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Meaning [1] Latin (or Neo-Latin) origin [1] a.c. before meals: ante cibum a.d., ad, AD 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
The term kidney ore may be broadly used to describe botryoidal, mammillary, or reniform hematite. [8] Maghemite is a polymorph of hematite (γ-Fe 2 O 3) with the same chemical formula, but with a spinel structure like magnetite. Large deposits of hematite are found in banded iron formations.
Second, medical roots generally go together according to language, i.e., Greek prefixes occur with Greek suffixes and Latin prefixes with Latin suffixes. Although international scientific vocabulary is not stringent about segregating combining forms of different languages, it is advisable when coining new words not to mix different lingual roots.
Meaning s̅: without (s with an overbar) (from Latin sine) S: sacrum: S x: symptoms surgery (though deemed by some as inappropriate) S 1: first heart sound: S 2: second heart sound: S 3: third heart sound S 4: fourth heart sound S&O: salpingo-oophorectomy Sb: Scholar batch SAAG: serum–ascites albumin gradient SAB: staphylococcal bacteremia
[14] [15] The term is most commonly applied to a neckline that reveals or emphasizes cleavage [16] and is measured as extending about two hand-breadths from the base of the neck down; both in the front and the back. [17] In anatomical terms, the cleft in the human body between the breasts is known as the intermammary cleft or intermammary ...
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 ...
Cleavage (crystal), the way in which a crystal or mineral tends to split Cleavage (embryo), the division of cells in an early embryo Cleavage (geology), foliation of rock perpendicular to stress, a result of ductile deformation
Definition page from Amy Pope's 'A medical dictionary for nurses' (1914) A medical dictionary is a lexicon for words used in medicine.The four major medical dictionaries in the United States are Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Health Professions, Stedman's, Taber's, and Dorland's.