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ascites (tense) Asherman syndrome Ashman beats/phenomenon (cardio) asterisk sign Athabascan (nationality) atlantoaxial (range of motion) atopy attenuation aural (ear) Auralgan drops - for ears avulsion/evulsion Azmacort azotemia balanoposthitis ball valve effect - urinary ballottable ballottement test Barany or B bas-fond fundus base excess basophilia Bayonet opposed midshaft BCG Tice strain beam-hardening artifact (CT scan) Bernhardt disease/paresthesia (syn. meralgia paresthetica) beta-adrenergic bifascicular bile salt metabolism biliary stent bioprosthesis Biopty gun bird-like facies birefringent microscope Bjerrum scotomata blebs blue velvet syndrome bougie boutonniere deformity branchial cleft cyst BRAT diet (bananas, rice, applesauce, toast) bronchiolitis obliterans Brudzinski sign brux, bruxism bucket-handle meniscus tear buffered diluent bulbocavernous reflex burst and taper of steroids BUS (female genitalia) buttress splint, screw CABG (sounds like "cabbage" when dictated) caf calcium-channel blocker caliceal stone capital femoral epiphysis capitular fluctuates CAPS-free diet (caffeine, alcohol, pepper, spicy foods) Castleman disease catamenial cauda equina Cawthorne exercises, maneuvers (for vertigo) celiac sprue cerclage/cerclage wire chamber platelet count chandelier sign (OB-GYN) Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

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cherry angioma chevron incision/procedure Childress test choanae cholesteatoma chromopertubation claudication clostridium difficile (shortened usually to "C-Diff") clue cell (OB-GYN) COAG waveform desiccation cobblestoning (ophth - can also apply to GI tract) cogwheel rigidity cold cup biopsy Colles' fracture comorbidities compensated CHF cone biopsy cor pulmonale (sounds like cor pulmonalay when dictated) coracoacromial ligament CRAB diet (carrots, rice, apples, and bananas) cracker test crepitus/crepitations (joints and lungs reference) cricopharyngeal cruciferous/cruciform cul-de-sac curvilinear cushingoid cut/blend setting (GI - snare cautery) cystitis cystica Cytobrush technique (OB-GYN) de Quervain disease, fracture, tendinitis, tenosynovitis, thyroiditis deafferentation debulking surgery deep venous thrombophlebitis dehiscent dermatochalasis descensus desquamated diaphragmatic pinchcock diaphyseal Dientamoeba fragilis trophozoites diphtheroids disequilibrium Dix-Hallpike or Hallpike-Dix maneuver (for paroxysmal positional nystagmus) doll's gaze/doll's upward gaze DOT physical (Department of Transportation) double-crush syndrome (ortho) dowager's hump drop metastasis DSHS form (Department of Social and Health Services) Dupuytren contracture dysconjugate dysdiadochokinesia dysgeusia dyshidrotic dyslipidemia dyspareunia (OB-GYN) ectocervix ectropion effaced efficacious efflux egophony Ehlers-Danlos syndrome electrodesiccation

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empty sella syndrome (sounds like empty cellar) empty-can test (PT) en bloc (sounds like "on block" when dictated) encopresis end-plate sclerosis endemic endosteal epididymides epileptiform EPS exam (expressed prostatic secretions) Eritrean (Nationality - Greek) eschar escutcheon EtOH (ethyl alcohol, ethanol) evanescent Evitrean (Nationality - African) excrescence exogenous extrapyramidal eyegrounds facet joints facies fat pad impingement syndrome faucial pillars (pertains to throat) fibrinogen fifth disease filiform wart Finkelstein maneuver fontanelle foramen ovale (s/l "foramen o'valley" or "foramenal valley") four-pillow orthopnea (can be any number other than four as well) Fresnel lens fulguration fundoplication funduscopic fusiform (swelling) gadolinium galactorrhea gastrocnemius Gatorade (sports drink) gauntlet cast genu varum gibbous gimping, gimpy-type gait Gleason score glycosylated hemoglobin Guillain-Barr guttate (drop shaped) gutter splint Guyon canal gynecomastia hairy cell leukemia Hallpike-Dix or Dix-Hallpike maneuver (for paroxysmal positional nystagmus) hamulus Harrington rod Hashimoto thyroiditis HCTZ (abb. for hydrochlorothiazide) hebdomadal period (weekly period of time) Heberden nodes Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) hematochezia heparinization hepatic flexure hepatitis core antibody Hoffmann sign

