Palabras que empiezan con S

A word ending that means abnormal hardening of a tissue.

A word ending that means an instrument for looking or examining.

A word ending that means looking at or examining, usually with an instrument.

A word ending that means a state, condition or process.

A word ending that means a sudden, involuntary tightening of a muscle.

A word ending that means stopping, slowing or staying the same.

A word ending that means narrowing of a passage or opening.

Sinoatrial node: a small cluster of cells in the right atrium that starts each heartbeat.

A word root that means the sacrum, the triangle-shaped bone at the base of the spine.

Having to do with the sacrum, the triangle-shaped bone at the base of the spine between the hip bones.

The large, triangle-shaped bone at the base of the spine, between the two hip bones.

A 1990 US law that gave the FDA more power over medical devices and requires facilities to report devices that may have caused harm.

A nonconductive holder fixed to the drapes where the electrosurgical pencil is kept whenever it is not in use.

A padded strap across the patient's thighs that keeps the patient from falling off the OR table or stretcher.

A vertical plane that divides the body or an organ into right and left parts.

A solution of salt (sodium chloride) in water, used for IV fluids, flushes, wound cleaning and other care.

The clear, watery fluid made by glands in the mouth that keeps it moist and begins digestion.

Relating to saliva, the watery fluid in the mouth, or to the glands that make it.

A gland that makes saliva and releases it into the mouth.

A long-acting inhaled bronchodilator, used twice a day to keep the airways open in asthma and COPD.

A word root that means tube, most often the fallopian (uterine) tube.

Surgical removal of a fallopian tube and its ovary, on one side or on both.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: the US government agency for mental health and substance use services.

Taking a small part of something, such as blood or tissue, or choosing a group of people for a study.

Either of the two main superficial veins of the leg; the great saphenous runs up the inner leg and thigh to the femoral vein in the groin.

A word root that means flesh, or the body's muscle and connective tissue.

A cancer that starts in bone or in the body's soft tissues, such as muscle, fat or blood vessels.

Severe acute respiratory syndrome: a lung infection caused by a coronavirus, first seen in 2002–2003.

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus: the virus that caused the SARS outbreak of 2002–2004.

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2: the virus that causes COVID-19.

A type of fat that is usually solid at room temperature, found mostly in animal foods and some tropical oils.

How full something is; in nursing, usually the percentage of hemoglobin in the blood that is carrying oxygen.

A four-part way to report about a client: situation, background, assessment and recommendation.

Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment: a quick method for finding and addressing risky alcohol and drug use.

An abbreviation that most often means systolic blood pressure, and sometimes spontaneous bacterial peritonitis.

An abbreviation for subcutaneous, meaning into the fatty layer under the skin.

A dry, hard crust of dried blood and fluid that forms over a healing wound.

A skin infestation by tiny mites that burrow into the top layer of the skin.

The skin and tissue that cover the top of the head, where the hair grows.

Small clips clamped along the cut edges of the scalp in a craniotomy to stop bleeding; the most common are Raney clips.

A small, very sharp surgical knife.

The disposable cutting blade of a scalpel, numbered by its shape and size and fitted to a matching knife handle.

A word root that means the scapula, the shoulder blade.

The flat, triangle-shaped bone at the back of each shoulder; the shoulder blade.

Tough, fibrous tissue that replaces normal skin or tissue after an injury has healed.

An infection with group A strep bacteria in which a toxin made by the bacteria causes a red rash over the body.

A long-term mental illness that changes a person's thinking, feelings and behavior, often with a loss of contact with reality.

A cell that wraps a stretch of an axon in the peripheral nervous system with myelin.

The largest nerve in the body, which runs from the lower spine through the buttock and down the back of the thigh to serve the leg and foot.

Severe combined immunodeficiency: a group of rare inherited disorders in which the immune system barely works from birth.