Medical Terminology Demystified - A Self-Teaching Guide

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Index speedometer, 22 spermat, 367 spermatogenesis, 368 spermatozoon, 367 sphygmomanometer, 214 spina bifida, 303 spirilla, 49–50 spirochetes, 49–50 sputum, 57 squamous, 142 cell carcinoma, 142 -stasis, 124 sterno, 176 sternocleidomastoid, 176–177 sternum, 166 steth, 101 stethoscope, 101 stimul, 73 stimulants, 73 St. Martin, Alexis, 336–337 stom, 54 stomach, 335 “Strain-and-Sprain Rule,” 181 straitjacket, 302 strat, 269 strata, 135 strept, 108 streptococci, 108 -sterone, 370 sub-, 119 subatomic particles, 119–121 subcutaneously (Sub Q), 283 suffix, 18 sulci, 295 superi, 29 superior, 29, 31 surgery, 28 surgical, 28, 31 sutures, 32–33 suturing, 32 symptomat, 366 symptomatic, 366 syncope, 244 synovial fluid, 164 membrane, 164 systole, 213 systolic, 213

431 sweat, 272 tachy-, 75 tachycardia, 75 talus, 167 tarsal, 167 tendon, 175 test, 368 testis, 368 testosterone, 370 therap, 64 therapy, 64 therm, 67, 125 thermotherapy, 67 thorax, 18 thromb, 219 thrombus, 219 tibia, 135 tibiofemoral joint, 182 t.i.d., 74 -tion, 29 tissues, 123 tom, 32 tomogram, 104 tomography, 104 tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy (T&A), 109 tonsillitis, 108 tonsils, 107 toxemia of pregnancy, 381 toxins, 70 trachea, 140 tracheotomy, 250–251 tranquilizers, 73 trauma, 65 traumatology, 65 tremors, 75 trepan, 29 trepanation, 29–30 trephin, 29 trephination, 29–30 tri-, 177 triceps brachii, 177 tuberculosis, 378 tubular filtration, 359 reabsorption, 359 secretion, 359 tumor, 140


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