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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 .
Sortable table Abbreviation Meaning ā (a with a bar over it) before (from Latin ante) before: A: assessment a.a. of each (from Latin ana ana) amino acids: . A or Ala – alanine C or Cys – cysteine
I much prefer "List of" because, well, it is a list and that is the way to name a list on WP. Looking through some anatomy texts: Principles of Human Anatomy, 7th ed. (ISBN 0-673-99075-3) has a section in the back entitled "Glossary of Combining Forms, Word Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes." 8th Edition (ISBN 0-673-99355-8) is entitled the same.
Endocrinology (from endocrine + -ology) is a branch of biology and medicine dealing with the endocrine system, its diseases, and its specific secretions known as hormones.It is also concerned with the integration of developmental events proliferation, growth, and differentiation, and the psychological or behavioral activities of metabolism, growth and development, tissue function, sleep ...
Acronyms Diseases and disorders BA Bronchial Asthma: BBS Bardet-Biedl syndrome BBS Bashful bladder syndrome (see paruresis) : BEB Benign essential blepharospasm
For males, the testes form at six fetal weeks and the sertoli cells begin developing by the eight week of gestation. SRY, the sex-determining locus, serves to differentiate the Sertoli cells. The Sertoli cells are the point of origin for anti-Müllerian hormone. Once synthesized, the anti-Müllerian hormone initiates the ipsilateral regression ...
Sortable table Abbreviation Meaning p̄: after (from Latin post) [1] [letter p with a bar over it] pH Potential of Hydrogen - Acidity of a fluid : P: parturition (total number of live births)
The pituitary gland (or hypophysis) is an endocrine gland about the size of a pea and weighing 0.5 grams (0.018 oz) in humans. It is a protrusion off the bottom of the hypothalamus at the base of the brain, and rests in a small, bony cavity (sella turcica) covered by a dural fold (diaphragma sellae).