Jornal SBC 160 · Novembro · 2015
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Hello folks,
Perisystole:
The interval
preceding the systole in the
cardiac rhythm.
Clamp:
Used for surgical
procedures to compress part
of or a structure, such as a
blodd vessel.
Peracute:
Very acute.
Claudication:
Lameness, limping due to severe pain
in the muscle of the calf resulting from decreased
blood flow.
Clot:
Coagulated blood or lymph, a thrombus.
Clouding of conciousness:
State of mental
confusion characterized by disorientation of
time and place, amnesia, and decreased reaction
time due to illness.
C.N.S.:
Central nervous system.
Idiopathy:
Usually in reference to disease
without a known cause; a spontaneous disease.
Hippocrates:
Ancient greek physician reffered
to as “the father of medicine”, born in 460 bc.
Hippocratic oath:
An oath taken by graduating
physicians which embodies a practicing code
of ethics.
Stratification:
An arrangement in layers.
Stratum:
A layer.
Throb:
pulsating movement, as a heart
beat, palpitation.
English Corner
Ricky Silveira
Mello
Professor de inglês
especializado em
Cardiologia
rickysilveiramello@
gmail.com
Withdrawal symptoms:
A term used to
describe effects of drug withdrawal in patients
who have become addicted, which include
nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, tremors,
and convultions.
Inr:
International normalized ratio.
Regards, Ricky.
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VOCABULARY
Lameness:
Coxeadura; defeito, imperfeiçao.
Limping:
Mancar, coxear, claudicar.
Clamp:
Torniquete, grampo, braçadeira.
Oath:
Juramento, voto.
Embodies:
Personifica, concretiza, incorpora,
inclui.
Layers:
Camadas.
Throb:
Palpitação, pulsação, batimento, latejo.
Withdrawal:
Retirada, remoção.
Addicted:
Viciado, entregue (a um vício).
