Pediatric Medicine Terminology

noun a narcotic alkaloid used in medicine as an analgesic and antitussive

• Codeine is a narcotic pain-reliever that is commonly used to treat mild to moderate pain.
• My doctor prescribed me some codeine for my back pain.
• I heard some people use codeine to get high.
• She found solace in codeine, numbing both her physical and emotional pain.

noun the act of giving or receiving a transfusion

• The patient received a blood transfusion after losing a significant amount of blood.
• They had to give him a blood transfusion because he lost a lot of blood.
• They hooked her up to a blood transfusion to help her out.
• The company needed a financial transfusion to stay afloat during the economic downturn.