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Medical Terms

 

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Acrocyanosis
Acute Care
ADN
Advocate
Air leak (pulmonary)
Airway
Albumin
Alveoli
Ambu-bag
Amino acid
Amniotic fluid
Amniotic membrane
Analgesia
Anemia
Anesthesia
Ankyloglossia
Anomaly, congenital
 

Anterior
Antibiotic
Antibiotic ointment
Antibody
Anticonvulsant
Aorta
Aortic arch
Aortic stenosis
Apgar Score
Apnea
Apnea monitor
Apneic
AGA
Areola
ARNP
AROM
Arrhythmia


 
Arterial line
Arterioles
Asphyxia
Aspirate
Assessment
APIB
Asthma
Asymmetry
Atelectasis
Atresia
Atretic
Atrial
Atrial Septal defect
Atrium
Attending Physician
Audiologist
 
Audiology Screening
Auditory
Augmentation, labor
Autopsy
Aversion, oral
Axillary
Axillary temperature


 

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