GLOSSARY

The glossary is to explain some of the words used in the lectures. It is particularly for students and those who are not yet very fluent in the English language. Words often have more than one meaning. Here we only explain the meaning used in the lectures.

Search the terms by alphabets: 

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

ABBREVIATION| ABDUCTION| ABNORMAL| ABSCESS| ACETABULUM| ADHESIONS| ADJACENT| ADMINISTER| ADVERSE| AGRANULOCYTOSIS| AIDS| AMENORRHOEA| AMOEBIC ABSCESS| ANAPHYLAXIS| ANEURYSM| ANOREXIA| ANTERIOR| ANTICONVULSANT| APLASTIC ANAEMIA| ARACHNOIDITIS| ARTHRALGIA| ASCITES| ASPHYXIA| ASPIRATION| ATAXIA| ATROPHY| AXILLA

B

BACILLI| BACTERICIDAL| BACTERIOSTATIC| BCG| BILIRUBIN| BIOPSY| BROAD SPECTRUM| BRONCHOSCOPY| BRONCHIECTASIS| BRONCHUS, BRONCHI| BURKITTS LYMPHOMA

C

CALCIFICATION| CANDIDA INFECTION| CARCINOMA| CASE-FINDING| CAVITY| CASEATION| CERVICAL| CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS| CHEMOTHERAPY| CHOROIDAL TUBERCLES| CLASSICAL| COLD ABSCESS| COMA| COMPLICATION| COMPLEX| COMPONENT| CONFLUENT| CONGENITAL| CONJUNCTIVA| CONSTRICTTVE| CONTACTS| CORNEA| CORTEX| CORTTCOSTEROID DRUGS| CREPITATIONS| CRITERIA| CRYPTIC| CSF| CUTANEOUS| CYANOSIS| CYSTITIS

D

DACTYLITIS| DESENSITISATION| DEFAULT| DERIVATIVE| DERMATITIS| DISC(VERTEBRAL)| DISCHARGE| DISSEMINATED| DONOR| DORMANT| DOT

E

ECTOPIC PREGNANCY| ECZEMA| EMBOLISM| EMPIRICAL TREATMENT| EMPYEMA| ENDOMETRTUM| ENDOCRINE| ENTERIC| ENVIRONMENT| EPI| EPIDIDYMIS| EPIGLOTTIS| EROSION| ERYTHEMA| ERYTHEMA NODOSUM| EXTRA-PULMONARY DISEASE| EXUDATE

F

FALLOPIAN TUBES| FALSE NEGATIVE TEST RESULT| FBC| FETAL| FETUS| FIBROSIS| FISTULA| FLUCTUANT| FLUOROCHROME STAIN| FLUOROSCOPY| FOCUS| FORMULATION

G

GASTRO-INTESTINAL| GASTRIC SUCTION OR LAVAGE| GIBBUS| GYNAECOMASTIA

H

HAEMATOGENOUS| HAEMOLYTIC ANAEMIA| HAEMOPTYSIS| HEPATOTOXIC| HEPATITIS| HERPES ZOSTER| HILAR| HILUM| HISTOLOGY| HIV| HIV-NEGATIVE| HIV-POSITIVE| HIV-RELATED TB| HIV STATUS| HOME CARE| HYDROCEPHALUS| HYGIENE| HYPERPLASTIC| HYPERSENSITIVITY| HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION| HYPOKALAEMIA| HYPOTHYROIDISM

I

INTRAMUSCULAR| I.M.INJECTION| IMMUNOSUPPRESSANT DRUGS| INCIDENCE| INDURATION| INFARCTION| INFERIOR| INFERTILE| INGUINAL LIGAMENT| INHALATION| INITIAL RESISTANCE| INTERMITTENT| INTRATHORACIC| INTRATHECAL| IUATLD

J

JVP

K

KS

L

LACHRYMATION| LARYNGEAL SWAB| LATENT| LESION| LEUCOPENIA| LEUKAEMIA| LFTs| LOCALISED| LUMBAR| LUMEN| LUPOID| LYMPHADENOMA| LYMPH NODES| LYMPHOMA

M

MAC| MALAISE| MALNUTRITION| MASS TREATMENT| MASTOID PROCESS| MCV| MEDIASTINUM| MENINGITIS| MENINGISM| MICROSCOPY| MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS| MUTANT| MUTATION| MYOCARDIUM

N

NAUSEA| NECROTIC| NEUROPATHY| NGO| NODULAR| NON-PATHOGENIC| NON-REACTIVE| NOURISHED| NSAID| NTP| NYSTAGMUS

O

OEDEMA| OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION| OPPORTUNISTIC MYCOBACTERIA| OPHTHALMOSCOPE| ORAL| OTOTOXICITY

P

PANOPHTHALMITIS| PANCYTOPENIA| PAPILLOEDEMA| PARATRACHEAL| PARAPLEGIA| PARTURITION| "PASSIVE" CASE FINDING| PATHOGENESIS| PATHOGENIC| PCP| PELVIS| PERICARDIUM| PERITONEUM| PGL| PHLYCTENULAR CONUNCTIVITIS| PHOTOPHOBIA| PHOTOPHOBIA| PIGMENTATION| PLACENTA| PLEURA| PNEUMOTHORAX| POLYMORPH WHITE BLOOD CELLS| POST-PRIMARY LESION OF TUBERCULOSIS| POSTERIOR| POSTMORTEM EXAMINATION| PPD| PREVALENCE| PREVENTIVE TREATMENT| PRIMARY TUBERCULOSIS| PRIMARY COMPLEX| PRIMARY LESION| PROGNOSIS| PROGRESSION, PROGRESSIVE| PRONATE| PROPHYLAXIS| PROSPECTIVE| PROSTATE| PSOAS ABSCESS| PTB| PURPURA| PURULENT| PYOPNEUMOTHORAX| PYOGENIC| PYRAMID| PYREXIA

Q

q.d| QUARANTINE

R

RADIOLOGICAL| REACTIVATION| REGIMEN| RELAPSE| RENAL| RESECT| RESEMBLES| RETROBULBAR NEURITIS| RETROGRADE| RHONCHI

S

SCC| SCROFULA| SECONDARY DEPOSIT| SEMINAL VESICLES| SENSITIVITY TESTS| SEPTIC| SEROCONVERSION| SEROPREVALENCE| SHOCK| SINUS| SLIM DISEASE| SPINAL BLOCK| SPECTRUM| SPUTUM| SPUTUM SMEAR NEGATIVE| SPUTUM SMEAR POSITIVE| STERILISE| STD| STERILISE| STERILISATION| STEVENS-JOHNSON SYNDROME| SUBSEQUENTLY| SUBSTITUTE| SUPERFICIAL| SUPERIOR| SUPERVISION| SURVEILLANCE| SYNDROME| SYNOVIUM

T

TB| TB/HIV| TB/HIV PATIENT| TEN| THORACIC| THORAX| THROMBOCYTOPENIA| THRUSH| TINNITUS| T-LYMPHOCYTES| TMP-SMX| TOLERATE| TOXICITY| TRACHEA| TUBERCLES| TUBERCULIN| TUBERCULOMA| TYPHOID

U

URETER| UNICEF| UVEITIS

V

VARIANT| VERTIGO|

W

WASTING| WHO| WINDOW PERIOD

X

XEROSIS

Y

YERSINIA

Z

ZN STAIN