Medical Vocabulary

Learn medical vocabulary a little bit at a time. From @JohnDCook.

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This is unfathomably absurd.

1) Fabricate a teaching case on neonatal opioid toxicity
2) Publish it as though it is a real case report
3) Watch it get cited in a court case and a doctoral thesis
4) Years later, casually admit in a taxi: “Oh, we made it up.”

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The suffix -prandial refers to a meal. Examples: preprandial, postprandial.

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The abbreviation 'gtt.' comes from the Latin guttae and means drops.

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Fissure: a deep narrow opening in a bone.

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Foramen: opening in a bone for blood vessels and nerves. For example, the spinal cord enters the skull through the foramen magnum.

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Fossa: shallow cavity in or on a bone. For example, the hypophysial fossa https://t.co/D3r1jScysh

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proct/o refers to the anus and rectum, the specialty of a proctologist.

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hepat/o refers to the liver. For example, malignant hepatoma is the most common type of liver cancer.

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mamm/o and mast/o both refer to the breast. Examples: mammoplasty, mastectomy

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cheil/o refers to the lip. For example, cheilosis is inflammation and cracking of the corners of the mouth.

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celi/o refers to abdomen or belly. For example, celiac disease damages the lining of the small intestine.

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The colon has three parts: ascending, traverse, and descending.

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The large intestine has four parts: cecum, colon, sigmoid colon, and rectum.

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The name jejunum comes from the Latin word for empty because this part of the intestine was found empty on autopsy.

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The name duodenum comes from medieval Latin meaning 'twelve fingers wide,' referring to its size.

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The small intestine has three parts: duodenum, jejunum, and ileum.

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Folds in the mucous membrane lining the stomach are called rugae.