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A page from Robert James's A Medicinal Dictionary; London, 1743-45 An illustration from Appleton's Medical Dictionary; edited by S. E. Jelliffe (1916). The earliest known glossaries of medical terms were discovered on Egyptian papyrus authored around 1600 B.C. [1] Other precursors to modern medical dictionaries include lists of terms compiled from the Hippocratic Corpus in the first century AD.
International scientific vocabulary – Scientific and specialized words in current use in several modern languages; List of deprecated terms for diseases; Medical slang – acronyms and informal terminology used to describe patients, other healthcare personnel and medical concepts
C. Calcinosis; Calculus (medicine) Cardiac shunt; Carnoy's solution; Case presentation; Case report; Cause of death; Central venous pressure; Cerebellar degeneration
A district hospital typically is the major health care facility in its region, with large numbers of beds for intensive care, critical care, and long-term care. In California, "district hospital" refers specifically to a class of healthcare facility created shortly after World War II to address a shortage of hospital beds in many local communities.
Once Baptist Hospital of Miami is designated as a statutory teaching hospital by the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, FIU’s medical school will get an additional $1.2 million per ...
This is a list of abbreviations used in health informatics.. ACA, Affordable Care Act; DICOM, a standard for handling, storing, printing, and transmitting information in medical imaging.
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A vocabulary (also known as a lexicon) is a set of words, typically the set in a language or the set known to an individual. The word vocabulary originated from the Latin vocabulum, meaning "a word, name". It forms an essential component of language and communication, helping convey thoughts, ideas, emotions, and information.