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I put this list together as a student, so you will see some things in here that are quite simple. You will also see some words with *s/l* beside them. These are sound-alikes. I put them in the list, the way it sounded to me, then in the right column I entered the word the way it should be, or entered a possible alternative. There are prefixes, suffixes, drugs, abbreviations,etc. Some words have definitions, some do not. Please let me know if you run across any errors and I will correct them.
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| Word or Root | Definition |
| h | hour |
| H&P | History & Physical |
| h.s. | at hour of sleep *bedtime* |
| haimorrhois | a vein likely to bleed |
| hair | outgrowth of skin composed of keratin |
| hairy leukoplakia | |
| halitosis | bad breath |
| halitus | breath |
| Hallpike maneuver | maneuver for vertigo, also known as as Dix-Hallpike |
| hallux valgus | major deviation of the metatarsophalangeal joint of the big toe |
| Hamman-Rich Disease or Syndrome | Hamman-Rich Disease or Syndrome |
| hand-held nebulizer *HHN* | hand-held nebulizer *HHN* |
| harmar *s/l* | hilar *ex: left hilar mass* |
| Harvesting | re: vein grafting, the sephenous vein in the leg is usually used for harvesting |
| Hashimoto disease | development of antibodies to ones own thyroid |
| Hawthorne leaf | herbal medicine |
| HBV | hepatitis B virus |
| HCFA | Health Care Financing Administration |
| HCG or hCG | |
| HCO3 *bicarbonate* *normal range 22 to 26* | |
| HCTZ | diuretic drug |
| HDL | High Density Lipoproteins |
| head pulse | alternative site to measure the pulse and it is the temporal pulse point on the head; at 130-very high-normal 60-80 |
| headache | headache |
| heart block | an interference with the normal electrical conduction of the heart defined by the location of the block *e.g. AV block* |
| heart murmur | an abnormal sound from the heart produced by defects in the chambers or valves |
| heart nubilizer *s/l* | could be Hart nubilizer or heart nebulizer |
| Heart Rate *HR*- pulse; number of times the heart beats in one minute | |
| heart size | |
| heart transplant | surgical treatment for advanced cardiomyopathy |
| heart valves | structures within the heart that open and close with the heartbeat to regulate the on-way flow of blood |
| Heberden's nodes | nodules in the distal interphalangeal joints |
| HEENT | head, eyes, ears, nose throat |
| Heimlich maneuver | method to relieve a person from choking by applying thrust pressure over the midepigastric area |
| helicobater pylori | cause of peptic ulcers |
| Helminthosporium | allergen |
| hem | blood |
| hemangioma | |
| hemat | blood |
| hematemesis | vomiting of bright red blood indicating upper GI bleeding |
| hematochezia | bright red blood per rectum |
| hematocrit | |
| hematocrit, spun | |
| hematoma | blood tumor |
| hematomegaly | enlargement of the liver |
| hematuria | presence of blood in urine |
| hemauria | blood in the urine |
| heme-negative, heme-positive | |
| hemic *s/* | ischemic |
| hemicephalic | pertaining to half of head |
| hemidiaphragm | |
| hemidiaphragms | |
| hemi-half | |
| hemiorrhaphy | repair of a hernia |
| hemiparesis | partial paralysis of the right or left half of the body |
| hemiparesis | |
| hemiplegia | paralysis on one side of the body |
| hemithorax | |
| hemmorhoid | swollen, twisted vein *varicosity* in the anal region |
| hemmorhoidectomy | excision of hemmorhoids |
| hemo | blood |
| Hemoccult | capitalize Hemoccult |
| hemodialysis | methods of filtering impurities by pumping the patient's blood through a dialyzer, the specialized filter of the artificial kidney machine |
| hemodialyzer | artificial kidney machine |
| hemoglobin | |
| hemolysis | breakdown of blood |
| hem-onk *s/l* | Hem/Onc - - - Hematology/Oncology |
| hemopoiesis | formation of blood |
| hemoptysis | coughing up and spitting out blood originating in the lungs |
| hemorrhage | to burst forth blood |
| hemostasis | stop blood |
| hemothorax | blood in pleural cavity |
| hemp | allergen |
| henna | herbal medicine |
| HEPA | High Efficiency Particulate Air *filter/mask* |
| hepa | liver |
| hepat- | liver |
| hepatic- | liver |
| hepatic insufficiency | |
