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It then crosses over the root of the zygomatic process of the temporal bone, deep to the superficial temporal artery. [citation needed] Shortly after the secretomotor parasympathetic fibers branch from the auriculotemporal nerve (parotid branches) to innervate the parotid gland, the auriculotemporal nerve comprises exclusively somatosensory ...
Pronunciation follows convention outside the medical field, in which acronyms are generally pronounced as if they were a word (JAMA, SIDS), initialisms are generally pronounced as individual letters (DNA, SSRI), and abbreviations generally use the expansion (soln. = "solution", sup. = "superior").
right ventricle review RVAD: right ventricular assist device: RVF: right ventricular failure, or rectovaginal fistula: RVH: right ventricular hypertrophy: RVR: rapid ventricular rate (tachycardia) RVSP: right ventricular systolic pressure: RVT: renal vein thrombosis: RW: rolling walker: Rx or ℞ or R x (R with crossed tail) medical ...
right ear auris dextra a.m., am, AM morning: ante meridiem: nocte every night Omne Nocte a.s., as, AS left ear auris sinistra a.u., au, AU both ears together or each ear aures unitas or auris uterque b.d.s, bds, BDS 2 times a day bis die sumendum b.i.d., bid, BID twice a day / twice daily bis in die gtt., gtts drop(s) gutta(e) h., h hour: hora
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
Brain at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) (view tree for regions of the brain) BrainMaps.org; BrainInfo (University of Washington) "Brain Anatomy and How the Brain Works". Johns Hopkins Medicine. 14 July 2021. "Brain Map". Queensland Health. 12 July 2022.
of or pertaining to the cornu; a horn Greek κέρας, κερατ-(kéras, kerat-), a horn ceratoid: cerebell(o)-of or pertaining to the cerebellum: Latin cerebellum, little brain cerebellum: cerebr(o)-of or pertaining to the brain: Latin cerebrum, brain cerebrology cervic-of or pertaining to the neck or the cervix: Latin cervix, cervīc ...
Abbreviation 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 ...