access -- a means of entering or exiting

assess -- evaluate or appraise

axis -- abstract line used as positional referent

advice (noun) -- opinion

advise (verb) -- to give advice or counsel

appose -- to place in proximity

oppose -- to be contrary

apprise -- to tell

appraise -- to set a value on

auscultation -- listening

oscillation -- to move back and forth

carotid -- relating to the carotid arteries

parotid -- gland situated near the ear

cecal -- large blind pouch forming the beginning of the large intestine

fecal -- relating to feces

thecal -- sheath or covering

cirrhosis -- a chronic disease of the liver

psoriasis -- an inflammatory skin disease

xerosis -- abnormal dryness of the skin

dysphasia -- lack of coordination in speech

dysphagia -- difficulty in swallowing

discreet -- cautious

discrete -- separate, distinct

elicit -- to bring about

illicit -- illegal

ental -- inside

Intal -- allergy medication

etiology -- the cause or origin of a disease

ideology -- a set of beliefs or doctrines

facial -- relating to the face

fascial -- relating to the fascia (fibrous tissue)

fasciculation -- involuntary contractions of groups of muscle fibers

vesiculation -- blistering

ileum -- distal portion of the small intestine

Ileus -- obstruction of the intestines

ilium -- superior portion of the hip bone

groove -- a long, narrow channel

grove -- a group of trees

labile -- unsteady

labial -- relating to the lips

loose -- free of anything that restrains

lose -- to misplace something

malleus -- structure in the inner ear

malleolus -- a bone on either side of the ankle

menorrhagia -- abnormally heavy menstruation

menorrhalgia -- painful menstruation

metrorrhagia -- uterine bleeding, not due to menses

mucous -- having the nature of or resembling mucus

mucus -- viscous secretions of mucous membranes

nitrate -- salt of nitric acid; medication

nitrite -- salt of nitrous acid; found on urinalysis

palpation -- examination by touching

palpitation -- rapid or fluttering heartbeat

perform -- to do

preform -- to shape beforehand

perennial -- lasting or active through the year, or for many years, e.g., perennial rhinitis

perineal -- relating to the region between the scrotum and the anus in males, and between the posterior vulva junction and the anus in females

peritoneal -- of or relating to the serous membrane that lines the walls of the abdominal cavity

peroneal -- of or relating to the fibula or to the outer portion of the leg

perfuse -- to force blood or other fluid to flow

profuse -- abundant

prostate -- gland

prostrate -- flat, supine

radical -- going to the root of the cause, e.g., "radical prostatectomy"

radicle -- a rootlet, e.g., "hepatic biliary radicles"

radicular -- of or relating to a root-like structure, e.g. radicular pain symptoms

reticular -- resembling a net in form; netlike

reflex -- involuntary reaction or return

reflux -- abnormal backflow of fluid

shoddy -- cheap or done poorly

shotty -- a rubbery feel, e.g., "shotty adenopathy"

stent -- device used to maintain a bodily orifice or cavity, e.g., "coronary stent"

stint -- fixed amount or share of duty allotted, e.g., "She served her stint on jury duty"

subtle -- hard to detect

supple -- limber, e.g., "neck is supple"

vesicle -- blister, fluid-filled sac

vesical -- bladder

viscous -- sticky

viscus -- a hollow, multi-layered, walled organ

 

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Additions from Amy McCormick, ROS Graduate.

	With any vowel sound before a consonant, try to eliminate vowel and look up consonant as the first letter.
	If you are having trouble finding a word, look it up in your abbreviation book. It may be a sounded-out abbreviation.
	For drugs, remember to check the sound-alike drug listing in the appendix of the QLDB. abduction (draw away from) = adduction (draw toward) acidic = ascitic afferent (towards the center) = efferent (away from the center) alkalosis = ankylosis anabiotic = antibiotic anarithmia = an arrhythmia anoscopy = endoscopy ancillary = auxiliary anergy, anergic (absence of ability to generate a sensitivity reaction in a subject to substances expected to be allergenic in that individual. Also lack of energy.) = allergy, allergic anion = iron and/or = under aphagia = aphasia ataxia = apraxia atenolol = timolol bowels = valves Celebrex = Cerebyx Centigrade = Centigray CNS = C&S (culture and sensitivity) clotting = clubbing comma = trauma DAT = BRAT (both diet related) diathesis (constitutional or inborn state disoposing ot a disease) = diaphysis (shaft, as in bones) dysphasia (lack of coordination in speech) = dysphagia (difficulty swallowing) eczema = exanthema (both related to skin eruptions) enuresis = anuresis (both related to urinary problems; anuresis is technically an obsolete term for inability to pass urine) Fabere Test = FABER Test fascicular/vesicular fifty = fifteen = sixty = sixteen fontanel = fentanyl galactorrhea (discharge of milk from the breasts) = glacturia (discharge of milk-like urine) Hs = edges hematoma (blood tumor) = hepatoma (liver tumor) ileum (part of intestine) = ilium (part of hip bone) Intal = Endal intrathecal = intrafecal lisinopril = fosinopril obtain = pain O.D. = o.d. (right eye = Latin for every day) osmolarity = osmolality paranasal NOT perinasal pearl (one of a number of small touch masses, such as mucus occuring in the sputum in asthma) = PERL (pupils equal and react to light) perineal = peroneal roentgen = Rankin scatoma (fecal tumor) = scotoma (an isolated area within the visual field in which vision is absent or depressed) serratic = cirrhotic sitology (study of food) = cytology (study of cells) vesicle - vesical