| hepatic lobectomy | excision of a lobe of the liver |
| hepatidamidus *s/l* | epididymitis |
| hepatitis | inflammation of the liver caused by virus |
| hepatitis A | infectious inflammation of the liver caused by the hepatitis A virus, usually transmitted orally through fecal contamination of food or water |
| hepatitis B | hepatitis caused by hepatitis B virus that is transmitted sexually or by exposure to contaminated blood or body fluids |
| hepatitis B virus *HBV* | virus that cause inflammation of the liver as a result of transmission through any body fluid, including vaginal secretions, semen,blood, etc. |
| hepatoma | liver tumor |
| hepatomegaly | enlargement of the liver |
| hepatosplenomegaly | |
| hepetitis B virus *HBV* | virus that causes inflammation of the liver as a result of transmission through any body fluid, including vaginal secretoins, semen, blood, etc. |
| Hep-Lock | |
| Her 2 new *s/l* | Her-2/neu |
| Herberden's nodes | patient has early Herberden's nodes in hands |
| herni- | hernia |
| hernia | protrusion of a part from it's normal location |
| hernia, hiatal | protrusion of part of the stomach upward through the hiatal opening in the diaphragm |
| hernia, incarcerated | hernia that is swollen and fized with a sac; causing an obstruction |
| hernia, inguinal | protrusion of a loop of the intestine through layers of the abdominal wall in the inguinal region |
| hernia, strangulated | hernia that is constricted, cut off from circulation, and likely to become gangrenous |
| hernia, umbilical | protrusion of the intestine through a weakness in the abdominal wall around the umbilicous *naval* |
| herniated disc *or disk* | protrusion of a degenerated or fragmented intervertabral disk so that the nucleus pulposus protrudes, causing compression on the nerve root |
| hernioplasty | repair of a hernia |
| herniorrhaphy | suture of hernia |
| herpes | creeping skin disease |
| herpes simplex virus Type II *HSV-2* | virus that causes ulcer like lesions of the genital and anorectal skin and mucosa; after initial infection lies dormant in the nerve cell root and may recur at times of stress |
| herpes simplex virus Type II *HSV-II* | virius that causes ulcer like lesions of the genital and anorectal skin and mucosa; after initial infection the virus lies dormant in the nerve cell root and may recur in times of stress |
| herpes zoster | viral disease affecting the peripheral nerves characterized by painful blisters that spread over the skin following the affected nerves, usually unilateral - also known as shingles |
| Hertel exophthalmometer | taler |
| hesi | stick |
| hesitancy | problem initiating the flow of urine |
| hetero | different |
| heterocollateral | |
| heterotropia | a condition of eye misalignment caused by intraocular muscle imbalance |
| Hg | mercury |
| HHN | hand-held nebulizer |
| HHS | Health and Human Services |
| hiatal hernia | defect in the phrenoesophageal membrane at the level of the diaphragm |
| Hibiclens | comes in sponge/brush or Hibiclens Antiseptic/AntiMicrobial Skin cleanser liquid - cleansing agent |
| Hibiclens soaks | for skin conditions |
| hibiscus flower | herbal medicine |
| HIDA | hepato iminodiacetic acid |
| hidr | sweat |
| hidr | sweat *water* |
| hi-fay *s/l* | hyphae |
| high ET hearing aid *s/l* | ITE= in the ear |
| high field | high-power field |
| high-flow oxygen | high-flow oxygen |
| high-pitched rhonchi | |
| hilar region | |
| hilium | indented opening in the kidney where vessels enter and leave |
| hilum of the lung | |
| HIPC | Health Insurance Plan of California |
| hirsh buns *s/l* | Hirschsprung's disease, also known as conginital megacolon |
| hirsutism | shaggy; an excessive growth of hair especially in unusual places *e.g., a woman with a beard* |
| hist | tissue |
| histamine | a compound in the body that is released by injured cells in allergic reactions, inflammations, etc, causing constriction of bronchial smooth muscle, dilation of blood vessels, etc |
| histi | tissue |
| HIV | human immunodeficiency virus |
| HIVIG *HIV immune globulin* | |
| HL of bladder stone *s/l* | EHL *electrohydraulic lithotrypsy* disintegrating a stone |
| HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor | |
| HNT | hypertension |
