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This is a list of roots, suffixes, and prefixes used in medical terminology, their meanings, and their etymologies. Most of them are combining forms in Neo-Latin and hence international scientific vocabulary. There are a few general rules about how they combine.
Anatomy is a branch of natural science which deals with the structural organization of living things. Anesthesiology – Anesthesiology, anaesthesiology, anaesthesia or anaesthetics (see Terminology) is the medical speciality concerned with the total perioperative care of patients before, during and after surgery. [20]
The main discussion of these abbreviations in the context of drug prescriptions and other medical prescriptions is at List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions. Some of these abbreviations are best not used, as marked and explained here.
DS: disease Down syndrome (trisomy 21) diopters sphere DSA: digital subtraction angiography Donor specific antibody: DSD: differences of sex development dry sterile dressing: Dsg: dressing: DSM: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: dsRNA: double-stranded RNA: DT: diphtheria-tetanus (combined vaccination) delirium tremens: D/T ...
Acology – Science of medical remedies, or of therapeutics. Acoustics – Branch of physics involving mechanical waves – the branch of physics studying the properties of sound. Actinobiology – Study of effects of radiation on living things – synonymous with radiobiology. Adenology – Branch of medicine dealing the endocrine system
Branch retinal vein occlusion: BS: barium swallow breath breath sound bowel sounds (on auscultation using a stethoscope) blood sugar body secretions: BS x 4 quads: bowel signs in all 4 quadrants (also sometimes "BS + all 4 quads") BS x: B-symptoms: BSA: body surface area bovine serum albumin: BSC: bedside commode BSE: bovine spongiform ...
List of medical abbreviations: Overview; List of medical abbreviations: Latin abbreviations; List of abbreviations for medical organisations and personnel; List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions; List of optometric abbreviations
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