Frank Cordero 18-1632

1. Medicine: Is the science and practice of caring for a patient, managing the diagnosis,
prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their
health.

2. Doctor: Is professional who practices medicine and who attempts to maintain and
restore health by studying, diagnosing, and treating a patient's illness or injury. In the
Spanish language, in a colloquial way, this type of professional is also called a doctor,
even if they have not obtained a doctorate degree.

3. Illness: The disease is considered as any state where there is a deterioration of the
health of the human organism. All diseases involve a weakening of the body's natural
defense system or those that regulate the internal environment.

4. Patient: In common parlance, the term patient is applied to any person who is seen by a
health professional for a physical or emotional/mental health problem. In medicine and in
general in the health sciences, the term patient is applied to someone who is in pain or
discomfort.

5. Hospital: The Hospital is an integral part of a medical and social organization whose
mission is to provide the population with complete medical-health care, both curative and
preventive, and whose services extend to the family environment.

6. Clinic: Health establishment, generally private, where a patient's disease is diagnosed

and treated, who may be hospitalized or be treated on an outpatient basis.

7. Emergency: It is an event or situation that occurs unexpectedly and requires immediate

attention. Emergency cases are those matters related to: Accidents / hospitalizations.

8. Treatment is the set of means whose purpose is the cure or relief of diseases or
symptoms.

9. Medicine: Substance used to cure or prevent a disease, to reduce its effects on the body
or to alleviate physical pain.

10. Anesthesiology: is the medical science that deals with pain relief and overall care of
the surgical patient before, during and after surgery.

11. Cardiology: Is a branch of medicine that deals with disorders of the heart and the
cardiovascular system.
12. Endocrinology is a discipline of medicine that studies the endocrine system and
diseases caused by its inadequate functioning.

13. Gastroenterology: It is the medical specialty that deals with diseases of the digestive
system and associated organs, made up of: esophagus, stomach, liver and bile ducts,
pancreas, small intestine, colon and rectum.

14. Geriatrics is the branch of medicine that is dedicated to studying the diseases that
afflict older people and their care.

15. Hematology is the study of blood and its disorders.

16. Family Medicine: Family medicine or family medicine is the medical discipline that
is responsible for maintaining health in all aspects, analyzing and studying the human
body globally.

17.Internal Medicine: Internists are medical specialists that are skilled in the
management of patients who have undifferentiated or multi-system disease processes.

18. Veterinary medicine is the application of medicine to animals.

19. Nephrology: Is a specialty of adult internal medicine and pediatric medicine that
concerns the study of the kidneys, specifically normal kidney function (renal physiology)
and kidney disease (renal pathophysiology), the preservation of kidney health, and the
treatment of kidney disease, from diet and medication to renal replacement therapy
(dialysis and kidney transplantation).

20. Pulmonology is the medical specialty in charge of the study of diseases of the
respiratory system and focuses its field of action on the diagnosis, treatment and
prevention of diseases of the lung, pleura and mediastinum.

21. Neurology: Neurologists are specialists who treat diseases of the brain and spinal cord,
peripheral nerves and muscles. Neurological conditions include epilepsy, stroke, multiple
sclerosis (MS) and Parkinson's disease.

22. Ophthalmology: It's a physician who undergoes subspecialty training in medical and
surgical eye care. Following a medical degree, a doctor specializing in ophthalmology
must pursue additional postgraduate residency training specific to that field.

23. Oncology is the study of cancer.

24. Pediatrics: Pediatrics is the branch of medicine dealing with the health and medical
 care of infants, children, and adolescents from birth up to the age of 18.

25. Psychiatry is a specialty of medicine, which is dedicated to the study and promotion of
mental health, as well as the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders.

26. Pharmacy: It is the science and practice of the preparation, conservation, presentation
and dispensing of medicines; It is also the place where parapharmacy and medicinal
products are prepared, dispensed and sold. This definition is the most universal and
classic, which overlaps with the concept of Galenic Pharmacy (Galen was a Greek
physician from the 2nd century, an expert in preparing medicines).

27. Gynecology: Is the area of medicine that involves the treatment of women's diseases,
especially those of the reproductive organs. It is often paired with the field of obstetrics,
forming the combined area of obstetrics and gynecology.

28. Dermatology: Is the branch of medicine dealing with the skin. It is a speciality with
both medical and surgical aspects. A dermatologist is a specialist medical doctor who
manages diseases related to skin, hair, nails, and some cosmetic problems.

29. Dentistry is one of the health sciences that is responsible for the diagnosis, treatment
and prevention of diseases of the stomatognathic apparatus.

30. Otorhinolaryngology is the medical specialty in charge of pathologies of the ear,

nose and throat.

31. Urology: Urology is a part of health care that deals with diseases of the male and
female urinary tract (kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra). It also deals with the male
organs that are able to make babies (penis, testes, scrotum, prostate, etc.). Since health
problems in these body parts can happen to everyone, urologic health is important.

32. General Surgery includes the diagnosis and treatment of diseases that are resolved by
surgical or potentially surgical procedures, both elective and emergency, in the following
systems: digestive, endocrine, breast, skin and soft tissues, abdominal wall and
retroperitoneum.

33. Plastic surgery is the medical specialty that aims to correct and improve abnormalities
of congenital, acquired, tumor or evolutionary origin, which require repair or replacement
of body shape and function.

34.Cardiovascular surgery (CCV) is a specialty of medicine that deals with disorders

and diseases of the cardiocirculatory system that require surgical therapy.

35.Thoracic Surgery is the specialty that deals with the surgical treatment of pathology
 located in the thoracic cage with the exception of cardiac pathology and the great vessels
as well as diseases of the spine, which are treated by the corresponding specialties.

36.Pediatric Surgery is the specialty that is responsible for the study, diagnosis and
treatment of surgical diseases, congenital and acquired, of the fetus, newborn, infant,
school child and adolescent, up to 18 years of age.