Medical terminology game

[future medic 48_234]

adenomyosis = Benign invasive growth of the endometrium into the muscular layer of the uterus.

next word= mastoptosis ( 2 words)

[CrazyNCute02]

Beware the dissecting aortic aneurysm in a patient with Marfan's syndrome. It's the early killer of that syndrome. It's probably not the answer you seek, but it's important to note the high probability of this in that particular patient.

Yes. This is definately a high probability in a patient with Marfan's syndrome. The original director/creator of Rent (musical/now movie) died from a dissected aorta.

[future medic 48_234]

Haven't seen anyone here latley.

Here is a new one. Thoracentesis.

[imedic]

A capture of fluid from the lung (or plural fluid), used to either drain excess fluid or to obtain a sample for testing purposes.

Thora / Thorac + centisis.

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Strabismus

[paccookie]

Strabismus

A visual defect in which one eye cannot focus with the other on an objective because of imbalance of the eye muscles; crossed eyes.

Subluxation

[Michael]

Subluxation

Being down on your luck.

Sorry.

[rat115]

Being down on your luck.

Sorry.

True, Michael.

partial dislocation of a joint

pica

[bassnmedic]

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

[Cookie]

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare, degenerative, invariably fatal brain disorder. Typically, onset of symptoms occurs at about age 60. There are three major categories of CJD: sporadic CJD, hereditary CJD, and acquired CJD. There is currently no single diagnostic test for CJD. The first concern is to rule out treatable forms of dementia such as encephalitis or chronic meningitis. The only way to confirm a diagnosis of CJD is by brain biopsy or autopsy. In a brain biopsy, a neurosurgeon removes a small piece of tissue from the patient's brain so that it can be examined by a neurologist. Because a correct diagnosis of CJD does not help the patient, a brain biopsy is discouraged unless it is need to rule out a treatable disorder. While CJD can be transmitted to other people, the risk of this happening is extremely small.

Encephaloceles

[DwayneEMTP]

A capture of fluid from the lung (or plural fluid), used to either drain excess fluid or to obtain a sample for testing purposes.

Thora / Thorac + centisis.

Yeah...I think this shows you all aren't really reading these posts!! :wink:

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003420.htm

Thoracentesis is a procedure to remove fluid from the space between the lining of the outside of the lungs (pleura) and the wall of the chest. Normally, very little fluid is present in this space. An accumulation of excess fluid between the layers of the pleura is called a pleural effusion.

Dwayne