This is an ongoing word list of difficult and hard to find medical terms for quick reference.

-A-

Andrews frame

annulotomy

-B-

Band-Aid

BCG immunotherapy

-C-

cineframes

cosmesis

-D-

Darco Wedge

D’Errico retractor

discrete

double-J stent

-E-

egophony

empyema

enthesopathy

eosinophilia

Epstein-Barr virus

-F-

foroblique lens

-G-

Gardisil

general LMA anesthesia

-H-

HER2/neu

hyperpathia

-I-

IMRT port

interureteric ridge

-J-


-K-

Kernig test

Kocher

-L-

Lacri-Lube

ligamentum flavum

lumbricals

-M-

manual motor testing

Mastisol

medically indigent

Milgram test

MRV imaging

-N-

neoadjuvant radiation

-O-

Osgood-Schlatter’s disease

-P-

Pancoast tumor

panendoscopy

Pollack catheter

PowerPort (oncology)

pramipexole – generic for Mirapex

-Q-

quadratus

-R-

resectoscope

rib hump

-S-

saccadas

sitting root sign

Storz SLX Modulith table

subclavian steal

-T-

tactile fremitus

TwoCal (nutritional supplement)

-U-

urethrotomes

-V-

VAS score (pain)

-W-


-X-

Xeloda

-Y-


-Z-