Medical Terminology

abactus venter

induced abortion

Abadie’s sign

insensibility to pressure over the Achilles tendon

abaissement

depression, falling

abalienation

mental derangement

abaptiston

surgical instrument that cannot slip and injure the brain

abarognosis

loss of sense of weight

abarticular

at a distance from a joint

abarticulation

dislocation of a joint

abasia

motor incoordination in walking

abate

to lessen or decrease

abatement

decrease in severity of pain or symptoms

abaxial

not in line of axis or part

ab-

from, away from, negative, absent

Abbe’s operation

lateral surgical connection of the intestine

Abbe-Zeiss apparatus

a device used for counting blood cell in a specific quantity of blood

Abbott-Miller tube

a double channel intestinal tube used to relieve intestinal distention

Abbott’s method

treatment of scoliosis by a series of plaster jackets

abdominal decompression

technique used in obstetrics to facilitate childbirth

abdominal gestation

abdominal pregnancy (rare and life-threatening)

abdominalgia

pain in the abdomen

abdominal inguinal ring

the internal opening of the inguinal canal

abdominal rings

openings in the abdominal wall that let structures pass through

abdominocystic

pertaining to the abdomen and bladder

abdominogenital

pertaining to the abdomen and genital organs

abdominohysterotomy

incision of the uterus through a surgical opening in the abdomen

abdominoanterior

position of the fetus where the abdomen faces towards the anteroabdominal wall of the mother

abdominoposterior

position of the fetus where the abdomen faces towards the mother’s back

abdominothoracic arch

costal arch/line that divides the thorax from the abdomen

abdominovesical

pertaining to the abdomen and the urinary bladder

abducens

pertaining to drawing away from the medial line of the body

abducens labiorum

muscle which elevates the angle of the mouth

abenteric

related to or involving organs located outside the intestines

abepithymia

paralysis of the celiac (solar) nerve

Abernethy’s fascia

a layer of connective tissue separating the external iliac arterty from the iliac fascia over the psoas muscle

Abernethy’s sarcoma

malignant and fatty tumor occurring on the trunk

aberrant

deviating from normal

aberratio lactis

secretion of milk from a site other than the breast

aberration

deviation from a normal course

abetalipoproteinemia

a rare inherited disease characterized by absence of plasma beta-lipoproteins

abevacuation

abnormal evacuation, either excessive or deficient

abeyance

a temporary suspension of activity, sensation, or pain

abient

tending to move away from a stimulus

abiogenesis

spontaneous generation of life

abiotrophy

degeneration of tissues and cells with consequent loss of endurance and resistance

abirritant

soothing

ablactation

free of milk secretion

ablastemic

not germinal

ablate/ablation

to remove, especially by excision

ablepharia

congenital reduction in size or absence of the eyelids

ablepharous

without eyelids

ablepsia

lack of or loss of sight; blindness

abnerval

away from a nerve

abocclusion

dentition in which the teeth of the mandible and the maxilla are not in contact

aborad

away from the mouth