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How would you find out what the abbreviation HEENT means? What are some of the other abbreviations used, and what do they mean?

Submitted: 374 days and 12 hours ago.
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Hi Mildred,
HEENT most frequently stands for "Head, Eyes, Ears, Nose, Throat" in a physical exam setting. The challenging issue with many abbreviations is that they can stand for different things in different settings. For example, cardiologists would say RA for Right Atrium, but a rheumatologist would interpret this as Rheumatoid Arthritis. If you have some other specific examples of abbreviations you would like "translated", I'd be happy to assist.

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What does no clubbing mean? In medical term

Posted by Dr. RayA 374 days and 9 hours ago.

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Clubbing is a change in the nail bed of the fingers that causes the base of the nail (near the cuticle) to rise up above the level of the tip of the nail. It is often associated (for unknown reasons) with lung disease, such as COPD and emphysema. I've included a link below to an on line image of clubbed fingers:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2008/05/080529163120.jpg

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