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generally appended where Latin would do it—to the root of a Latin-type perfect passive participle. Cf. -er: doctor orchi(o)-, orchid(o)-, orch(o)-testis: Greek ὄρχις (órkhis), testicle, ovary orchiectomy, orchidectomy: orth(o)-denoting something as straight or correct Greek ὀρθός (orthós), straight, correct, normal orthodontist-osis
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.
Body Odor and Disease. In mammals, body odor can also be used as a symptom of disease. One's body odor is completely unique to themselves, similar to a fingerprint, and can change due to sexual life, genetics, age and diet. Body odor, however, can be used as an indication for disease.
The human body has two types of sweat glands.
take (often effectively a noun meaning "prescription"—medical prescription or prescription drug) rep. repetatur: let it be repeated s. signa: write (write on the label) s.a. secundum artem: according to the art (accepted practice or best practice) SC subcutaneous "SC" can be mistaken for "SL," meaning sublingual. See also SQ: sem. semen seed ...
Meaning Δ: diagnosis; change: ΔΔ: differential diagnosis (the list of possible diagnoses, and the effort to narrow that list) +ve: positive (as in the result of a test) # fracture: #NOF: fracture to the neck of the femur ℞ (R with crossed tail) prescription: Ψ: psychiatry, psychosis: Σ: sigmoidoscopy: x/12: x number of months x/40: x ...
Pus from anaerobic infections can more often have a foul odor. [8] In almost all cases when there is a collection of pus in the body, a clinician will try to create an opening to drain it. This principle has been distilled into the famous Latin aphorism " Ubi pus, ibi evacua" ("Where there is pus, evacuate it").
b is the intercept constant (0.5 by definition). [31] Odor intensity can be expressed using an odor intensity scale, which is a verbal description of an odor sensation to which a numerical value is assigned. [31] Odor intensity can be divided into the following categories according to intensity: 0 – no odor 1 – very weak (odor threshold) 2 ...