Vocabularies and Terminologies Medicine and Allied Health

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Ophthalmology
Optometry Orthoptics

Obstetrics Gynecology
Obstetrics and Gynecology Gynography

Pediatrics Neonatology Geriatrics Psychology

OPHTHALMOLOGY
is the branch of medicine that deals with the anatomy, physiology, and diseases of the eye Opthalmologist
specialist in medical and surgical eye problems

OPHTHALMOLOGY
Ophthalmology comes from the Greek words:
Opthalmos - Eye Logos word, thought, or discourse

Ophthalmology literally means the science of the eyes

OPHTHALMOLOGY
As a discipline, it applies to animal eyes also, since the differences from human practice are surprisingly minor and are related mainly to differences in anatomy or prevalence

OPHTHALMOLOGY

Besharse, Joseph; Dana, Reza; Dartt, Darlene A. Encyclopedia of the eye, 2010 ISBN: 9780123741981 Academic Press

Kanski, Jack J. Signs in ophthalmology, 2010 ISBN: 9780723435488 Mosby

Rapuano, Christopher J. Year book of ophthalmology, 2010 ISBN: 9780323068383 Mosby

OPTOMETRY
is a health care profession concerned with eyes and related structures, as well as vision, visual systems, and vision information processing in humans Optometrists, or Doctors of Optometry
licensed medical professionals trained to prescribe and fit lenses to improve vision, and to diagnose and treat various eye diseases

OPTOMETRY
Optometry comes from the Greek words:
(opsis; "view")
The root word opto, is a shortened form derived from the Greek word, ophthalmos, meaning, "eye."

(metron; "something used to

measure", "measure", "rule").

OPTOMETRY

Optometry: Science, Techniques and Clinical Management [Hardcover] Mark Rosenfield MCOptom PhD FAAO (Editor), Nicola Logan MCOptom PhD (Editor)

Clinical Pearls for Primary Care Optometry Optometry Edition (Grosvenor, Primary Care 2.1 [Paperback] Optometry) [Hardcover] Roger F. Filips (Author), Theodore Grosvenor OD PhD FAAO (Author) Valerie M. Kattouf (Author)

RELATED TERMS
Orthoptics is a discipline dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of defective eye movement and coordination, binocular vision, and amblyopia by eye care professionals Orthoptics come from the Greek words:
ortho meaning "straight optikas meaning "vision

OBSTETRICS
is the medical specialty dealing with the care of all women's reproductive tracts and their children during pregnancy (prenatal period), childbirth and the postnatal period. Obstetrics come from the Latin words
obstare, "to stand by

OBSTETRICS
Veterinary obstetrics is the same concept for veterinary medicine although theriogenology is more commonly used term that includes obstetrics, gynecology, and andrology. Almost all modern obstetricians are also gynaecologists.

GYNECOLOGY
Gynaecology or gynecology is the medical practice dealing with the health of the female reproductive system (uterus, vagina, and ovaries). Literally, outside medicine, it means "the science of women". Its counterpart is andrology, which deals with medical issues specific to the male reproductive system.

GYNECOLOGY
Almost all modern gynaecologists are also obstetricians. In many areas, the specialties of gynaecology and obstetrics overlap. Gynaecology comes from the Greek
Ancient Greek gyne, Modern Greek gynaika, Both meaning woman + logia meaning study
so it literally is the study of women.

OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

obstetrics and gynaecology (or obstetrics and gynecology; often abbreviated to OB/GYN, OBG, O&G or Obs & Gynae)
surgical surgicalmedical specialties dealing with the female reproductive organs in their pregnant and non-pregnant state, nonrespectively, and as such are often combined to form a single medical specialty and postgraduate training programme.

OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ISSN: 0002-9378 0002[Monthly] http://www.ajog.org/

Obstetrics and Obstetrics and Gynecology Gynecology Clinics of ISSN: 0029-7844 0029North America [Monthly] ISSN: 0889-8545 0889http://www.greenjournal.org [Quarterly] / http://www.obgyn.theclinic s.com

OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY

Bennett, Phillip; Williamson, Catherine Basic science in obstetrics and gynaecology, 2010 Edition: 4th ed. ISBN: 9780443102813 Churchill Livingstone

Reece, E.; Barbieri, Robert Obstetrics and gynecology, 2010 ISBN: 9783131439512 Thieme International

Sanfilippo, Joseph S.; LaraLara-Torre, Eduardo Clinical pediatric and adolescent gynecology, 2008 ISBN: 9780415448888 Informa HealthCare

OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY

Hanretty, Kevin P. Obstetrics illustrated, 2009 Edition: 7th ed. ISBN: 9780702030666 Churchill Livingstone

RELATED TERMS
Gynography (Spanish: gingrafo) is defined as "radiography of the female genital organs" that uses "air or other gas" that is injected intraperitoneally as a contrast medium.

