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

Posted By: nm on 2007-05-09
In Reply to: for one thing, it is discectomy not diskectomy--sm - DumDum

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

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neuro word help - mtgb
- ? Sequestrectomy...sm - Beez
  - THANKS! - mtgb
    - Your welcome...nm - Beez
- for one thing, it is discectomy not diskectomy--sm - DumDum
  - Both are acceptable and.. - mtgb
    - Right.....it depends on the acct.....mine wants the "c" - nm
      - mine wants the *c* too, very emphatic about it. --sm - DumDum
  - Actually, diskectomy is in the medical dictionary.... - nm
    - discectomy is a variation of diskectomy - it is diskectomy - no message
- facetectomy? selective --ectomy? Can you tell from the body of - the surgery later on? nm
  - Not a surg report - mtgb

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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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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.

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.

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

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

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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discectomy or diskectomy
Subject: discectomy or diskectomy

I am typing a report and spelled it discectomy; however I looked at a sample for this account and it is spelled diskectomy. I thought it was discectomy. I looked in Stedman's and diskectomy is not listed. I also checked stedman's online and it does not find it.

discectomy or diskectomy?
Subject: discectomy or diskectomy?

I have always been told it was discectomy with a c and not a k, disc and not disk, etc. Got a note from QA saying it was disk with a k and not a c. Have I been doing this wrong for over 10 years??!!

Thanks for any info!

for one thing, it is discectomy not diskectomy--sm
Subject: for one thing, it is discectomy not diskectomy--sm

and for the s/l, it may be microdiscectomy or laminectomy? just a thought.

discectomy is a variation of diskectomy
Subject: discectomy is a variation of diskectomy

nm

type of drill used for diskectomy
Subject: type of drill used for diskectomy

s/l Anspach or Ansbach

We measured the space which had been freshened using the s/l Anspach drill and a series of spinal fusion curets.

Tudor? rongeurs for diskectomy
Subject: Tudor? rongeurs for diskectomy

L5-S1 diskectomy -- Disk fragments were mobilized using downbiting curettes and removed using s/l Tudor rongeurs. TIA

C3-7 anterior cervical diskectomy, but not sure about "FP" sm
Subject: C3-7 anterior cervical diskectomy, but not sure about "FP" sm

Usually the "f" would stand for "fusion," and maybe the "p" stands for "plating." This is why abbreviations can be a problem.

Diskectomy. (AAMT BOS-2 prefers disk, too.)
Subject: Diskectomy. (AAMT BOS-2 prefers disk, too.)

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C4 ACD (anterior cerical diskectomy) paraplegia ?
Subject: C4 ACD (anterior cerical diskectomy) paraplegia ?

Various size s/l Carland curettes were used to perform a diskectomy. nm
Subject: Various size s/l Carland curettes were used to perform a diskectomy. nm

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s/l kasbar distraction post; cervical diskectomy op note
Subject: s/l kasbar distraction post; cervical diskectomy op note

thanks for the help

Diskectomy: The area of the incision was s/l scratch-painted with methylene blue.
Subject: Diskectomy: The area of the incision was s/l scratch-painted with methylene blue.

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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