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Biomedical Informatics, by Jules J. Berman, cover Perl Programming for Medicine and Biology, by Jules J. Berman, cover Ruby for Medicine and Biology, by Jules J. Berman, cover Neoplasms: Principles of Development and Diversity, by Jules J. Berman, cover



















CONFUSED WORDS

The following are terms that are often confused with totally different terms with similar spelling or pronunciation.
  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

Last modified: November 30, 2008

Biomedical Informatics, by Jules J. Berman, cover Ruby: The Programming Language, by Jules J. Berman, cover Perl: The Programming Language, by Jules J. Berman, cover


















Perl Programming for Medicine and Biology, by Jules J. Berman, cover Neoplasms: Principles of Development and Diversity, by Jules J. Berman, cover Ruby for Medicine and Biology, by Jules J. Berman, cover