salam,
this is the list of some words for English paper.
*u can just copy n paste. :)
Common english language error
· Accept/except
· Adapt/adopt
· Advice/advise
· Affect/effect
· Allright/all right
· Altogether/all together
· Amount/number
· Angel/angle
· Apart/a part
· Assure/ensure/insure
· Aural/oral
· Beside/besides
· Breath/breathe
· Cite/site/sight
· Coarse/course
· Compare to/compare with
· Complement/compliment
· Continual/continuous
· Desert/dessert
· Disinterested/uninterested
· Either are/either is
· Elicit/illicit
· Every
· Everyday
· Fatal/fateful
· Formally/formerly
· For sale/on sale
· Heroin/heroine
· Historic/historical
Technical and popular medical terms
· A
o A cancer-epithelioma
o A runny nose-rhinorrhea
o Action of drugs in the body-pharmacokinetic
o Acuity-sharpness
o Acute-severe
o Acute kidney inflammation-glomerulonephritis
o Adenitis-gland inflammation
o Adenoma-non cancerous tumour
o Aerobic, with oxygen
o Aerophagy,air swallowing
o Aetiology, study of disease cause
o Affecting the heart most, cardioselective
o After dinner, postprandial
o After childbirth, postpartum
o Agammaglobulinaemia, immune deficiency
o Aggravation, worsening
o Albumin, water soluble blood protein
o Alkylate- anti cancer treatment
o Allergen, substance causing allergy
o Alopecia, baldness
o Alveolitis, lung inflammation
o Ambulant, walking
o Anaemic, ferriprive
o Anaesthetic, drug to deaden sensation
o Analgesic, pain-killer
o Anatomical, body-related
o Anti-inflammatory, antiexudative
o Anti-spasm, spasmolytic
o Antibiotherapy, treatment with antibiotics
o Antibiotic, bacteriostatic
o Anticoagulant, substance that prevents blood clotting
o Antiemetic- substance to stop vomiting
o Antihypertensive, high blood pressure drug
o Antiinfective-disinfection
o Antioxidant, substance to stop decay
o Antitoxin, vaccine
o Antitussive, cough medicine
o Arthralgia, pain in a joint
o Auricular, ear-related
o Auscultation, listening to a stethoscope
o Autonomic, unconscious
· B
o Below the skin, subcutaneous
o Biosynthesis, formation
o Blood in the urine, haematuria
o Blood vessel inflammation, vasculitis
o Blood poisoning, toxaemia
o Body building, anabolic
o Body-related, anatomical
o Bone inflammation, osteomyolitis
o Brain inflammation, encephalitis
· C
o Calculus I, stone
o Cancer-causing, carcinogenic
o Cardiological, heart study related
o Cephalalgia, headache
o Cerumen, earwax
o Chronic,chronic
o Cirrhosis, liver disease
o Colitis, colon inflammation
o Contraception, birth control
o Contraindication, reason not to be prescribe
o Coughing up blood, haemoptysis
o Cranial, skull-related
o Cut, incision
· D
o Deafness, surdity
o Dermatosis, skin disease
o Destruction to bone marrow, myelotoxic
o Detoxication, drug addition treatment
o Diaphoresis, sweating
o Difficulty in swallowing, dysphagia
o Disease study-related, pathological
o Disease site transfer, metastasis
o Disease prevention, prophylaxis
o Dissolving blood clots, thrombolytic
o Diuretic, drug to increase urine output
o Drug, pharmacon
o Drug science-related, pharmacological
o Drug addiction, toxicomania
o Dyspepsia ,indigestion
· E
o E.N.T. –otorhinolaryngology
o Ear inflammation, otitis
o Echography, scan
o Electrocardiography, heart monitor
o Electroencephalography, brain scan
o Embolism, sudden blocking of an artery
o Emesis, vomiting
o Endoscopy, internal examination using fibre optic tube
o Epidermal, skin related
