Medical Terminology - Most used terms First Aid

Check out this app dedicated to understanding the language of medicine. Find the meaning of each component of a medical word.

Ideal revision for uSMLE step 1,2,3, PANCE, Comlex,LPN, City and Guilds (AMSPAR) Certificates in Medical Terminology and CMA (AAMA) Medical Terminology Exams. Includes links to free interactive medical apps.

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Medical terminology is a language for accurately describing the human body and associated components, conditions, processes and process in a science-based manner. Some examples are: trapezius, and latissimus dorsi. It is to be used in the medical and nursing fields.

We generally come across doctors or students that daily interact with in this terminology. However, we do not get to understand much as we are not familiar with these words.

Here is an android app that helps you understand this terminology in detail.

Just go ahead and download this app and get a list of commonly used medical terms along with their details explaning them further. All you need to do is search the term alphabetically to get a list of the terms and click on each term to view its respective meaning.

This app will now help you interact with your doctors and medical students with ease and confidence.

A few examples include:

1. Asthma: Respiratory disorder characterized by recurring episodes of sudden onset of breathing difficulty, wheezing on expiration and inspiration as a result of constriction of the bronchi, coughing, and thick mucous bronchial secretions; also known as reactive airway disease

2. AVPU: Acronym for Alert, Verbal, Painful, and Unresponsive; used to describe patient''s responsiveness

3. Body Substance Isolation (BSI): Isolation of substances that are excreted from the body to prevent the spread of communicable diseases

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This app is intended to students, researchers, resident, doctors, biochemical specialists, dentists, nurses and medical professionals and of course Medical lecturers, teachers and professors.

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