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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| How to Use the Dictionary | |
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| Abbreviations | |
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| Medical Abbreviations | |
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| Conversion Tables | |
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| Spanish Sounds | |
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| English Sounds | |
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| Cognates | |
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| Simplified Spanish Grammar | |
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| Spanish-English Glossary | |
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| Simplified English Grammar | |
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| English-Spanish Glossary | |
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| Appendix A | |
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| Guide to Questions and Answers | |
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| Questioning the Patient | |
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| Personal Data | |
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| Financial Facts | |
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| At the Doctor's Office | |
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| Chief Complaint | |
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| Medical History | |
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| Review of Systems | |
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| Eyes, Ears, Nose, and Throat | |
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| Cardiopulmonary System | |
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| Gastrointestinal System | |
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| Musculoskeletal System | |
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| Neurological System | |
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| Skin | |
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| Genitourinary System | |
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| Urinary System | |
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| Labor and Delivery | |
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| The Newborn | |
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| Medications | |
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| Types of Medications | |
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| How to Take or Administer Medicines | |
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| Warnings about Dependency on Medications | |
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| Interactions and Possible Reactions | |
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| Dosage, Manipulation and Use | |
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| Drug Abuse | |
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| Drug Classification | |
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| Symptoms Related to Drug Abuse | |
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| Emergencies and First Aid Services | |
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| Ambulance and Emergency Room | |
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| Hospitalization | |
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| Surgery | |
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| Anesthesia | |
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| Trauma and Emergency Problems | |
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| Foreign Bodies Penetrating the Body | |
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| Airway Foreign Bodies | |
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| Substances Causing Toxic Effects | |
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| Intoxication-Poisoning | |
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| Burns | |
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| Chest Pain | |
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| Loss of Consciousness | |
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| Eye Emergencies | |
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| Other Emergencies | |
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| Appendix B | |
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| Signs and Symptoms in Most Common Disorders and Diseases | |
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| Vital Signs | |
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| Warning Signs of a Heart Attack | |
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| Stroke Warning Signals | |
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| Medical Tests | |
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| Cardiovascular Tests | |
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| Work-ups | |
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| Respiratory Tests and Studies | |
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| Reflex Tests | |
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| Other Tests for Specific Problems | |
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| X-ray and Laboratory Examination | |
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| Diagnostic Tests and Studies | |
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| CAT Scan | |
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| MRI | |
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| Surgical Procedures | |
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| Appendix C | |
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| Alzheimer Disease | |
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| Etiology of Common Diseases | |
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| Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) | |
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| HIV and AIDS | |
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| Questions and Answers on HIV and AIDS | |
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| Questions Commonly Asked about HIV | |
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| Protection Against Infection | |
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| Question about Testing for HIV and AIDS | |
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| Treatment and Therapy of HIV | |
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| Observations Related to HIV and AIDS | |
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| Bioterrorism | |
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| HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) | |
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| Consent and Authorization Forms | |
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| The Rights of the Patient | |
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| Living Will | |
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| Muscles and Actions | |
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| Physical Fitness | |
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| Nutrition | |
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| Food Distribution | |
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| Vitamins and Minerals-Sources | |
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| Methods of Food Preparation | |
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| Food Additives | |
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| Nutrition Vocabulary: Foods | |
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| Therapeutic Diets | |
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| Appendix D | |
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| Idiomatic Expressions and Useful Phrases | |
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| Medical Phrases | |
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| Phrases Related to Health Insurance Policy Claims | |
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| Regular Verbs | |
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| Irregular Verbs | |
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| Appendix E | |
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| Weights and Measures | |
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| Cardinal Numerals | |
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| Ordinal Numerals | |
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| Fractions | |
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| Temperature | |
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| Time | |
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| Days of the Week | |
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| Seasons and Months of the Year | |
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| Time of Day | |
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| Expressions of Time | |
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| Timing Tests and Medications | |
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| Stages of Life | |