Asepsis is defined as follows: “(1) Absence of or freedom from putrefactive infection. (2) The prevention of septic infection by the use of sterilized instruments, dressings, etc.”

Machine Briefs:

OPTION #1: asepsis= A/SEPZ
OPTION #2: asepsis= A/S*EPZ
OPTION #3: asepsis= A/SEP/S*IS

Chilblain is defined as: “An inflammation of the hands or feet, caused by exposure to cold; erythema.”

Machine Briefs:

OPTION #1: chilblain= KHIL/BLA*IN

Clonus is defined as: “A form of muscular convulsion, characterized by violent contraction and relaxation.”

Machine Briefs:

OPTION #1: clonus: KLOE/N*US
OPTION #2: clonus: KLOEN/*US
OPTION #3: clonus: KLOEN/N*US

Myoma is a muscular tumor.

Machine Briefs:

OPTION #1: myoma= MAOI/O*E/MA*
OPTION #2: myoma= MAOI/O*EM/MA*
OPTION #3: myoma= MAOI/O*EM/A*

Chalkstone is defines as follows: “A concretion resembling chalk that is composed mainly of urate of sodium and found especially in and about the small joints of persons suffering from gout.”

Machine Brief:
OPTION #1: chalkstone= CHAUK/STO*EN
OPTION #2: chalkstone= CHAUBLG/STO*EN

Catamnesis is defined as follows: (1) The follow-up history of a patient after he is discharged from treatment or a hospital. (2) The history of a patient after the onset of a medical or psychiatric illness.

Machine Briefs:

OPTION #1: catamnesis= KA/TAM/NA/S*IS
OPTION #2: catamnesis= KAT/TAM/NA/S*IS

Auscultation is defined as: “The act, art, or process of listening, as with a stethoscope, for sounds produced in the chest, abdomen, etc., to determine any abnormal condition.

Machine Briefs:

OPTION #1: auscultation= AUS/KUL/TAI/SH*UN
OPTION #2: auscultation= AUS/KUL/TA*IGS

Catabasis is defined as “the decreasing of a disease.”

Machine Briefs:
OPTION #1: catabasis= KA/TAB/A/S*IS
OPTION #2: catabasis= KA/TAB/BA/S*IS
OPTION #3: catabasis= KA/TAB/S*IS

Calenture is defined as follows: “(1) A tropical remittent fever caused by extreme heat and accompanied by delirium and hallucinations. (2) Sunstroke.”

Machine Briefs:

OPTION #1: calenture= KAL/*EN/T*UR
OPTION #2: calenture= KAL/*EN/TAO*UR
OPTION #3: calenture= KAL/LEN/T*UR
OPTION #4: calenture= KAL/LEN/TAO*UR
OPTION #5: calenture= KANL/T*UR
OPTION #6: calenture= KANL/TAO*UR