Dictionary of Nursing: Over 11,000 terms clearly definedThis fully updated edition offers over 11,000 entries, each providing clear, up-to-date coverage of specialist nursing terms including diseases, symptoms, anatomy, instruments, common drugs and biological terms. It covers both everyday vocabulary relating to patient care and terms from medical specialisations such as psychiatry. It provides the user with a complete guide to the vocabulary likely to be encountered by nurses (and other health care professionals) in their day-to-day work. |
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Common terms and phrases
abbreviation abdomen acid adjective referring adjective relating artery baby bacteria bacterium birth bladder blood vessels body bone brain breathing called cartilage caused cavity di|ziz disorder doctor duct especially Fallopian tube fetus fever fluid Full form gland heart hormone hospital infection inflammation inside intestine joint kidney liquid liver lungs lymph medicine membrane ment nerve NOTE noun a condition noun a disease noun a drug noun a form noun a person noun a small noun a substance noun a surgical noun a type noun inflammation noun the act noun the process noun the study noun the surgical nurse operation to remove organ ovum patient pituitary gland plural noun prefix prefix referring protein rectum red blood cells sexual skin someone stomach suffix Supplement surgery surgical operation syndrome tion tissue treat treatment tube tumour ureter urethra urine usually uterus vagina vein verb vitamin vowels words beginning X-ray