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2. List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes - Wikipedia

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   Second, medical roots generally go together according to language, i.e., Greek prefixes occur with Greek suffixes and Latin prefixes with Latin suffixes. Although international scientific vocabulary is not stringent about segregating combining forms of different languages, it is advisable when coining new words not to mix different lingual roots.

3. List of medical abbreviations: Latin abbreviations - Wikipedia

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   The main discussion of these abbreviations in the context of drug prescriptions and other medical prescriptions is at List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions. Some of these abbreviations are best not used, as marked and explained here.

4. List of medical abbreviations: 0–9 - Wikipedia

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   Meaning Δ: diagnosis; change: ΔΔ: differential diagnosis (the list of possible diagnoses, and the effort to narrow that list) +ve: positive (as in the result of a test) # fracture: #NOF: fracture to the neck of the femur ℞ (R with crossed tail) prescription: Ψ: psychiatry, psychosis: Σ: sigmoidoscopy: x/12: x number of months x/40: x ...

5. How to Read Your Cancer Pathology Report - WebMD

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   A tumor grade reflects how likely it is to grow and spread. In general, this is what those grades mean: Grade 1: Low grade, or well-differentiated: The cells look a little different than regular ...

6. Critical, Stable, or Fair: Defining Patient Conditions - WebMD

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   In the media, hospital terms that describe a patient’s condition -- like critical, fair, serious, stable -- are vague by design. They give you just a general sense of how someone is doing, which ...

7. Immunoglobulin Test: High vs Low vs Normal Levels of (Ig ...

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   Antibodies are proteins that your immune cells make to fight off bacteria, viruses, and other harmful invaders. The immunoglobulin test can show whether there's a problem with your immune system ...

8. Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC): Symptoms, Causes, Treatment, More

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   Hepatocellular carcinoma is a type of liver cancer. Certain health conditions like cirrhosis, chronic viral hepatitis, or type 2 diabetes can increase your risk of developing this cancer. Liver ...

9. Tympanitis: Symptoms, Causes, Treatment, and More - Healthline

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   a feeling of fullness in the ear, due to fluid trapped behind a bulging eardrum. a bloody, watery discharge from the affected ear (if the eardrum swells to such a degree that it bursts) hearing ...