Medical Vocabulary

This is unfathomably absurd. 1) Fabricate a teaching case on neonatal opioid toxicity 2) Publish it as though it is a real case report 3) Watch it get cited in a court case and a doctoral thesis 4) Years later, casually admit in a taxi: “Oh, we made it up.”

The suffix -prandial refers to a meal. Examples: preprandial, postprandial.

The abbreviation 'gtt.' comes from the Latin guttae and means drops.

Fissure: a deep narrow opening in a bone.

Foramen: opening in a bone for blood vessels and nerves. For example, the spinal cord enters the skull through the foramen magnum.

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Fossa: shallow cavity in or on a bone. For example, the hypophysial fossa en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sella_tur…

proct/o refers to the anus and rectum, the specialty of a proctologist.

hepat/o refers to the liver. For example, malignant hepatoma is the most common type of liver cancer.

mamm/o and mast/o both refer to the breast. Examples: mammoplasty, mastectomy

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cheil/o refers to the lip. For example, cheilosis is inflammation and cracking of the corners of the mouth.

celi/o refers to abdomen or belly. For example, celiac disease damages the lining of the small intestine.

The colon has three parts: ascending, traverse, and descending.

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The large intestine has four parts: cecum, colon, sigmoid colon, and rectum.

The name jejunum comes from the Latin word for empty because this part of the intestine was found empty on autopsy.

The name duodenum comes from medieval Latin meaning 'twelve fingers wide,' referring to its size.

The small intestine has three parts: duodenum, jejunum, and ileum.

Folds in the mucous membrane lining the stomach are called rugae.