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Posted By: sm on 2009-01-16
In Reply to: Yes. Thank you. I try to confirm before adding - so as to avoid problems. Thanks!

Subject: Link for medical dictionary

http://medical.merriam-webster.com/medical

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Patient with thoughts of self destruction without s/l suicidality - A true word or made up? Thanks. nm
- Yes, it is a word used a lot in psych reports nm - NY2
  - Thanks for confirmation. - Appreciate it! nm
- I did find something - see message - mt12
  - Thanks for helping! - nm
- I did find it with Google, but spellcheck doesn't recognize. - Meant to mention that! nm
  - FYI - there are a lot of medical terms that - sm
    - Yes. Thank you. I try to confirm before adding - so as to avoid problems. Thanks!
      - Link for medical dictionary - sm

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See inside for link to medical dictionary
Subject: See inside for link to medical dictionary

http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/hypomobility

Sorry - but do you have a medical dictionary??
Subject: Sorry - but do you have a medical dictionary??

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Not in my medical dictionary...
Subject: Not in my medical dictionary...

so that means they are "made up."

ON-LINE MEDICAL DICTIONARY
Subject: ON-LINE MEDICAL DICTIONARY

Dorland's has a wonderful on-line dictionary for those who cannot afford their own. I use it all the time and am thrilled to be able to share with you all!

http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands.jspzQzpgzEzzSzppdocszSzuszSzcommonzSzdorlandszSzdorlandzSzdmd_a-b_00zPzhtm

You MUST get and USE a medical dictionary for this job. Period. nm
Subject: You MUST get and USE a medical dictionary for this job. Period. nm

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Actually, diskectomy is in the medical dictionary....
Subject: Actually, diskectomy is in the medical dictionary....

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Medical Dictionary Online has
Subject: Medical Dictionary Online has

I've never had used the word myself, but when it passed my medical spellchecker, I went searching...

Osteoarthritides:
A progressive, degenerative joint disease, the most common form of arthritis, especially in older persons. The disease is thought to result not from the aging process but from biochemical changes and biomechanical stresses affecting articular cartilage. In the foreign literature it is often called osteoarthrosis deformans.

Medical Dictionary Online

Why not try Google or a Medical Dictionary
Subject: Why not try Google or a Medical Dictionary

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According to Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Subject: According to Stedman's Medical Dictionary

pelvi- and pelvo- are both combining forms for pelvis. Did not find either word in my GI/GU Words, but they do have pelvicaliceal, so my guess would be either one is correct. Google comes up with both.

Dorland's Medical Dictionary will verify it for you NM
Subject: Dorland's Medical Dictionary will verify it for you NM

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Fluctuance: Taken from Stedman's Medical dictionary
Subject: Fluctuance: Taken from Stedman's Medical dictionary

fluctuation (fl

k-t

The act of fluctuating.
A wavelike motion felt on palpating a cavity with nonrigid walls, especially one containing fluid. Syn: fluctuance

phyllodes (Dorland's Medical Dictionary) nm
Subject: phyllodes (Dorland's Medical Dictionary) nm

attenuation...onelook.com or a medical dictionary. nm
Subject: attenuation...onelook.com or a medical dictionary. nm

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The American Heritage� Medical Dictionary
Subject: The American Heritage� Medical Dictionary

ver�te�bra (v�rt-br)
n. pl. ver�te�bras or ver�te�brae

Agree with you have always typed pleural as vertebrae, but just wanted to note what this dictionary states.

New home for online medical dictionary
Subject: New home for online medical dictionary

Not sure if I am posting this in the right place, but it does pertain to words so I'm putting it here. Has anyone seen the new site for the online medical dictionary...it's called mondofacto dictionary. I really like the way it is laid out and seems to have a lot more information.

heloma molle per Dorlands Medical Dictionary. nm
Subject: heloma molle per Dorlands Medical Dictionary. nm

no such word as decubiti. It is decubitus. Look in your medical dictionary. NM
Subject: no such word as decubiti. It is decubitus. Look in your medical dictionary. NM

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http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/decubitus
Subject: http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/decubitus

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tendinitis, as per Stedmans Electronic Medical Dictionary 7.0
Subject: tendinitis, as per Stedmans Electronic Medical Dictionary 7.0

Tendinitis: Because this word is based on the Latin word tendo, with a genitive singular form of tendinis, and a combining form that is therefore tendin, the spelling tendonitis is irregular.

Per Dorland's Medical Dictionary - plural of orifice is "orificia" NM
Subject: Per Dorland's Medical Dictionary - plural of orifice is "orificia" NM

your diagnosis is spelled wrong -- check your medical dictionary,. nm
Subject: your diagnosis is spelled wrong -- check your medical dictionary,. nm

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According to http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/proud+flesh (sm)
Subject: According to http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/proud+flesh (sm)

proud flesh (proud)
n.
The swollen flesh that surrounds a healing wound, caused by excessive granulation.

Dorlands Medical Dictionary says it's Graves' disease - note the apostrophe after the "s
Subject: Dorlands Medical Dictionary says it's Graves' disease - note the apostrophe after the "s" nm

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bedsore..
Subject: bedsore..

and also Stedman's.

