Helpful Links to Health Care Terms and Definitions

• ASPEN – https://nutritioncare.org/definition-of-terms-style-and-conventions-used-in-aspen-board-of-directors-approved-documents/

• Oley Foundation – https://oley.org/page/ResourcesGlossary

• American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) – https://www.ashp.org/pharmacy-practice/resource-centers/quality-improvement/learn-about-quality-improvement-old/glossary-of-terms?loginreturnUrl=SSOCheckOnly

• U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) – https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-approvals-and-databases/drugsfda-glossary-terms

• The Joint Commission – https://www.jointcommission.org/en-us/knowledge-library/support-center/general/glossary

• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) – https://www.cms.gov/cciio/resources/forms-reports-and-other-resources/downloads/uniform-glossary-final.pdf

• Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE, HHS) – https://aspe.hhs.gov/glossary-terms

• American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) – https://www.aacnnursing.org/5b-tool-kit/glossary

• Royal College of Anaesthetists – https://www.rcoa.ac.uk/patients/about-anaesthesia-perioperative-care/medical-terms-glossary

• Option Care Health – https://optioncarehealth.com/patients/resources/home-enteral-nutrition-glossary

• University of Rochester Medical Center – https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/childrens-hospital/gastroenterology/g-tube-home-care/glossary

• University of Rochester Medical Center (NICU) – https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/childrens-hospital/nicu/vocabulary-of-the-nicu

• Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center – https://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/service/p/picu/terminology

• Nationwide Children’s Hospital – https://www.nationwidechildrens.org/family-resources-education/health-wellness-and-safety-resources/resources-for-parents-and-kids/nicu-resources/common-terms

• Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego – https://www.rchsd.org/health-article/a-to-z-dictionary/

• Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters (CHKD) – https://www.chkd.org/patient-family-resources/health-library/nicu-guide/nicu-glossary/

• Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital – https://www.upstate.edu/gch/family-support-services/socialwork/glossary.php

• Navicent Health – https://navicenthealth.org/service-center/picu-pimcu/glossary-of-terms

• Indiana Society of Anesthesiologists – https://www.isahq.net/glossary-of-terms/

• Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) – https://www.rcog.org.uk/for-the-public/a-z-of-medical-terms/

• Pennsylvania Pediatric Care Coalition (PPCC) – https://www.ppcc-pa.org/app-resources-2/terminology

• KidsHealth (Children’s Nebraska) – https://kidshealth.org/ChildrensNebraska/en/parents/center/az-dictionary.html

• Children’s Health Ireland – https://www.childrenshealthireland.ie/your-hospital-visit/neurodivergent/dictionary-words-you-hear-in-hospital/

• Texas Children’s Health Plan – https://www.texaschildrenshealthplan.org/your-health/glossary

• Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary – https://www.merriam-webster.com/medical

• Harvard Health Publishing – https://www.health.harvard.edu/a-through-c#A-terms

• HealthCare.gov – https://www.healthcare.gov/glossary/

• National Health Service (NHS, UK) – https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/

• UC Berkeley Health Initiative of the Americas – https://hia.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dictionary-2011_english_pdf-version.pdf

• Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (LACDMH) – https://file.lacounty.gov/SDSInter/dmh/159358_AMAGlossaryofMedicalTerms_Ver1.0.pdf

• Rawalpindi Medical College – https://rlmc.edu.pk/themes/images/gallery/library/books/Medical%20Education/Dictionary%20of%20Medical%20Terms.pdf