Per Dorland's Medical Dictionary - plural of orifice is "orificia" NM
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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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phyllodes (Dorland's Medical Dictionary) nm
Subject: phyllodes (Dorland's Medical Dictionary) nm
Plural of orifice?
Subject: Plural of orifice?
What is the correct plural form of orifice?
Is orifii a real word - plural of orifice? n/m
Subject: Is orifii a real word - plural of orifice? n/m
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Per Dorland's there is no plural. It's just meatus. nm
Subject: Per Dorland's there is no plural. It's just meatus. nm
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Dorland's has vasa as being plural of vas. nm
Subject: Dorland's has vasa as being plural of vas. nm
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neural foramen - per Dorland's Med dictionary NM
Subject: neural foramen - per Dorland's Med dictionary NM
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Retrolisthesis? Source: Dorland's Dictionary.
Subject: Retrolisthesis? Source: Dorland's Dictionary.
It's a legitimate word. Look in Dorland's Med dictionary or
Subject: It's a legitimate word. Look in Dorland's Med dictionary or
go to Onelook.com. The word is pussy, not pus-like and not purulent
Dorland's, the bible IMHO, shows hernias as the plural of hernia. sm
Subject: Dorland's, the bible IMHO, shows hernias as the plural of hernia. sm
It appears that herniae is British.
You mean plural, eh? Go to www.onelook.com, type in decubitus, then click on the Dorland's link
Subject: You mean plural, eh? Go to www.onelook.com, type in decubitus, then click on the Dorland's link
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adnexa is plural, check your med. dictionary please
Subject: adnexa is plural, check your med. dictionary please
Sorry - but do you have a medical dictionary??
Subject: Sorry - but do you have a medical dictionary??
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**there goes the medical in me - plural.
Subject: **there goes the medical in me - plural.
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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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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.
Fluctuance: Taken from Stedman's Medical dictionary
Subject: Fluctuance: Taken from Stedman's Medical dictionary
fluctuation (fl![](http://216.251.232.159/semdweb/internetsomd/GIFS/subreve.gif") k-t![](http://216.251.232.159/semdweb/internetsomd/GIFS/sumacr.gif") -![](http://216.251.232.159/semdweb/internetsomd/GIFS/samacr.gif") ![](http://216.251.232.159/semdweb/internetsomd/GIFS/sprime.gif") shn)
- The act of fluctuating.
- A wavelike motion felt on palpating a cavity with nonrigid walls, especially one containing fluid. Syn: fluctuance
attenuation...onelook.com or a medical dictionary. nm
Subject: attenuation...onelook.com or a medical dictionary. nm
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The American HeritageŽ Medical Dictionary
Subject: The American HeritageŽ Medical Dictionary
verˇteˇbra (vűrt-br)
n. pl. verˇteˇbras or verˇteˇbrae
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.
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.
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
I think you mean 'plural, not 'pleural'. It is sigulat/plural. Pleural is a medical term..
Subject: I think you mean 'plural, not 'pleural'. It is sigulat/plural. Pleural is a medical term.......nm
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Dorland's says the plural of decubitus stays as decubitus. nm
Subject: Dorland's says the plural of decubitus stays as decubitus. nm
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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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It is the plural form of decubitus so type plural decubiti
Subject: It is the plural form of decubitus so type plural decubiti
orifice
Subject: orifice
This doc is saying pleural of orifice - orifi - I never heard that - can't reference - anybody know if that is correct?
appendiceal orifice?
Subject: appendiceal orifice?
urethral orifice
Subject: urethral orifice
not "offifice". I am working on the other ones.
appendiceal orifice is what usually follows......nm
Subject: appendiceal orifice is what usually follows......nm
intestinal orifice?
Subject: intestinal orifice?
incisoral orifice
Subject: incisoral orifice
Perhaps he means appendiceal orifice...
Subject: Perhaps he means appendiceal orifice...
That's what I usually encounter at this point in a colonoscopy. I would leave appendiceal and blank cystocele as that is what makes no sense in this study.
Can you hear sinistral orifice? nm
Subject: Can you hear sinistral orifice? nm
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GYN - Orifice of the cervical S/L bars beefy red? thx
Subject: GYN - Orifice of the cervical S/L bars beefy red? thx
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Ureteral orifice cannulation with ř-French open-ended s/l pylocup...
Subject: Ureteral orifice cannulation with ř-French open-ended s/l pylocup...
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