Contracture is the “permanent shortening of a muscle, joint, or tendon so that it cannot be straightened, flexed and extended.” This is usually caused by a spasm, scar, or the paralysis of the contracting muscle.

Machine Briefs:
Option #1: contracture= KAUN/TRAK/TAOUR
Option #2: contracture= KAUN/TRAK/TUR
Option #3: contracture= KON/TRAK/TAOUR
Option #4: contracture= KON/TRAK/TUR
Option #5: contracture= KON/TRAOUR
Option #6: contracture= KON/TRUR
Option #7: contracture= KAUN/TRAOUR
Option #8: contracture= KAUN/TRUR

A hemocyte is a blood cell.

Machine Briefs:
Option #1: hemocyte= HAOEM/KRAOEUT

Fibrosis is “the development in an organ of excess fibrous connective tissue.”

Machine Briefs:
Option #1: fibrosis= FAOI/BROESZ
Option #2: fibrosis= FAOI/BROEZ
Option #3: fibrosis= FAOI/PWRO/SIS
Option #4: fibrosis= FAOI/PWROE/SIS

Amaurosis is defined as “partial or complete loss of sight occurring especially without an externally perceptible change in the eye.”

Machine Briefs:
Option #1: amaurosis= /AM/OR/RO/SIS
Option #2: amaurosis= /AM/O*R/RO/SIS
Option #3: amaurosis= /AM/OR/ROE/SIS
Option #4: amaurosis= /AM/O*R/ROE/SIS

Diverticulitis is the inflammation of the diverticulum (an abnormal pouch or sac opening from a hollow organ- such as the intestine or bladder).

Machine Briefs:
Option #1: diverticulitis= DAOIFR/TIK/AOU/LAOITS
Option #2: diverticulitis= DAOIFR/TIK/LAOITS

Carotid is also known as the carotid artery. It is defined as, “either of the two large arteries, one on each side of the head, that carry blood to the head and that divide into an external branch supplying the neck, face, and other external parts, and an internal branch supplying the brain, eye, and other internal parts.”

Machine Briefs:
Option #1: carotid= KARTD
Option #2: carotid= KROT/ID
Option #3: carotid= KROT/*ID
Option #4: carotid= KA/ROT/ID
Option #5: carotid= KA/ROT/*ID
Option #6: carotid= KA/RA/TID

A nephrologist is a person who specializes in the branch of medical science that deals with the kidneys.

Machine Briefs:
Option #1: nephrologist= NEFLGT
Option #2: nephrologist= NEFRLGT
Option #3: nephrologist= TPHEF/OLGT
Option #4: nephrologist= TPHA/TPROLGT
Option #5: nephrologist= TPHA/FROL/JIFT

Thyroid is defined as: “Of or pertaining to the thyroid gland; or, Of or pertaining to the cartilage of the larynx, forming the projection known in humans as the Adam’s apple.”

Machine Briefs:
Option #1: thyroid= THAOIRD
Option #2: thyroid= THAOI/ROID

Dysphasia is “the loss or deficiency in the power to use or understand language as a result of injury or disease of the brain.”

Machine Briefs:
Option #1: dysphasia= DIS/FAIZ/YA
Option #2: dysphasia= DIS/FAIZ/A*

Apraxia is “the loss or impairment of the ability to execute complex coordinated movements without muscular or sensory impairment.”

Machine Briefs:
Option #1: apraxia= A/PRAX/YA*