Biomedical books by Jules J. Berman, Ph.D., M.D.

CONFUSED WORDS

1. abducted <=> abdicated
2. acanthocytes <=> acanthocystis
3. acinic <=> actinic
4. acinus <=> a sinus
5. alcoholic <=> alkalosis
6. alkalosis <=> ankylosis
7. anisakiasis <=> anisokaryosis
8. anlage <=> analog
9. aptotic <=> apoptotic
10. arboreal <=> aboriginal
11. arteritis <=> arthritis
12. auxilliary <=> axillary
13. auxin <=> axon
14. bilingual <=> by lingual
15. biomatrix <=> biometrics
16. brachial <=> branchial
17. branchial <=> bronchial
18. callous <=> callus
19. cerumen <=> serum
20. chancre <=> chance
21. chancre <=> chancroid
22. chlorpropamide <=> chlorpromazine
23. choleric <=> caloric
24. cholic <=> colic
25. chondroid <=> chordoid
26. chondroma <=> chordoma
27. chorionic <=> chronic
28. chromatin <=> chromatic
29. cingula <=> singular
30. circumbscribed <=> circumcised
31. cirrhosis <=> serositis
32. cirrhosis <=> xerosis
33. coitus <=> colitis
34. colic <=> colonic
35. colitis <=> coitus
36. conscience <=> conscious
37. costal <=> coastal
38. culdoscopy <=> culposcopy
39. cygnet <=> signet
40. decease <=> disease
41. deceased <=> desist
42. diabetic <=> dietetic
43. diploic <=> diploid
44. disc <=> disk
45. disease <=> decease
46. diseased <=> deceased
47. disk <=> disc
48. dyskaryosis <=> dyskeratosis
49. ectatic <=> ecstatic
50. endochondral <=> enchondral (these are synonyms)
51. epitaxis <=> epistaxis
52. exxon <=> exon
53. facial <=> fascial
54. facies <=> faeces
55. fetal <=> fatal
56. firearm <=> forearm
57. foreword <=> forward
58. hallux <=> helicis
59. helicis <=> hallux
60. hematoma <=> hepatoma
61. herpetic <=> herpangina
62. huff <=> hof
63. hydatid <=> hydatidiform
64. ileitis <=> iliitis
65. ileum <=> ilium
66. intecostal <=> intercoastal
67. intermittant <=> intermittent
68. isotope <=> isotrope
69. isotrope <=> isotope
70. kalemic <=> cholemic
71. kerasin <=> keratin
72. kerasin <=> kerosene
73. keratinic <=> actinic
74. keratinic <=> keratotic
75. keratinocytic <=> keratinolytic
76. keratosis <=> ketosis
77. lipoma <=> lymphoma
78. lobulated <=> lobated
79. malleolus <=> malleus
80. meningitis <=> meningitidis
81. milia <=> milium
82. miotic <=> meiotic
83. miotic <=> mitotic
84. mitosis <=> meiosis
85. mitotic <=> meiotic
86. mucous <=> mucus
87. myelofibrosis <=> myofibrosis
88. myeloid <=> myoid
89. myiasis <=> meiosis
90. myofibroma <=> myelofibroma
91. myosis <=> meiosis
92. nucleus <=> nucleolus
93. oncology <=> ontology
94. ontogeny <=> ontology
95. organic <=> organoid
96. palatal <=> palatial
97. paleodontology <=> paleontology
98. palette <=> palate
99. palpation <=> palpitation
100. palpitation <=> palpation
101. panel <=> penal
102. panel <=> penile
103. parental <=> parenteral
104. parotid gland <=> carotid gland
105. pathogen <=> parthenogen
106. pathogenesis <=> parthenogenesis
107. penal <=> penile
108. penicillamine <=> penicillin
109. perineal <=> perennial
110. perineal <=> perianal
111. perineal <=> peritoneal
112. perineal <=> peroneal
113. pipette <=> pipetta
114. pleiotropic <=> pleiotypic
115. plural <=> pleural
116. polypoid <=> polyploid
117. porphyria <=> porphyruria
118. potable <=> portable
119. proptosis <=> ptosis
120. prostrate <=> prostate
121. protuberant <=> protruberant
122. pseudomonas <=> pseudonymous
123. ptosis <=> tylosis
124. pyrolysis <=> paralysis
125. quinine <=> quinidine
126. rachischisis <=> rachitis
127. rachischitic <=> rachitic
128. radial <=> radical
129. rett <=> ret
130. rosacea <=>rosea
131. saliva <=> salvia
132. semantic <=> somatic
133. serous <=> serious
134. silicon <=> silicone
135. singleton <=> singultus
136. somatic <=> semantic
137. sonography <=> stenography
138. taenia <=> tinea
139. takoma <=> trachoma
140. thecoma <=> thekeoma
141. tophus <=> typhus
142. torsion <=> distortion
143. trachoma <=> trachea
144. trichina <=> trachoma
145. trichina <=> trichura
146. trichinosis <=> trichosis
147. trichinosis <=> trichuriasis
148. typhoid fever <=> paratyphoid fever
149. urethral <=> ureteral
150. vagitis <=> vaginitis