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  2. Scrubs (clothing) - Wikipedia

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    This shift in colour perception allows medical professional to avoid visual confusion when looking at white surfaces or objects like drapes or other uniforms. [ 6 ] Non-surgical scrubs come in a wider variety of colors and patterns, ranging from official issue garments to custom made, whether by commercial uniform companies or by home-sewing ...

  3. Meaning [1] Latin (or Neo-Latin) origin [1] a.c. before meals: ante cibum a.d., ad, AD right ear auris dextra a.m., am, AM morning: ante meridiem: nocte every night Omne Nocte a.s., as, AS left ear auris sinistra a.u., au, AU both ears together or each ear aures unitas or auris uterque b.d.s, bds, BDS 2 times a day bis die sumendum b.i.d., bid, BID

  4. Medical slang - Wikipedia

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    Medical slang is the use of acronyms and informal terminology to describe patients, other healthcare personnel and medical concepts. Some terms are pejorative. In English, medical slang has entered popular culture via television hospital and forensic science dramas such as ER, House M.D., NCIS, Scrubs, and Grey's Anatomy, and through fiction, in books such as The House of God by Samuel Shem ...

  5. Scrub - Wikipedia

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    Scrub(s) may refer to: Scrub, low shrub and grass characteristic of scrubland; Scrubs (clothing), worn by medical staff Scrubs, an American television program; Scrubs (occupation), also called "scrub tech," "scrub nurse," or "surgical technologist"

  6. Surgical technologist - Wikipedia

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    Surgical technologist demonstrating proper precautionary raised idle hand position. A surgical technologist, also called a scrub, scrub tech, surgical technician, or operating department practitioner or operating room technician, is an allied health professional working as a part of the team delivering surgical care.

  7. List of medical abbreviations: C - Wikipedia

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    Meaning c̅ (c with an overbar) with (from Latin cum) means with C: cytosine cervical vertebrae: C1: atlas – first cervical vertebra of the spine C2: axis – second cervical vertebra of the spine CA: carcinoma cancer: Ca: calcium carcinoma cancer: CAA: coronary artery aneurysm: c/b: complicated by: CABG: coronary artery bypass graft ...

  8. Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    Stedman's Medical Dictionary is a medical dictionary developed for medical students, physicians, researchers, and medical language specialists. Entries include medical terms, abbreviations, acronyms, measurements, and more. Pronunciation and word etymology (showing mostly Latin and Greek prefixes and roots) are provided with most definitions.

  9. Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine - Wikipedia

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    The Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine (SNOMED) is a systematic, computer-processable collection of medical terms, in human and veterinary medicine, to provide codes, terms, synonyms and definitions which cover anatomy, diseases, findings, procedures, microorganisms, substances, etc. It allows a consistent way to index, store, retrieve, and ...