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Symphisis

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Post published:July 23, 2019
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Gr. symphysis = a growing together, from syn = with, and physis = growth. Hence a union, but not a true joint.

Synapsis

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Gr. syn = together, and haptein = to touch.

Syncytium

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Post published:August 4, 2019
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Gr. syn = together, and kytos = receptacle, vessel. A multinucleate mass of protoplasm produced by the merging of cells. Respiratory syncytial virus was discovered in 1956 by Morris et al.,…

Syndactylism

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Post published:July 23, 2019
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Gr. syn = together, daktylos = finger. A congenital anomaly in which the fingers are webbed together.

Syndrome

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Post published:November 16, 2020
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Gr. sundrome = concurrence of symptoms, concourse, from Gr. sun = with and dromos = running.

Synvisc

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Post published:December 4, 2019
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Hyaluronic acid, made from a rooster's coomb.

Systole

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Post published:July 24, 2019
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Gr. syn = together, stellein = to draw. Hence to drawtogether or to contract, as the heart does in systolic contraction.

Tabes dorsalis

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Post published:February 10, 2021
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L. tabes = wasting away, L. dorsal = posterior Demyelination of posterior column and root in tertiary syphilis (neurosyphilis) with nerve root pain, meningitis, ataxia. If blindness, paralysis and death are consequences. Very rare…

Tachycardia

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Post published:July 24, 2019
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Gr. tachys = swift or fast, and kardia = heart.

Tacrolimus

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Post published:December 5, 2019
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Tacrolimus, originally called FK506, is a macrolide immunosuppressant produced by the fungus Streptomyces tsukubaensis which was discovered at the base of Mt. Tsukuba in Japan. It's name is derived from…