Medical Terminology (Nephro - Ova)

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Nephrolithiasis

Renal calculus that is still present in the kidney

Neuralgia

pain along the course of a nerve

NG tube

Nasogastric tube

Nocturia

Urge to urinate during the night, waking the person from sleep

Nontoxic

Well-appearing, without concern for acute deterioration

NSTEMI

Non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction

Nystagmus

Involuntary eye movements where eyes appear to be shaking

Obturator sign

Pain in the RLQ with internal rotation of the right hip; indicative of appendicitis

Occipital/occiput

Posterior area of head/scalp

Odontalgia

Toothache

Odynophagia

Pain without swallowing

Olecranon

Bony projection of the ulna; "funny bone

Oophorectomy

Removal of an ovary

Opthalmagia

Eye pain

Orchiectomy

Removal of a testicle

Organomegaly

Enlargement of an organ

Oriented x3

Oriented to person, place and time

ORIF

Open reduction and internal fixation of a broken bone

Oropharynx

Posterior mouth meeting the superior aspect of the throat

OS

Opening of the orifice

Osteomyelitis

Bone infection

Otalgia

Earache

Otitis externa

Outer ear infection, "swimmer's ear

Otitis media

Middle ear infection

Ovarian torsion

Twisting of the ovarian blood vessels