Many a times, when you visit a doctor or read a health related book or specific articles on websites, you may come across a few complicated, scary medical words that you don't understand. Most medical ...

Medical language can sometimes stump patients. And some common sayings are straight-up head-scratchers. Calling a patient’s neurological exam “grossly intact,” for example, might not sound so great, ...

Dr. Sabrina Meloni Is Redefining Medical Education through easy to digest and apply texbooks, practice kits and tutorials at ...

What in the World Does That Word Mean? Over many centuries, health professionals have developed a unique vocabulary, often derived from Greek or Latin words. Because many of these original medical ...

When you hear doctors talk about cancer and its treatment, it can sound like they are speaking a foreign language. It helps to learn some of the most common terms they use and what those words mean.

Epistaxis, choledocholithiasis, sphygmomanometer. They’re a medical mouthful. Medical terminology is notoriously challenging to laypeople and medical students alike. On March 19, Yale students put ...

Dry eyes could from now on be termed ular vizhi in Tamil, while cardiac failure is irudhaya seyalizhappu and anaesthesia is unarvagatri. Creating Tamil equivalents for English medical terminology has ...