Medical terms made simple
Plain-language meanings of 185 words you may meet in lab reports, prescriptions, hospital bills and discharge summaries.
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- CABGcoronary artery bypass graft
- Cannula
- Cashless treatment
- Cataract
- Cataract surgery
- Catheter
- CBCcomplete blood count
- CCUcoronary care unit
- Chemotherapy
- Cholecystectomy
- Cirrhosis
- CKDchronic kidney disease
- Colonoscopy
- Consent form
- COPDchronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Creatinine
- CRPC-reactive protein
- CT scan
- Culture and sensitivity
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- PACpre-anaesthesia check-up
- Pacemaker
- Palliative care
- Pap smear
- PCafter food
- PCNLpercutaneous nephrolithotomy
- PCOSpolycystic ovary syndrome
- Peptic ulcer
- PET-CT scan
- PFTpulmonary function test
- Physiotherapy
- PICUpaediatric intensive care unit
- Piles (haemorrhoids)
- Platelet count
- Pneumonia
- Pre-authorisation
- Prediabetes
- Procalcitonin
- PSAprostate-specific antigen
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- TDSthree times a day
- TFTthyroid function tests
- Thalassaemia
- THRtotal hip replacement
- TIAtransient ischaemic attack
- TKRtotal knee replacement
- TMTtreadmill test
- Tonsillectomy
- TPAthird party administrator
- Tracheostomy
- Troponin
- TSHthyroid stimulating hormone
- Tuberculosis (TB)
- Tumour marker
- TURPtransurethral resection of the prostate
- Typhoid
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These are general explanations, not medical advice. Your doctor’s advice about your own health comes first.