Medical Transcriptionist Vocab
Terms
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- ACCEPT
- to receive willingly; to agree to.
- EXCEPT
- to take out or leave out; not including; other than.
- ADENOCYST
- an adenoma in which there is a cyst formation.
- ADENOSIS
- any DISEASE of the glands; the abnormal development or formation of gland tissue.
- AFFECT
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to produce an effect or change on or to exert an influence over (VERB)
external expression of emotion (NOUN) - EFFECT
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to cause to come into being, to bring about, accomplish, execute (VERB)
result, outcome, intent, fulfillment, influence, consequence (NOUN) - AFFECTIVE
- relating to, arising from, or influencing feelings or emotions.
- EFFECTIVE
- capable of bringing about an effect; exerting positive influence; productive of results, etc.
- AFFERENT
- Centripetal, conveying TOWARD a center.
- EFFERENT
- Centrifugal, conveying AWAY FROM a center.
- ALLUSION
- to refer indirectly or by suggestion
- ELUSION
- escaping the notice of, an avoidance of, the eluding of something
- ILLUSION
- a misleading sensory image, such as a mirage; a false interpretation of a real sensory image
- DELUSION
- a false belief that is firmly maintained in spite of proof or evidence to the contrary.
- AIDE
- a person who acts as an assistant, as an aide de camp, nurse's aide, or a teacher's aide.
- AID
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assistance; an assisting device, as a hearing aid, orthotic aid, or aid in transfers.
NOTE: that the term refers to an object - ACCESS
- capacity to enter or approach; to get at
- AXIS
- a line about which a revolving body turns or about which a structure would turn if it did revole; the second cervical vertebra.
- ANURESIS
- RETENTION of urine in the bladder
- ENURESIS
- the involuntary discharge of urine after the age at which urinary control should have been achieved: BED WETTING
- ACIDIC
- of or pertaining to an acid; acid-performing.
- ASCITIC
- pertaining to or characterized by ascites; the effusion and accumulation of serous fluid in the abdominal cavity.
- ARTHRECTOMY
- the excision of a joint
- ATHERECTOMY
- the excision of an atheromatous plaque (from an atery).
- ATONIC
- lacking normal tone or strength
- ATOPIC
- pertaining to ATOPY (a genetic predisposition toward the development of hypersensitivity reactions: allergies!)
- ATOXIC
- not poisonous; not due to a poison.
- ATROPHIC
- pertaining to or characterized by ATROPHY: WASTING AWAY (a diminution in the size of a cell, tissue, organ, or part)
- ECTOPIC
- pertaining to or characterized by DISPLACEMENT or MALPOSITION; located away from normal position; arising from abnormal site or tissue.
- AURAL
- pertaining to or perceived by the EAR.
- ORAL
- pertaining to the MOUTH; taken through or applied in the mouth.
- BOLUS
- a rounded mass of food or medicinal preparation ready to swallow.
- BULLOUS
- pertaining to or characterized by bullae (a large vesicle, more than 5 mm in circumference, containing SEROUS or seropurulent FLUID--also called a bleb or a blister).
- BRACHIAL
- pertaining to the ARM
- BRANCHIAL
- pertaining to or resembling the "gills of a fish" and having reference to structures in the lateral neck.
- BRONCHIAL
- pertaining to one or more bronchi (air passages of the lung)
- BULBUS
- a rounded mass or enlargement (NOUN)
- BULBOUS
- having the form or nature of a bulb; bearing or arising from a bulb. (adjective)
- CALLUS
- localized hyperplasia of the horny layer of the epidermis due to pressure or friction (noun)
- CALLOUS
- hard, like callus (adjective)