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

Cannula is defined as: “A thin tube inserted into a vein or body cavity to administer medicine, drain off fluid, or insert a surgical instrument.”

Machine Briefs:

OPTION #1: cannula= KAN/AOU/LA*
OPTION #2: cannula= KAN/U/LA*
OPTION #3: cannula= KAN/NAOU/LA*
OPTION #4: cannula= KA/NAOU/LA*

Avulsion is defined as: (1) The forcible tearing away of a body part by trauma or surgery. (2) The tearing away of an attached or anchored tissue, as in the avulsion of a muscle from its insertion in bone— e.g., an avulsion fracture in which bone remains attached to the inserted muscle, but loses its attachment to surrounding bone. (3) Tearing away, forcible separation, or complete displacement of a tooth from the alveolar bone.”

Machine Briefs:

OPTION #1: avulsion= A/VUL/SH*UN
OPTION #2: avulsion= A/VULGS
OPTION #3: avulsion= A/V*ULGS

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