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New home for online medical dictionary

Posted By: sm on 2009-01-28
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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.



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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
Good home health and medical equip list. sm
Subject: Good home health and medical equip list. sm

Found this while looking up a MediBrace splint.


 


http://www.westons.com/medibrace.html

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

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Link for medical dictionary
Subject: Link for medical dictionary

http://medical.merriam-webster.com/medical
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.
Levothroid or levothyroxine are the two medications. Levothyroid (per http://www.online-medical-dic
Subject: Levothroid or levothyroxine are the two medications. Levothyroid (per http://www.online-medical-dictionary.org/?q=Levothyroid) is the hormone derived from the thyroid gland.

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 (flk-t-shn)


  1. The act of fluctuating.
  2. 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 (vūrt-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.
See inside for link to medical dictionary
Subject: See inside for link to medical dictionary


http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/hypomobility
heloma molle per Dorlands Medical Dictionary. nm
Subject: heloma molle per Dorlands Medical Dictionary. nm

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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)

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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

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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home 02 (on home oxygen)
Subject: home 02 (on home oxygen)

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home O2
Subject: home O2

you're looking for home O2
home O2
Subject: home O2

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could the doc be saying home...nm
Subject: could the doc be saying home...nm

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home run screw

It's 2 words instead of one.

perhaps it was "domiciliary" (for use at home)? nm
Subject: perhaps it was "domiciliary" (for use at home)? nm

Yes, like you would use at home for a baby. nm
Subject: Yes, like you would use at home for a baby. nm

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sitting at home?
Subject: sitting at home?

would you hyphenate stay-at-home mom?
Subject: would you hyphenate stay-at-home mom?

Transcribed as home O2 or oxygen or other?
Subject: Transcribed as home O2 or oxygen or other?

Would type as home oxygen. nm
Subject: Would type as home oxygen. nm

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for laryngitis s/l Oraprev?? 7.5 mL then 35 mL at home
Subject: for laryngitis s/l Oraprev?? 7.5 mL then 35 mL at home

s/l Baby Home retractors
Subject: s/l Baby Home retractors

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Sorry. Definition for those playing along at home:
Subject: Sorry. Definition for those playing along at home:

Pronunciation:
i-ˈmä-nik
Function: adjective
Etymology: Greek mnēmonikos, from mnēmōn mindful, from mimnēskesthai to remember — more at mind
Date: 1753
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s/l "heindal" home health bed TIA - NM
Subject: s/l "heindal" home health bed TIA - NM

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Pt lives in s/l elka home, California. nm
Subject: Pt lives in s/l elka home, California. nm

Thank you!! you guys are the best! Makes working from home so much better to have your second set
Subject: Thank you!! you guys are the best! Makes working from home so much better to have your second set of "ears"

Hoyer is correct. I know, my Dad uses one in the nursing home. nm
Subject: Hoyer is correct. I know, my Dad uses one in the nursing home. nm

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That's what I found too. He was saying released from burke; has home PT, set up.
Subject: That's what I found too. He was saying released from burke; has home PT, set up.

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He will have Home Health Nursing. A s/l precaretender is following him. TIA!
Subject: He will have Home Health Nursing. A s/l precaretender is following him. TIA!

can you hear "bounce home test" ? nm
Subject: can you hear "bounce home test" ? nm

Could it possibly be the home care services
Subject: Could it possibly be the home care services

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