gene concerned (that is have a double dose of the gene concerned).
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I am not using complicatedmedicalterminology.
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It is almost an accepted part ofmedicalterminologybut some patients might very well object to being so labelled.
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Work in some industries so clearly leads to deafness that it has become part ofmedicalterminology.
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I will not give descriptions usingmedicalterminology, but saying that organophosphates do your brain in might help people to understand.
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A different approach to diagnosis may be needed in dealing with community-based patients, who are often less familiar withmedicalterminologythan those who attend clinics.
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This very large unit is used inmedicalterminologyonly.
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This phenomenon is often seen withmedicalterminology.
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The professionals involved are renowned professors and researchers with knowledge ofmedicalterminology.
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When in doubt, the result should be verified by amedicalterminologydictionary.
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