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Homans sign home O2 (oxygen) sounds like "homo 2," "homo-2" homonymous hemianopsia hordeolum host disease (graft vs. host disease) hot biopsy (GI) HSGYV (abb. heat, steam, gum, yawn, Valsalva) - things to do for plugged ears Hyfrecator hymenal ring hyperacusis hyperechogenic/hyperechogenicity hypersplenism hyphae iatrogenic ileal loop urinary diversion impetigo in toto incremental indices induration insufflation intention tremor international unit (IU) micro-international unit ( interossei (plural of interosseus) intervertebral neural foramen intractable nausea and vomiting introitus ipecac ischial tuberosity isoechoic IV push J point depression Jamar dynamometer Jendrassik maneuver Jobst K-wire (Kirschner wire) kappa light chain excretion Kegel exercise keloid Kerley('s) (sounds like "curly") A, B, or C lines Kernig sign Kiesselbach syndrome Klinefelter syndrome L&I (Labor and Industries - refers to workers' compensation claims) L-dopa (clinical name for levodopa) labyrinthitis Lachman sign lactated Ringer solution lacunar infarct LAT (lidocaine, adrenaline, tetracaine) - topical anesthesia latissimus dorsi lead-pipe rigidity LET (lidocaine, epinephrine, tetracaine; liposome-encapsulated tetracaine) - topical anesthesia leukocyte esterase Lhermitte sign (sounds like lur-meet) lichen planus lichen sclerosus et atrophicus lichenification Lichtenstein maneuver ligamentous rhomboid limbus Lisfranc strain Lister tubercle logorrhea (talks too much) loofah pad

Term: loquacious Term: loupe magnification Term: lumbar lordosis Term: Lyme disease Term: Lyme titer Term: lymphedema Term: maceration Term: macular skin rash Term: Mallampati score/classification (related to airway assessment; prediction of difficult intubation) Term: Marcus Gunn pupil Term: marsupialization Term: masseters Term: matricectomy Term: meatal stenosis Term: medial collateral ligament Term: medicamentosa rhinitis Term: meibomian Term: menarche (age when menstruation starts) Term: meningioma Term: meralgia (pain in the thigh; see meralgia paresthetica) Term: meralgia paresthetica (syn. Roth or Rot disease; Bernhardt disease; Roth-Bernhardt or Rot-Bernhardt disease/syndrome) Term: micro-international unit ( Term: micturition Term: migraineur (person who has migraines) Term: milli-international unit (mIU) Term: milli-international unit (mIU) Term: mirror biopsy Term: mittelschmerz Term: mnemonic Term: monofilament Term: Monsel solution Term: morning-water brash Term: mortise and callus Term: Morton neuroma Term: movie sign (orthopedics) Term: MRSA (sounds like mersa) Term: Mumford procedure Term: Murphy sign (abdomen) Term: musculotendinous Term: myelodysplastic Term: nadir count (chemotherapy) Term: nasogastric decompression Term: navicular Term: nebulizer (asthma) Term: needle aspiration Term: nephrotic range proteinuria Term: neural foramen (pl. foramina) Term: neurapraxia Term: neutrophils - mature white blood cells (polymorphonuclear neutrophils) "polys," PMNs Term: Nissen fundoplication Term: nitroglycerin Term: nonmotile sperm Term: nonsecretory islet cell carcinoma Term: normal-pressure hydrocephalus Term: normoactive (bowel tones/sounds) Term: normocephalic/atraumatic (HEENT exam) Term: normochromic, normocytic anemia Term: normotensive (blood pressure) Term: NSAID (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug) Term: nuchal (neck muscles) Term: nuclear sclerosis (ophth) Term: nucleated pulposus (ortho) Term: Nylen-Barany or Nylen-B Term: O&P (ova and parasites)