| ho shou wu | herbal medicine |
| Hohn catheter | double-lumen Hohn catherter |
| hollock talgus *s/l* | hallux valgus |
| Holmans sign | Holmans' sign |
| Hologic QDR 4500 | dexa scan unit |
| Holter Monitor | device for making prolonged EKG recordings on a portable tape recorder while conducting normal daily activities |
| Holy Thistle | herbal medicine |
| home cateter *s/l* | Hohn catherter *double-lumen* |
| homeo- | sameness |
| homeostasis | state of stability maintained in the body |
| homo | same |
| homonymous hemianopsia | |
| homoplasty | |
| Honey lung | |
| Honeycomb lung | |
| hops flower | herbal medicine |
| hordeolum | a sty; an acute infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid |
| horehound | herbal medicine |
| hormon- | hormone *an urging on* |
| hormonal contraceptives | hormones used to prevent conception by suppressing ovulation |
| hormone | substance produced by endocrine gland; acts to modify the structure or function of other organs |
| hormone replacement | a drug that replaces a hormone deficiency *e.g., estrogen, testosterone, thyroid, etc.* |
| hormone replacement therapy HRT | use of a hormone to replace a deficiency or regulation production |
| hornoplasty *s/l* | homoplasty |
| horsetail *shavegrass* | herbal medicine |
| HPI | history of present illness |
| HPV | human papilloma virus |
| HRT | hormone replacement therapy |
| HSV-2 | herpes simplex virus Type II |
| Ht | height |
| HTN | hypertension |
| human chorionic gonadotropin | placental hormone |
| human immunodeficiency virus *HIV* | virus that cause aquired immunodeficiency syndrome *AIDS*, permitting various oppotunistic infections, malignancies, and neurologic diseases - contracted through exposure to contaminated blood or body fluid *semen, vaginal secretions* |
| human papilloma virus *HPV* | virus transmitted by direct sexual contact that causes an infection that can occur on the skin or mucous membranes of the genitals; on the skin the lesions appear as cauliflower like warts, and on mucous membranes they have a flat appearance * also known as venereal or genital warts* |
| human papillomavirus | virus that causes condylomata of the genetalia |
| humero- | pertaining to the arm bone |
| humor | fluid |
| Humulen Pen | drug for diabetes millitus type 1 |
| Humuline insulin | Brand name - capitalize |
| Huntington's chorea | hereditary disease of the central nervous system characterized by bizarre involuntary movements and progressive dementia |
| Huntington's disease | hereditary disease of the central nervous system characterized by bizarre involuntary movements and progressive dementia |
| hurdle *s/l* | Hertel exophthalmometer |
| Hürthle cell adenoma | alt 129 for u with 2 dots over it |
| Hx | History |
| hyalin casts | hyalin=clear, transparent; casts=to send forth, put forth, throw off or away;to bring forth; or to form into a mold *BRITISH cast=vomit* |
| hyaline membrane disease | respiratory problem in the premature baby in which lack of protein causes collapse of lung tissue |
| Hybridfit total hip system | Hybridfit is brand name |
| hydatidiform mole | abnormal pregnancy with pathologic ovum |
| hydr | water |
| hydrangea root | herbal medicine |
| hydrocele | hernia of fluid in the testis or tubes leading from the testis |
| hydrocephalus | abnormal accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid in the brain |
| hydrocephalus | abnormal accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid in the ventricles of the brain as a result of developmental anomalies, infection, injury, or tumor |
| hydrochloric acid | substance produced by the stomach that is necessary for digestion |
| hydrochlorothiazide | |
| hydronephrosis | dilation and pooling of urine in the renal pelvis and calyces of one or both kidneys caused by an obstruction in the outflow of urine |
| hydropneumothorax | |
| hydrothorax | fluid in pleural cavity |
| hydroureter | distention of the ureter with urine |
| hyfee | hyphae |
| hymen | a fold of mucous membrane that encircles the entrance to the vagina |
| hyper | excessive or above |
| hyperbilirubinema | excessive level of bilirubin *bile pigment* in the blood |
| hypercalcemia | an abnormally high level of calcium in the blood |
