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This is a list of roots, suffixes, and prefixes used in medical terminology, their meanings, and their etymologies. Most of them are combining forms in Neo-Latin and hence international scientific vocabulary .
List of eponymous medical devices; List of eponymous medical signs; List of eponymous medical treatments; List of eponymous surgical procedures; List of eponymous tests; List of human anatomical parts named after people; List of medical eponyms with Nazi associations; List of orthopaedic eponyms; List of eponyms in neuroscience, neurology and ...
List of medical abbreviations: Overview; List of medical abbreviations: Latin abbreviations; List of abbreviations for medical organisations and personnel; List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions; List of optometric abbreviations
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This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends that begin with the letter P. For the purposes of this list: acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as if it were a word, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome , pronounced to rhyme with cars
Pachydermoperiostosis; Pachygyria; Pachyonychia congenita Jackson–Lawler type; Pacman dysplasia; Paes–Whelan–Modi syndrome; Paget disease extramammary
A medical device is an instrument, apparatus, implant, in vitro reagent, or similar or related article that is used to diagnose, prevent, or treat disease or other conditions, and does not achieve its purposes through chemical action within or on the body (which would make it a drug).
For example, both bid and b.i.d. may be found in the list. It generally uses the singular form of an abbreviation (not the plural) as the headword. This list uses significant capitalization for headwords (the abbreviations) and their expansions. [4]