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

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    Forms terms denoting conditions relating to eating or ingestion Greek φαγία (phagía) eating < φᾰγεῖν (phageîn), to eat Trichophagia-phago-eating, devouring Greek -φᾰ́γος (-phágos), eater of, eating phagocyte: phagist-Forms nouns that denote a person who 'feeds on' the first element or part of the word

  3. List of medical abbreviations: I - Wikipedia

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    Sortable table Abbreviation Meaning 131 I or I131: iodine-131 (aka radioactive iodine or radioiodine) : IA: intra-arterial: intra-articular: IAA: insulin autoantibody IABP: intra-aortic balloon pump

  4. Quizlet - Wikipedia

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    In March 2023, Quizlet started to incorporate AI features with the release "Q-Chat", a virtual AI tutor powered by OpenAI's ChatGPT API. [27] [28] [29] Quizlet launched four additional AI powered features in August 2023 to assist with student learning. [30] [31] In July 2024, Kurt Beidler, the former co-CEO of Zwift, joined Quizlet as the new ...

  5. List of medical abbreviations: H - Wikipedia

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    Sortable table Abbreviation Meaning h: hr / hours H: histamine or its receptors (if with subscripts) hemagglutinin: H x: history: HA ; H/A hypertonia arterialis headache calcium hydroxyapatite

  6. Arthroscopy - Wikipedia

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    Arthroscopy (also called arthroscopic or keyhole surgery) is a minimally invasive surgical procedure on a joint in which an examination and sometimes treatment of damage is performed using an arthroscope, an endoscope that is inserted into the joint through a small incision.

  7. Percutaneous pinning - Wikipedia

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    Numerous pinning techniques have been proposed, however there is not enough evidence to determine which is more effective. [1] Pinning involves the manipulation, with X-ray guidance, of the fracture into an acceptable position, and the immediate insertion of metal pins, called Kirschner wires, through the skin, into one bone fragment and across the fracture line into the other bone fragment.

  8. List of eponymous medical signs - Wikipedia

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    orthopaedic surgery: meniscal lesions: manoeuvres to elicit knee pain Argyll Robertson pupils: Douglas Moray Cooper Lamb Argyll Robertson: neurology: neurosyphilis [2] light-near dissociation Arneth count: Josef Arneth: haematology, nutrition: folate deficiency: lobulation of neutrophil nuclei Asboe-Hansen sign: Gustav Asboe-Hansen: dermatology ...

  9. Incision and drainage - Wikipedia

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    Incision and drainage (I&D), also known as clinical lancing, are minor surgical procedures to release pus or pressure built up under the skin, such as from an abscess, boil, or infected paranasal sinus.