PEDIATRICS
or paediatrics is the branch of medicine that deals with the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents. Pediatrician or Paediatrician
medical practitioner who specializes in this area

PEDIATRICS
The word pediatrics and its cognates mean:
healer of children
Great Ormond Street Hospital in London,United Kingdom, which was the first pediatric hospital in the English-speaking world. English-

They derive from two Greek words:

(pais = child) (iatros = doctor or healer).

PEDIATRICS

Pediatric clinical practice guidelines and policies, 2010 Edition: 10th ed. ISBN: 9781581103724 American Academy of Pediatrics

Chambers, Christine T.; Finley, G. Allen Pediatric pain, 2010 ISBN: 9781603270502 Humana Press

Chung, Esther K.; Boom, Julie A. Visual diagnosis in pediatrics, 2010 Edition: 2nd ed. ISBN: 9781605475462 Lippincott Williams and Wilkins

NEONATOLOGY
is a subspecialty of pediatrics that consists of the medical care of newborn infants, especially the ill or premature newborn infant. The patients of neonatologists are neweborn infants who are ill or requiring special medical care due to prematurity, low birth weight, intrauterine growth retardation, congenital malformations (birth defects), sepsis, or birth asphyxias.

NEONATOLOGY
It is a hospital-based specialty, and is hospitalusually practiced in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Neonatology comes from:
neonate which means "recently born infant coined from neo- + the Latin word natus (Old neoLatin: gnasci;), meaning born.

NEONATOLOGY

Fox, Grenville; Hoque, Nicholas Oxford handbook of neonatology, 2010 ISBN: 9780199228843 Oxford University Press

Kendall, Giles; Rennie, Janet Feigin's handbook of pediatrics and neonatology , 2011 ISBN: 9780071639248 McGrawMcGraw-Hill

Neonatology ISSN: 1661-7800 1661[8 times a year] http://www.karger.com/BON

GERIATRICS
is a sub-specialty of internal submedicine and family medicine that focuses on health care of elderly people. Geriatrician
physician who specializes in the care of elderly people.

GERIATRICS
Geriatrics, the care of aged people, differs from gerontology, which is the study of the aging process itself. geriatrics comes from the Greek words:
geron meaning "old man iatros meaning "healer However, geriatrics is sometimes called medical gerontology.

GERIATRICS

Aizenstein, Howard J.; Reynolds, Charles F. Neuroimaging research in geriatric mental health, 2010 ISBN: 9780826110992 Springer

Aizenstein, Howard J.; Reynolds,Charles F. Oxford American handbook of geriatric medicine, 2010 ISBN: 9780195373189 Oxford University Press

Woodford, Henry Essential geriatrics, 2010 Edition: 2nd ed. ISBN: 9781846194269 Radcliffe Publishing

PSYCHIATRY
is the medical specialty devoted to the study and treatment of mental disorders. These mental disorders include various affective, behavioral, cognitive, and perceptive abnormalities. A medical doctor specializing in psychiatry is a psychiatrist.

The word psyche comes from the ancient Greek for soul or butterfly.

PSYCHIATRY

the fluttering elusive insect appears in the coat of arms of Britain's Royal College of Psychiatrists

The term was first coined by the German physician Johann Christian Reil in 1808, and literally means the 'medical treatment of the mind
psychpsych-: mind; from Ancient Greek psykh:
soul;

-iatry: medical treatment; from Greek itrikos: medical, isthai: to heal

PSYCHIATRY

Eghigian, Greg From madness to mental health, 2010 ISBN: 9780813546667 Rutgers University Press

Sadock, Benjamin J.; Sadock, James, Ursula Virginia A. Clinical hypnosis Kaplan and Sadock's pocket textbook, 2010 handbook of clinical Edition: 2nd ed. psychiatry, 2010 ISBN: 9781846194207 Edition: 5th ed. Radcliffe Publishing ISBN: 9781605472645 Lippincott Williams and Wilkins

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