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obviate odynophagia olecranon oligoclonal band OMT (abb. osteopathic manipulation therapy) onycholysis opticokinetic orbicularis oculi organophosphate orthopnea os naviculare ossicle osteal (bony) osteochondritis dissecans osteophytes ostial (pertains to ostium) ostiomeatal ostiomeatal complex (not osteomeatal) oxalate packed cells palisading palmomental reflex Pancof pancytopenia papilledema paraneoplastic syndrome parenteral gold paronychia parous os (OB-GYN) paroxysm peau d'orange (sounds like "poh da ronge" when dictated) PEG tube perfusion perimenopausal perle (s/l "pearl") - a liquid-filled soft gelatin capsule; for example, Tessalon pessary pheochromocytoma (s/l fetal or feto chromocytoma; often misspelled feochromocytoma) phimosis picogram pie-crusting compartmental release pilonidal piriformis plafond plate thickness skin graft ploidy PMNs (polymorphonuclear neutrophils, "polys") polymorphonuclear neutrophils ("polys," PMNs) postherpetic neuralgia presbycusis protein electrophoresis proteinuria prothrombin time (also partial thromboplastin time) protoporphyrin pseudogout pseudopelade of Brocq (derm) psoas sign pterygoid (wing-shaped); related to region of the sphenoid bone pterygoid nerve, muscle, plate, process, canal, fissure, fossa, hamulus, lamina, notch, plexus pulmonary capillary wedge pressure purpuric pyramidal (s/l peer-a-middle) R on T phenomenon rabbiting (slang for person who constantly twitches their nose due to a cold, allergic rhinitis, etc.) raccoon eyes Raji cell assay

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RAST test (allergy) Raynaud (s/l rain-oh) phenomenon rebound tenderness recalcitrant red reflex renin-mediated hypertension reperfusing respirophasic restless leg syndrome rhinitis medicamentosa Rockport shoes rolfing Romberg sign Roth disease (syn. meralgia paresthetica) Roth spots Roth-Bernhardt or Rot-Bernhardt disease/syndrome (syn. meralgia paresthetica) Rowasa enema rugated Rule of Nines saccades salvage chemotherapy Samsoon-Young modified Mallampati classification for airway assessment scalene scarlatina sciatic notch scleral icterus semiovale (This almost sounds like Seminole valley when dictated!) sequelae sequestration seropositive rheumatoid arthritis shotty (not shoddy) lymph nodes sick sinus syndrome sling and swathe - for shoulder immobilization (photo) small-branch retinal vein occlusion Spansule (trademarked dosage form; sustained-release capsule) Speed sign spray and stretch (hamstrings exercise) sprue Spurling maneuver squamocolumnar junction (OB-GYN) squat fly exercise stained spun sediment status asthmaticus steatorrhea stocking distribution peripheral neuropathy straight-laced, high-top, leather orthopedic shoes subcapital fracture subcarinal subserosal fibroid subtalar suction curettage sugar-tong splint sustention tremor (a.k.a. postural tremor) sweat chloride test (for cystic fibrosis) sympathectomy syndesmosis T-cell subset TAC (tetracaine, adrenaline, cocaine) - topical anesthesia; prepared by pharmacist Tagalog (a language) tail of Spence tandem Romberg tangential (psych) tardive tear lake telangiectasis

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tenaculum tendinitis tendinous tenesmus tense ascites tertiary thallium stress test thelarche thenar eminence third spacing of fluids tidal breathing tinea versicolor Tinel sign TNTC (too numerous to count) tonoclonic tonus (muscle) torque torticollis transsphenoidal trapezia (plural of trapezium) trapezius muscle (pl. trapezius muscles NOT trapezia) trigeminy trigone triradiate cartilage trismus tubotympanics tubulovillous polyp tussive syndrome twig-vein occlusion Tzanck prep/preparation/test/cells (sounds like "zank" on dictation) umbo uncinate Unna boot upstrokes urobilinogen urolithiasis uterosacral ligament valproic acid level (Depakote level) Valsalva maneuver variegated vasomotor rhinitis venous lake Veress needle (not Verres) vermilion border (red margin of upper/lower lip) vertiginous vibrissae villoglandular violaceous vitiligo vitreous detachment volar von Willebrand factor, disease Waddell sign water brash wbc (white blood cell) WBC (white blood count) Weber-Rinne testing Westergren sedimentation rate white-coat hypertension (elevation of BP due to visiting physician) wire-guided excisional biopsy wolffian wry neck Xanax/Zantac - sound alike drugs: Xanax (anxiety), Zantac (stomach problems)