My favorite is borborygmi.
It's the sound your belly makes when you're hungry!
manual cantaining a list descriptive terms and identifying codes used in reporting medical codes and procedures are called?
Transurethral, transabdominal, transesophageal, and transvaginal are medical terms that start with Trans.
Not all medical terms have a word root. Some medical terms may only consist of a prefix and/or a suffix without a word root.
Subhepatic, subtalar, and submandibular are medical terms with the prefix "sub-."
Hypodermic, hypochondria, hypothryroidism, hypoandrogenism, hypoestrogenic, hypochromic are medical terms with the prefix hypo-.
Eponyms are terms derived from the names of people, often used to honor their contributions to medicine, such as "Parkinson's disease" named after James Parkinson. In contrast, Latin medical terms are derived from classical Latin and describe conditions, procedures, or anatomical structures without reference to individuals, like "musculus" for muscle. While eponyms often carry historical significance, Latin terms are typically more descriptive and standardized in medical nomenclature.
Gibberish and nonsense are descriptive words.
Most med terms are based on Latin and some are ancient Greek.
HOTH means hypothyroid when used in medical terms. Hypothyroid means that the thyroid is not producing the amount of thyroid hormone for some reason.
Ischemia, onycholysis, pertussis, epigastric, retroperitoneal, tonsillitis.
Hyperopia, myopia, and diplopia are some medical terms meaning a type of vision.
Medical terms used by the medical profession in caring for patients.