Palabras que empiezan con X
Nursing and medical terms in plain words: what each one means, how to say it, the word parts it is built from, and why it matters at the bedside.
progesterone
proh-JES-tuh-rohn · sustantivo
A female sex hormone that prepares the lining of the uterus for pregnancy and helps keep a pregnancy going, also given as a drug.
Entrada completaEKS-rayA picture of the inside of the body made with a small dose of radiation; also called a radiograph.
x-ray cassetteEKS-ray kuh-SETA flat, light-tight holder for an x-ray film or imaging plate, placed under or beside the patient to catch an x-ray image.
xanth/oParte de palabraZAN-thohA word root that means yellow.
xenograftZEE-noh-graftTissue taken from an animal of another species and placed in a human, such as pig skin or a pig heart valve.
xer/oParte de palabraZEER-ohA word root that means dry.
xiphoid processZY-foyd PROS-esThe small, pointed tip at the lower end of the breastbone.
XRAbreviaturaeks-ar (said as letters)An abbreviation with two common meanings: extended-release (after a drug name) or x-ray (in an imaging order).
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