VOCABULARY OF MEDICAL ACTION

1. Auscultation (Auscultation): Sebuah istilah kedokteran, di mana seorang dokter

mendengarkan suara di dalam tubuh pasien. Biasanya jantung, paru, dan usus dapat diauskultasi
untuk mendapatkan informasi fungsinya
"To conduct a physical examination of the patient, the doctor conducts auscultation of the heart."

2. Amputation (Amputasi)
"The doctor decided to amputate his right hand in order to save the patient's life."

3. Apheresis (Apheresis)
"The nurse explained how Erythraferesis acts to the donor, which is the process of apheresis to
take red blood cells."

4. Biopsy Test (Tes Biopsi)

"The patient is undergoing a biopsy test before performing a liver transplant."

5. Blood Test (Tes Darah)

"The donor is conducting a blood test to determine the level of compatibility with the patient's
blood before blood transfusion."

6. Cardiac Stress Test (Tes Stress Jantung)

"Doctors recommend that patients do a physical examination of the heart to determine heart
health."

7. Colonoscopy (Kolonoskopi)
"The patient underwent a colonoscopy examination in accordance with the doctor's orders."

8. Chemotherapy (Kemoterapi)
"Chemotherapy is done when a patient has tested positive for cancer."

9. Drug Therapy (Terapi Obat): Identifikasi dan pencegahan terjadinya masalah-masalah yang
berkaitan dengan terapi obat.

"In this case the role of pharmacists is needed to ensure that the treatment received by patients is
rational treatment, by identifying and preventing problems related to drug therapy (Drug Therapy
Problems)."

10. Electrocardiography (EKG)

"The doctor will do an electrocardiograph to determine or record the electrical activity of the
heart within a certain time."

11. Electroencephalography (EEG)

"This electroencephalography examination can help doctors to analyze a disease related to a
condition involving the brain or electrical activity in the brain."

12. Electromyography (EMG)

"To find out the activity and work on the muscles, one can do it with electromyography
techniques."

13. Fluoroscopy (Fluoroskopi)

"To observe the condition of body organs directly (real time), a doctor will conduct a
fluoroscopic physical examination."

14. Gastroscopy (Gastroskopi)

"The patient complained of pain in the abdomen, so the doctor performed diagnostic gastroscopy
in the area of the digestive system."
15. Hemodialysis (Hemodialisis)
"Because of the disease in the form of kidney failure, a patient must undergo hemodialysis twice
a week."

16. Hemodiafiltration (Hemodiafiltrasi)

"Hemodiafiltration therapy is very suitable for patients with end-stage renal failure."

17. Immunization (Imunisasi)

"By doing immunizations, it can actively increase one's immunity against a disease."

18. Inhalation Therapy (Terapi Inhalasi)

"This inhalation therapy is usually used in the process of treating acute and chronic respiratory
diseases, for example in asthma."

19. Endotracheal Intubation (Intubasi Endotrakeal): Tindakan medis berupa memasukan

tabung endotrakeal melalui mulut atau hidung untuk menghubungkan udara luar dengan kedua
paru.

"In patients whose breathing is disrupted, endotracheal intubation is usually performed to treat a
faulty airway."
20. Intravenous Therapy (Terapi Intravena): Metode untuk memberikan cairan obat secara
langsung ke dalam vena.

"Intravenous therapy has several benefits, including the rapid process of administering drug
fluids into the body's system and ensuring the drug with full bioavailability."