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  2. List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes - Wikipedia

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    Meaning Origin language and etymology Example(s) -iasis: condition, formation, or presence of Latin -iasis, pathological condition or process; from Greek ἴασις (íasis), cure, repair, mend mydriasis: iatr(o)-of or pertaining to medicine or a physician (uncommon as a prefix but common as a suffix; see -iatry)

  3. List of medical abbreviations: H - Wikipedia

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    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 computed tomography: HRT: hormone replacement therapy: h.s. at bedtime (from Latin hora somni) hs: hours of sleep H→S: heel-to-shin test HSC

  4. Wallenberg syndrome - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 19 August 2006, at 02:59 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may ...

  5. Lateral medullary syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Lateral medullary syndrome is a neurological disorder causing a range of symptoms due to ischemia in the lateral part of the medulla oblongata in the brainstem.The ischemia is a result of a blockage most commonly in the vertebral artery or the posterior inferior cerebellar artery. [1]

  6. Wartenberg's syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Wartenberg's syndrome is a specific mononeuropathy, caused by entrapment of the superficial branch of the radial nerve. [1] Symptoms include numbness, tingling, and weakness of the posterior aspect of the thumb. Also called Cheiralgia paresthetica. [citation needed]

  7. List of medical abbreviations: W - Wikipedia

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    Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome: WS: Waardenburg syndrome Warkany syndrome water-soluble Werner syndrome West syndrome Williams syndrome Wolfram syndrome: WSMW women who have sex with men and women: WSW women who have sex with women: wt: weight (whether human weight or otherwise) w/u: Workup

  8. Trigeminal nerve - Wikipedia

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    Lateral medullary syndrome (Wallenberg syndrome) is a clinical demonstration of the anatomy of the trigeminal nerve, summarizing how it processes sensory information. A stroke usually affects only one side of the body; loss of sensation due to a stroke will be lateralized to the right or the left side of the body.

  9. List of medical abbreviations: 0–9 - Wikipedia

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    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 ...