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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.
COVID-19–associated pulmonary aspergillosis CAPD Central auditory processing disorder: CCD Considerable conduct disorder CCHF Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever: CCHS Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome: CCM Cerebral cavernous malformation: CDG Congenital disorder of glycosylation: CDGS Carbohydrate deficient glycoprotein syndrome: CDHF
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: IPG: Implantable Pulse Generator: IPH: intraparenchymal hemorrhage or intraperitoneal hemorrhage or idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis IPMN: Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm: IPPB: intermittent positive pressure breathing (see mechanical ventilation) IPPV
pulmonary artery [[physician assistant or associate [2]]] psoriatic arthritis primary aldosteronism: P&A: percussion and auscultation [1] phenol and alcohol matrixectomy PAC: premature atrial contraction pulmonary artery catheter, pulmonary artery catheterisation PACU: Post-anesthesia care unit [1] PAD
Pulmonology (/ ˌ p ʌ l m ə ˈ n ɒ l ə dʒ i /, / ˌ p ʊ l m ə ˈ n ɒ l ə dʒ i /, from Latin pulmō, -ōnis "lung" and the Greek suffix -λογία-logía "study of"), pneumology (/ n ʊ ˈ m ɒ l ə dʒ i, n j ʊ-/, built on Greek πνεύμων pneúmōn "lung") or pneumonology [1] (/ n ʊ m ə n ˈ ɒ l ə dʒ i, n j ʊ-/) is a medical specialty that deals with diseases involving ...
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This glossary of medical terms is a list of definitions about medicine, its sub-disciplines, and related fields. A. Aarskog ... Pulmonary artery ...
hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy hPL: human placental lactogen (same as human chorionic somatomammotropin) HPP: hypokalemic periodic paralysis: HPS: hantavirus pulmonary syndrome HPV: human papillomavirus: HR: heart rate: hr: hour or hours HRS Hepatorenal syndrome: HRAS: Harvey rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog HRCT: High-resolution ...