| hypercapnia | excessive level of carbon dioxide in blood |
| hypercarbia | excessive level of carbon dioxide in blood |
| hypercholesterolemia | abnormally high cholesterol |
| hyperemesis gravidarum | severe nausea and vomiting in pregnancy that can cause severe dehydration in the mother and fetus |
| hyperesthesia | increased sensitivity to stimulation such as touch or pain |
| hyperglycemia | high blood sugar |
| hyperinflation | |
| hyperinsulinism | condition resulting from an excessive amount of insulin in the blood that draws sugar out of the bloodstream, resulting in hypoglycemia, fainting, and convulsions; often caused by an overdose of insulin or by a tumor of the pancreas |
| hyperkalemia | an abnormally high level of potassium in the blood |
| hyperlipemia | excessive fat in blood |
| hypermastia | abnormally large breasts |
| hyperopia | farsightedness; difficulty seeing close objects when light rays extend beyond the proper focus on the retina |
| hyperparathyroidism | hypersecretion of the parathyroid glands, usually caused by a tumor |
| hyperplasia | |
| hyperpnea | deep breathing |
| hyperreactivity | |
| hypersecretion | abnormally increased secretion |
| hypersensitivity pneumonia | |
| hypertension *HTN* | Hypertension - abnormally high blood pressure |
| hypertension, essential | high blood pressure attrubuted to no single cause, but risks include smoking, obesity, increased salt intake, hypercholesterolomia |
| hypertension, secondary | high blood pressure caused by the effects of another disease *e.g. kidney disease* |
| hypertensive heart disease | |
| hyperthyroidism | condition of hypersecretion of the thyroid gland characterized by exophthalmia, tachycardia, goiter, and tumor |
| hypertrophy | enlargement |
| hypertympanicity | |
| hyperuricemia | excessive uric acid in the blood |
| hyperventilate | Hyperventilate - to breathe abnormally fast and deep, resulting in excessive amounts of oxygen in the lungs and reduced carbon dioxide levels in the blood |
| hyphae-hypha | the threadlike structure of the mycelium in a fungus*plural=hyphae* |
| hyplipidemic | a drug that reduces serum fat and cholesterol |
| hypnagogic hallucinations | dreams intruding while awake |
| hypo- | below |
| hypocalcemia | an abnormally low level of calcium in the blood |
| hypochondriac regions | upper lateral regions beneath the ribs |
| hypogastric region | region below the naval |
| hypoglycemia | low blood sugar |
| hypoglycemic antihyperglycemic | a drug that lowers blood glucose *e.g., insulin* |
| hypokalemia | an abnormally low level of potassium in the blood |
| hypomagnesemia | |
| hypomastia | unusually small breasts |
| hyponatremia | |
| hypoparathyroidism | hyposecretion of the parathyroid glands |
| hypophysectomy | excision of pituitary gland |
| hypophysis | located at the base of the brain, the anterior pituitary secretes thyroid stimulating hormone, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, melanocyte-stimulating hormone, growth hormone, and prolactin; the posterior pituitary releases antidiuretic hormone and oxytocin |
| hypopnea | shallow breathing |
| hyporeactivity | |
| hyposecretion | decreased secretion |
| hypospadias | congenital opening of the male urethra on the undersurface of the penis |
| hyposthenuria | urine which is low in specific gravity |
| hypotension | low blood pressure |
| hypothalamus | control center for the autonomic nervous system located below the thalamus *diencephalon* |
| hypothermia | condition of below normal temparature |
| hypothyroidism | condition of hyposecretion of the thyroid gland causing low thyroid levels in the blood that result in sluggishness, slow pulse, and often obesity |
| hypoventililation | deficient movement of air in and out of the lungs causing hypercapnia |
| hypoxemia | deficient amount of oxygen in the blood |
| hypoxia | deficient amount of oxygen in tissue cells |
| hyptonia | reduced muscle tension |
| hyssop | herbal medicine |
| hyster- | uterus |
| hysterectomy | removal of the uterus |
| hysterectomy, abdominal | removal of the uterus through the abdominal |
| hysterectomy, total | removal of the uterus and cervix |
| hysterectomy, vaginal | removal of the uterus through the vagina |
| hysteroscopy | for examination of the intruterine cavity |