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mortise

MRSA (dictated "MERSA" Expansion is methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus)

muscle belly

nectar-consistency liquids (for patients with dysphagia/aspiration)

needle and sponge counts

neural foramen

nitro paste (written nitroglycerin paste)

normal-pressure hydrocephalus

NSAID (short for nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug)

O&P (ova and parasites) - as in stool exam results

os naviculare

pannus versus penis (sound alike) --- pannus as in abdominal pannus

peak and trough level (eg. vancomycin peak and trough level)

peau d'orange

PEG tube  (percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube)

pessary

PICC line (sounds pic/pik line)

Philadelphia collar (for the neck)

piggyback (as in IV piggyback)

pilonidal

PPI (proton pump inhibitor)

PRAFO (stands for pressure relief ankle foot orthosis)

pressure-relief technique (to prevent pressure ulcers)

psoas muscle

psoas sign

pulsatile

raccoon eyes

radicle versus radical (sound alike) ---- radicle refers to arteries/veins ---- radical (eg. free radical)

RAST test (related to allergy testing)

red reflex

reperfusing

restless leg syndrome

retic count = reticulocyte count

Roux-en-Y (sounds rou  n  y)

sats = saturation (eg. O2 sat of 98%)

satting = saturating

sequelae

sickle cell crisis

silicon versus silicone (Note the "e" in the second term - this is what is meant in breast reconstructions)

silastic tape

sliding board technique (rehab technique for patients undergoing rehabilitation)

spider angioma

spherocytosis

split-thickness skin graft

Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale

staph = staphylococcus

stocking distribution

strep = streptococcus

sugar-tong splint

sulci

syndesmosis

tandem gait

tardive dyskinesia

tenesmus

thallium stress test

tib-fib (tibia-fibula)

tinea versicolor

TNTC      (too numerous to count)

trismus (relating to masseter muscles)

toe-touch weightbearing

torticollis

trigone

Tuohy needle

U-drape

uncinate

Unna boot

uncinate process

updraft treatment with albuterol, Combivent, etc

urobilinogen

V tach = ventricular tachycardia

valproic acid level

vanco = vancomycin

Veress needle

verumontanum

vibrissae

vitiligo

von Willebrand factor/disease

Weber-Rinne testing

wet-to-dry dressing

white-coat hypertension

wound VAC

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