Our story
How MedAlphabet was born
Years preparing students for their exams
Dr. Liana Galstyan has spent years teaching medical and nursing students and getting them ready for high-stakes exams. Lesson after lesson, she saw that real confidence comes from understanding terminology - not memorising lists, but knowing what every word means in plain language and how it is used in real clinical practice.
Speak like a nurse
Dr. Liana Galstyan always guided students toward the right term, in the right context - the way professionals communicate at the bedside and in their documentation. That habit is built through repetition and gentle correction, turning everyday phrases into precise clinical language.
When the idea became MedAlphabet
Those moments - the questions, the coaching toward precise language - are where MedAlphabet began: a structured home for medical terminology, from A to Z, with clear definitions, pronunciation, and real clinical examples, built for how students actually study.
Angina Pectoris
DEFINITION
Angina pectoris is chest pain caused by reduced blood flow and oxygen to the heart muscle, usually from coronary arteries narrowed by atherosclerosis. The pain occurs when the heart's demand for oxygen is greater than the supply...
CLINICAL USE
A patient reports chest tightness that begins while climbing stairs and goes away with rest, consistent with stable angina. The healthcare provider prescribes sublingual nitroglycerin. The nurse teaches the patient to place one tablet under the tongue...
MedAlphabet at the heart.
A whole community around it.
Dr. Liana Galstyan started MedAlphabet with a simple mission: make medical terminology clear, practical, and accessible. Today, every learner who joins becomes part of a growing community united by one goal: speaking the language of medicine with confidence.
in the circle and counting
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Every entry is written in plain English, mapped to the clinical subject it belongs to, and paired with a real-life example showing how the term is used in practice. Definitions are drawn from standard nursing and medical references and reviewed by our clinical team before publishing, so what you study reflects how clinicians actually speak and document.