The medical definition of percussion is: “A light, quick tapping of the fingertips upon the back, chest, or abdomen, for determining by the resonance, the condition of the organ beneath.”

MACHINE BRIEFS:

OPTION #1: percussion= PER/K*UGS
OPTION #1: percussion= PER/K*UFGS

Peptic is defined as follows: “(1) Of, pertaining to, or promotive of digestion. (2) Of, pertaining to, or producing pepsin. (3) Able to digest. (4) An agent that promotes digestion.”

MACHINE BRIEF:

peptic= PEP/T*IK

Laliatry is: “The branch of medicine which studies disorders of speech.”

Machine Briefs:

OPTION #1: laliatry= LA/LAOI/TR*I
OPTION #2: laliatry= LA/LAOI/TRAO*E
OPTION #3: laliatry= LA/LAOI/A/TR*I
OPTION #4: laliatry= LA/LAOI/A/TRAO*E

Kyphosis is defined an: “Unnatural curving of the upper back that creates a hunchback appearance in the posture. [It is] often associated with osteoporosis.” Kyphosis is also known as “dowager’s hump.”

Machine Briefs:

OPTION #1: kyphosis= KAOIFZ
OPTION #2: kyphosis= KAOI/FOEZ
OPTION #3: kyphosis= KAOI/FO*EZ
OPTION #4: kyphosis= KAOI/FOE/S*IS

Ileitis is the inflammation of the ileum (the lower three fifths of the small intestine).

Machine Briefs:
OPTION #1: ileitis= IL/YAOITS
OPTION #2: ileitis= IL/YAO*ITS
OPTION #3: ileitis= IL/YI/AOITS
OPTION #4: ileitis= IL/YI/AOI/T*IS
OPTION #5: ileitis= IL/YI/AOIT/T*IS
OPTION #6: ileitis= IL/YI/AOIT/*IS

The fornix is: “The bands of white fibers beneath the corpus callosum of the brain, connecting the two hemispheres of the cerebellum.”

Machine Brief:

fornix= FOR/N*IX

Hypobarism is: “A condition brought about when the pressure of the gases within the body is in excess of the atmospheric pressure.”

Machine Briefs:

OPTION #1: hypobarism= HOIP/BAR/*IFM
OPTION #2: hypobarism= HOIP/BAR/R*IFM
OPTION #3: hypobarism= HAOI/POE/BAR/*IFM
OPTION #4: hypobarism= HAOI/POE/BAR/IFM
OPTION #5: hypobarism= HAOI/POE/BAR/R*IFM
OPTION #6: hypobarism= HAOI/PA/BAR/*IFM
OPTION #7: hypobarism= HAOI/PA/BAR/R*IFM
OPTION #8: hypobarism= HAOIP/O*E/BAR/*IFM
OPTION #9: hypobarism= HAOIP/O*E/BAR/IFM
OPTION #10: hypobarism= HAOIP/O*E/BAR/R*IFM

Heteroplasty is defined as: “A plastic operation in which the portion grafted is taken from an organism or person other than the patient.”

Machine Briefs:

OPTION #1: heteroplasty= HET/ROE/PLAS/T*I
OPTION #2: heteroplasty= HET/ROE/PLAS/TAO*E
OPTION #3: heteroplasty= HET/ROE/PLAFT/YI
OPTION #4: heteroplasty= HET/ROE/PLA*EFT
OPTION #5: heteroplasty= HET/RA/PLAS/T*I
OPTION #6: heteroplasty= HET/RA/PLAS/TAO*E
OPTION #7: heteroplasty= HET/RA/PLAFT/YI
OPTION #8: heteroplasty= HET/RA/PLA*EFT