o Episiotomy, cut to vagina in childbirth
o Erythema, skin redness
o Excessive sweating, hyperhidrosis
o Extreme fever, hyperpyrexia
o Eye examination, gonioscopy
o Eye inflammation, conjunctivitis
o Eye drop-miotic
· F
o Fear of height, vertigo
o Feeling sick,nausea
o Fever, pyrexia
o Fissure, groove
o Fistula, abnormal passage
o Foreign substance, antigen
o Frequent urination at night, nocturia
· G
o Gingivitis, gum inflammation
o Glossitis, tongue inflammation
o Glycosuria, sugar in the urine
· H
o Haematemesis, vomiting blood
o Haematological, blood study-related
o Haematuria, blood in the urine
o Hardening, calcification
o Harmful, adverse
o Heart attack, asystole
o Heart attack, infarction
o Hemiplegia, paralysis of one side
o Hepatic, liver-related
o High blood sugar, hyperglycaemia
o High blood temperature, hyperthermia
o Hypnotic, sleeping tablet
o Hypogonadism, sterility
· I
o Inactive part of drug, excipient
o Inadequate blood flow, ischaemia
o Increase in size of organ, hypertrophy
o Increase in blood fat levels, hyperlipidaemia
o Indigestion remedy, antacid
o Injury, lesion
o Insomnia, sleeplessness
· K
o Kidney-related, renal
o Kidney failure, uraemia
· L
o Laryngitis, sore throat
· M
o Medicine, medicament
o Melanoma, skin cancer
o Menstruation, periods,
o Mental illness, psychosis
o Microscopic study of body-related, histological
o Milk production, lactation
o Morphine-like drug, narcotic
o Muscle pain, myalgia
o Myopia, short-sightedness
· N
o Nephritis, kidney inflammation
o Nerve-related, neural
o Nuerodermatitis, skin damage caused by scratching
o Non-poisonous, atoxic
o Non-cancerous tumour, adenoma
o Non-production of urine, anuria
· O
o Oedema, swelling due to fluid
o Old age, senility
o Oliguria, abnormally small urine output
o Ophtalmological, eye treatment-related
o Opiate (opioid), opium-like drug
o Overdosage, overdose
· P
o Pathological, disease study-related
o Peptic ulcer, stomach ulcer
o Phlebitis, vein inflammation
o Pigmentation, skin colouring
o Poison, toxic
o Postmenopausal, postmonopausal
o Potency, sexual ability
o Prostatitis, prostate inflammation
o Prosthesis, artificial limb
· R
o Ringing in the ears, tinnitus
· S
o Serological, blood study-related
o Sexually transmitted, venereal
o Sign, indication
o Sinus-related, sinusal
o Sleep walking, somnambulism
o Speech defect, dysarthria
o Sperm-killing contraceptive, spermicide
o Sublingual, under the tongue
o Substance to stop decay, antioxidant
o Substance to stop cell growth, cytostatic
o Substance to kill microorganisms, antimicrobial
o Substance obtained from something else, derivative
o Substance tending to nullify effect of another, anticoagulant
· T
o Tachyarrythmia, irregular heartbeat
o Tendinitis, inflamed tendons
o Thrombus, blood clot
o Tumour, sarcoma
· V
o Vial, small bottle
o Virus treatment, antiviral
· W
o Womb, uterus
o Worsening, degenerative
o Worsening, aggravation
· X
o Xerophthalmia, dry eyes
o Xerostomia, dry mouth
MEDICAL ABBREVIATION
· Ad libitum (ad. Lib)- as much as wanted, freely
· Ante cibum(a.c)-before meals
· Bis in die(b.i.d.)- twice daily
· B.p- blood pressure
· H.n. –tonight
· H.s.- at bedtime
· O.D.-right eye
· O.S- left eye
· p.a- by the anus
· p.o-by the mouth
· p.c-after meals
· p.r.n.-as needed
· q.d.-everyday
· q.h.-every hour
· q.i.d.-four times daily
· sig-let it be labelled
· stat-immediately
· tab- tablet
· t.i.d.-three times daily
· T- temperature
