Chapter 13 Medical Math

Angles
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Angles
Measurements in degrees of the distance between a reference plane and a line drawn from a point on the plane
Apothecary system
A austem used for weighting drugs and solutions, brought to the United States from England during the colonial period
Celsius
A scale of temperature on which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees under standard conditions
Centigrade
A scale of temperature on which water freezes at 0 degrees amd boils at 100 degrees under standard conditions
Decimals
One way of expressing parts of numbers or anything else that has been divided into parts, with the parts being expressed in units of 10
Degrees
A unit of measurement
Estimating
Calculating the approximate answer
Fahrenheit
A scale of temperature on which water freezes at 32° and boils at 212° under standard conditions.
Fractions
A way of expressing numbers that represent parts of a whole
Household system
A system of units developed so patients could meausure out dosages at home using ordinary containers found in the kitchen
Improper fractionsFractions that have numerators that are larger than the denominatorsMetric systemA decimal measuring system based on the meter, liter, and gram as units of length, capacity, and weight or massMilitary timeA convention of time keeping in which the day runs from midnight and is divided into 24 hoursNomenclatureA method of namingPercentagesNumbers used to express either a whole or part of a wholeProportionA statement of equality between two ratios, or the relationship of one part to another partRatiosComparison used to show relationships between numbers or like values; for example, how many of one number or value is present as compared with the otherReciprocalThe multiplicative inverse of a number or fraction; a fraction that has been inverted or turned upside down so the denominator becomes the numeratorReference planeA real or imaginary flat surface from which an angle is measuredRoman numeralsSymbols in the old Roman notation that represent numbersRounding numbersChanging numbers to the nearest ten, hundred, thousand, and so onWhole numbersNumbers that are traditionally used to count (1,2,3,...) they do not contain fractions