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A
A → acetabulum
acetal → active hyperemia
active immunity → adrenoprival
adrenoreactive → alcohol dehydrogenase (acceptor)
alcohol dehydrogenase (NADP+) → alveolar soft part sarcoma
alveolar supporting bone → amyloplast
amylopsin → angor
angor animi → anterior lingual gland
anterior lip of external os of uterus → antistreptococcic
antistreptokinase → appendix vesiculosa
apperception → arteria colica dextra
arteria colica media → articular labrum
articular lamella → ateliotic dwarfism
atelopidtoxin → autologous
autologous graft → azygous

B
B → basal metabolic rate
basal metabolism → benzothiadiazides
benzoyl → bioplasmic
biopolymer → blue sclera
blue spot → bradykininogen
bradylalia → bucca
buccal → Byzantine arch palate

C
C → Candida glabrata
Candida krusei → cardiometry
cardiomotility → cause
caustic → central deafness
central dogma → chalcosis lentis
chalice cell → cholecystagogue
cholecystatony → chronic interstitial salpingitis
chronic lymphadenoid thyroiditis → Claviceps purpurea
clavicle → Cogan
Cogan dystrophy → commotio cerebri
commotio retinae → conic cornea
conic papillae → corneal endothelial polymorphism
corneal facet → Courvoisier
Courvoisier gallbladder → croup
croup-associated virus → cyanemia
cyanide → Czerny-Lembert suture

D
D → deep transverse muscle of perineum
deep transverse perineal muscle → deoxyribosyl
deoxyribosyltransferases → diacid
diaclasis → dimethylphenol
dimethylphenylpiperazinium → dl-
dl-hyoscyamine → dry amputation
dry beriberi → dysversion

E
E → elapid
Elapidae → enamel nodule
enamel organ → Enterocytozoon bieneusi
enterodynia → epituberculosis
epituberculous infiltration → ethmoidal infundibulum
ethmoidal labyrinth → extensor compartment of arm
extensor compartment of forearm → ezrin

F
F → Farnsworth
Farnsworth-Munsell color test → fetal warfarin syndrome
fetal zone → fissura intersemilunaris
fissura intraculminalis → Folin reagent
Folin test → fractals
fraction → furcal nerve
furcation → Fy blood group

G
G → gastrojejunocolic
gastrojejunostomy → GHz
GI → glucocorticoid resistance syndrome
glucocorticotrophic → gracile nucleus
gracile tubercle → gustatory bud
gustatory cells → gyrus temporalis transversus posterior

H
H → Head areas
head botflies → hemispherium bulbi urethrae
hemispherium cerebelli [H II–H X] → herpes generalisatus
herpes genitalis → histamine shock
histamine test → Houston
Houston folds → Hymenolepis lanceolata
Hymenolepis nana → hypodiploid
hypodipsia → Hz

I
I → immunoreactive
immunoreactive insulin → infectiousness
infective → INO
ino- → internal decompression
internal ear → intrapartum period
intrapelvic → isoagglutinogen
isoallele → 

J
J → JVD

K
K → kleeblattschädel deformity
Kleffner → kyto-

L
L → lance
Lancefield → lateral surface of leg
lateral surface of lower limb → Leroy
LES → ligamentum hepatoesophageum
ligamentum hepatogastricum → lipoid
lipoid dermatoarthritis → longitudinal oval pelvis
longitudinal pontine bundles → lymphogenic
lymphogenous → lyze

M
M → malleolar articular surface of tibia
malleolar groove → marsupialization
marsupium → medial head
medial head of flexor hallucis brevis → membrana flaccida
membrana fusca → mesoneuritis
mesoontomorph → microfilaria
microfilarial sheath → Mitchell
Mitchell procedure → Moon molars
moon-shaped face → multifocal atrial tachycardia
multifocal choroiditis → musculus lumbricalis pedis
musculus masseter → myoclonic dystonia
myoclonic epilepsy with ragged red fiber myopathy → Myxozoa

N
N → neomycin sulfate
neon → neurogenic claudication
neurogenic fracture → nodi lymphatici vesicales laterales
nodi lymphoidei abdominis (parietales et viscerales) → notochordal
notochordal canal → nyxis

O
O → officinal
Ofuji disease → ophthalmologist
ophthalmology → Orthomyxoviridae
orthopaedic → oval foramen
oval foramen of heart → ozostomia

P
P → panthenol
panto- → parathyroid tetany
parathyroidectomy → partial heart block
partial ileal bypass → pelvospondylitis ossificans
pelyco- → perineuritis
perineurium → PGA I
PGR → phosphoglyceracetals
phosphoglycerate kinase → pillar of iris
pillars of fauces → platelet-derived growth factor
plateletapheresis → PNS
PO → popliteal muscle
popliteal notch → posterior thalamic radiation
posterior thoracic nerve → pregnanetriol
pregnant → procaspases
procatarctic → prosthodontia
prosthodontics → pseudounipolar cell
pseudounipolar neuron → pulse wave duration
pulse-chase experiment → PYY

Q
Q → QUS

R
R → rami malleolares laterales arteriae fibularis (peronei)
rami malleolares mediales arteriae tibialis posterioris → rate meter
Rathke → regio antebrachii posterior
regio axillaris → resting saliva
resting stage → rhinologic
rhinologist → Roller nucleus
rollerball electrode → Ryle tube

S
S → Sarcopsyllidae
Sarcoptes scabiei → sclerogenous
scleroid → selectivity
selene unguium → Sertoli
Sertoli cell tumor → silica granuloma
silicate → smooth muscle tissue
smooth muscular sphincter → spatium peripharyngeum
spatium pharyngeum laterale → spintharicon
spinthariscope → stapediovestibular
stapedius → stimulus threshold
stimulus word → stylohyal
stylohyoid → subtendinous bursa of subscapularis
subtendinous bursa of teres major → superior alveolar nerves
superior anal nerves → sursumversion
surveillance → syphilis
syphilis d'emblée → Sz

T
T → tela subserosa vesicae biliaris
tela vasculosa → tetanus antitoxin unit
tetanus immune globulin → thoracic intertransversarii (muscles)
thoracic intertransverse muscles → tissue valve
tissue weighting factor → tracheoesophageal fold
tracheoesophageal puncture → traumatic tetanus
traumatism → trisomy D syndrome
trispiral tomography → tug
tularemia → Tzanck test

U
U → urerythrin
uresiesthesia → Uzbekistan hemorrhagic fever

V
V → vasomotor nerve
vasomotor paralysis → venereal sore
venereal ulcer → vestibular branches of labyrinthine artery
vestibular canal → vitreous table
vitreum → VZIG

W
W → wildfire rash
Wilhelmy → Wyman

X
X → XYY syndrome

Y
Y → Yvon test

Z
Z → ZZ genotype


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