It is correct Latin grammar

decubitus, pl. decubiti

In medical language

decubitus ulcer, pl. decubitus ulcerS

figure-of-4, sm orthopedic dictionary link
Subject: figure-of-4, sm orthopedic dictionary link

http://books.google.ca/books?id=KZvdy9LPDNgC&pg=PA125&lpg=PA125&dq=%22figure+of+4%22+test+orthopedics&source=bl&ots=qQSOyOztMU&sig=xSCb72jGx2i6ZtZtosNLF0xfBiA&hl=en&ei=yknJSZvEAejfnQe11fGXAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result#PPA125,M1

Here is a link to an online medical
Subject: Here is a link to an online medical

dictationary, that way you can look up the definitions.

http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com

pleural of decubitus is decubitus in Dorlands Medical Dictionary. I have always been typing decubiti
Subject: pleural of decubitus is decubitus in Dorlands Medical Dictionary. I have always been typing decubiti as the pleural. Oops. nm

Lloyd's sign. Look in medical dictionary under sign. NM
Subject: Lloyd's sign. Look in medical dictionary under sign. NM

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pardon me? of course they're science terms, but they're also MEDICAL terms...see link
Subject: pardon me? of course they're science terms, but they're also MEDICAL terms...see link

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See if this link helps. Lists Mycobacterium tuberculosis, See link.
Subject: See if this link helps. Lists Mycobacterium tuberculosis, See link.

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I copied this from a link from Onelook.com...this is the link SL
Subject: I copied this from a link from Onelook.com...this is the link SL

http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/5196/medspeak.html#d

If the info from link is wrong, I apologize.

Pristiq. See link. Best drug link for me.
Subject: Pristiq. See link. Best drug link for me.

http://www.empr.com/mood-disorders/category/17/0/

One-Look dictionary
Subject: One-Look dictionary

Go to one-look dictionary and type in testicular cord. If that doesn't work, try testicular chord. You can do this!

FROM DICTIONARY DOT COM *lol*
Subject: FROM DICTIONARY DOT COM *lol*

1 entry found for conversative.

conversative

Con*ver"sa*tive (k[o^]n*v[~e]r"s[.a]*t[i^]v), a. Relating to intercourse with men; social; -- opposed to contemplative.

She chose . . . to endue him with the conversative qualities of youth. --Sir H. Wotton.

You can use One-Look Dictionary
Subject: You can use One-Look Dictionary

site for things like this.

Putting in HCO3 gets a result, while putting in HC03 does not.

http://www.onelook.com/?w=HCO3&ls=a

One-Look dictionary
Subject: One-Look dictionary

http://www.onelook.com/?w=nonproductive&ls=a

see ref #7 from M-W dictionary.
Subject: see ref #7 from M-W dictionary.

Main Entry:2use
Pronunciation:*y*z
Function:verb
Inflected Form:used *y*zd; *used to* usu *y*s-t* ; us*ing

1 : to put into action or service : EMPLOY
2 : to consume or take (as drugs) regularly
3 : UTILIZE *use tact*; also : MANIPULATE *used his friends to get ahead*
4 : to expend or consume by putting to use
5 : to behave toward : TREAT *used the horse cruelly*
6 : to benefit from *house could use a coat of paint*
7 used in the past with to to indicate a former practice, fact, or state *we used to work harder*
�us*er noun

Dictionary says
Subject: Dictionary says

followup is not a word. Only follow up or follow-up.

I think you are right and the dictionary
Subject: I think you are right and the dictionary

supports you. Look here when you are doubting yourself.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enlarge

but why wouldn't it be in the dictionary?
Subject: but why wouldn't it be in the dictionary?

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OneLook Dictionary
Subject: OneLook Dictionary

Does everybody already know about this website?
For labile, it shows the quick definition as:

labile - adjective: open to change; liable to change

look in your regular dictionary
Subject: look in your regular dictionary

there is a word syncopize, derivative of syncopate, derivative of syncope.

One Look Dictionary search
Subject: One Look Dictionary search

would have suggested the correct spelling and its definition for you if you typed in your spelling.

One Look Dictionary site
Subject: One Look Dictionary site

has a helpful feature. You could type in l*noid and it would have offered you several choices, among them the one you were looking for. It usually gives definitions, too.

**sorry, dictionary (looks like I need an English one too, lol) (nm)
Subject: **sorry, dictionary (looks like I need an English one too, lol) (nm)

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Per M-W dictionary, see inside.
Subject: Per M-W dictionary, see inside.

Main Entry: cesarean section
Variant(s): or caesarean section
Function: noun
Usage: often capitalized C
Etymology: from the legendary association of such a delivery with the Roman cognomen Caesar
: surgical incision of the walls of the abdomen and uterus for delivery of offspring

oops - I just went to dictionary.com - see msg
Subject: oops - I just went to dictionary.com - see msg

and there is a disparateness

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=disparateness

and there is disparate.....

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/disparate

former meaning UTTER dissimilarity

oh well, you (and I) did the best we could at the moment - if you still have the report, I'd change it to disparateness (perhaps *LOL*)

It is actually in the dictionary, go figure...
Subject: It is actually in the dictionary, go figure...

a�hold /əˈhoʊld/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[uh-hohld] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
�noun 1. Informal. a hold or grasp (often fol. by of): He took ahold of my arm. Grab ahold!
�adverb 2. Nautical Archaic. close to the wind and on a single tack: to keep a vessel ahold.
�Idiom3. get ahold of, Informal. hold (def. 51

ambient - see dictionary.com
Subject: ambient - see dictionary.com

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This

am�bi�ent Audio Help /ˈ�mbiənt/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[am-bee-uhnt] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
�adjective 1. of the surrounding area or environment: The tape recorder picked up too many ambient noises. The temperature in the display case was 20� lower than the ambient temperature.
2. completely surrounding; encompassing: the ambient air.

Ballotting is not in the dictionary and neither
Subject: Ballotting is not in the dictionary and neither

is ballot or ballotte.

From One-Look Dictionary site:
Subject: From One-Look Dictionary site:

allodynia
Condition in which ordinarily nonpainful stimuli evoke pain.

Origin: allo-+ G. Odyne, pain