CONFUSED WORDS

1. abducted <=> abdicated
2. aboral <=> arboreal
3. acanthocytes <=> acanthocystis
4. acetazolamide <=> acetahexamide
5. acinic <=> actinic
6. acinus <=> a sinus
7. alcoholic <=> alkalosis
8. alkalosis <=> ankylosis
9. ambien <=> amen
10. amiodarone <=> amrinone
11. anisakiasis <=> anisokaryosis
12. anlage <=> analog
13. aphasia <=> aphagia
14. aptotic <=> apoptotic
15. arboreal <=> aboriginal
16. arteritis <=> arthritis
17. auxilliary <=> axillary
18. auxin <=> axon
19. biennial <=> bianual (biennial is every 2 years; biannual is every 6 months)
20. bilingual <=> by lingual
21. biomatrix <=> biometrics
22. brachial <=> branchial (brachial refers to an arm)
23. branchial <=> bronchial (branchial refers to the the embryonic arches and clefts homologous to gills)
24. callous <=> callus
25. cerumen <=> serum (cerumen is ear wax, serum is the clear liquid that separates out from clotted blood)
26. chancre <=> chance
27. chancre <=> chancroid (syphilitic ulcer due to the spirochete Treponema pallidum v. sexually transmitted genital sore due to Haemophilus ducreyi)
28. chlorpropamide <=> chlorpromazine
29. choleric <=> caloric
30. cholic <=> colic
31. chondroid <=> chordoid
32. chondroma <=> chordoma
33. chorionic <=> chronic
34. chromatin <=> chromatic (nuclear material v. relating to colors)
35. cingula <=> singular (a gyrus in the brain v. not plural)
36. circumbscribed <=> circumcised (a surrounding demarcation v. removal of foreskin)
37. cirrhosis <=> serositis (liver fibrosis and damage v. inflammation of the outer lining of organs)
38. cirrhosis <=> xerosis (liver fibrosis and damage v. dry skin)
39. clonidine <=> klonipin
40. clozapine <=> olanzapine
41. coitus <=> colitis (intercourse v. inflammation of large bowel)
42. colic <=> colonic (infantile stomach ache v. relating to colon)
43. cometologist <=> cosmetologist
44. conscience <=> conscious
45. contin <=> oxycontin
46. cosmologist <=> cosmetologist
47. costal <=> coastal (costal refers to ribs)
48. culdoscopy <=> culposcopy
49. cygnet <=> signet
50. decease <=> disease
51. deceased <=> desist (you can cease and desist without being deceased)
52. diabetic <=> dietetic
53. diploic <=> diploid
54. disc <=> disk (synonyms, but where one form is commonly used, the other form is unwelcome)
55. disease <=> decease
56. diseased <=> deceased
57. dyskaryosis <=> dyskeratosis
58. ectatic <=> ecstatic
59. endochondral <=> enchondral (these are synonyms)
60. ensure <=> insure
61. epitaxis <=> epistaxis
62. erythemic <=> erythremic (erythemic means red and erythremic refers to red cells)
63. exxon <=> exon
64. facial <=> fascial
65. facies <=> faeces
66. familiar <=> familial
67. fetal <=> fatal
68. firearm <=> forearm
69. flomax <=> volmax
70. flutamide <=> flumadine
71. foreword <=> forward
72. hallux <=> helicis
73. helicis <=> hallux
74. hematoma <=> hepatoma
75. herpetic <=> herpangina
76. huff <=> hof
77. hydatid <=> hydatidiform
78. ileitis <=> iliitis
79. ileum <=> ilium
80. intercostal <=> intercoastal (between ribs v. between coasts)
81. isotope <=> isotrope
82. isotrope <=> isotope
83. kalemic <=> cholemic
84. kerasin <=> keratin
85. kerasin <=> kerosene
86. keratinic <=> actinic
87. keratinic <=> keratotic
88. keratinocytic <=> keratinolytic
89. keratosis <=> ketosis
90. lipoma <=> lymphoma
91. lobulated <=> lobated
92. malleolus <=> malleus
93. meningitis <=> meningitidis
94. milia <=> milium
95. miotic <=> meiotic
96. miotic <=> mitotic
97. mitosis <=> meiosis
98. mitotic <=> meiotic
99. mucous <=> mucus (verb v. noun)
100. myelofibrosis <=> myofibrosis (fibrosis of bone marrow v fibrosis of muscle)
101. myeloid <=> myoid (of bone marrow v. of muscle)
102. myiasis <=> meiosis
103. myofibroma <=> myelofibroma
104. myosis <=> meiosis
105. nucleus <=> nucleolus
106. oncology <=> ontology
107. ontogeny <=> ontology
108. orchid <=> orchard
109. orchidectomy <=> orchiectomy
110. organic <=> organoid
111. paladin <=> palladin (Paladin is a heroic knight, and palladin is a protein overexpressed in pancreatic cancer named after the renaissance architect Andrea Palladio.)
112. palatal <=> palatial (of the mouth's palat v. big gaudy house)
113. paleodontology <=> paleontology
114. palette <=> palate
115. palpation <=> palpitation
116. palpitation <=> palpation
117. panel <=> penal
118. panel <=> penile
119. parental <=> parenteral
120. parotid gland <=> carotid gland
121. pathogen <=> parthenogen
122. pathogenesis <=> parthenogenesis
123. penal <=> penile
124. penicillamine <=> penicillin
125. perineal <=> perennial
126. perineal <=> perianal
127. perineal <=> peritoneal
128. perineal <=> peroneal
129. pipette <=> pipetta
130. plaque <=> plague
131. pleiotropic <=> pleiotypic
132. plural <=> pleural
133. polypoid <=> polyploid
134. porphyria <=> porphyruria
135. potable <=> portable
136. prilosec <=> prozac
137. proptosis <=> ptosis
138. prostrate <=> prostate
139. protuberant <=> protruberant
140. pseudomonas <=> pseudonymous
141. ptosis <=> tylosis
142. pyrolysis <=> paralysis
143. quinine <=> quinidine
144. rachischisis <=> rachitis
145. rachischitic <=> rachitic
146. radial <=> radical
147. retrovir <=> ritonavir
148. rett <=> ret
149. rosacea <=>rosea
150. saliva <=> salvia
151. semantic <=> somatic
152. serous <=> serious
153. severe <=> sever
154. silicon <=> silicone
155. singleton <=> singultus (one of a kind v. hiccup)
156. somatic <=> semantic
157. sonography <=> stenography
158. taenia <=> tinea
159. takoma <=> trachoma
160. thecoma <=> thekeoma
161. tinnitus <=> tinnitis
162. tophus <=> typhus
163. torsion <=> distortion
164. trachoma <=> trachea
165. tribonema <=> treponema
166. trichina <=> trachoma
167. trichina <=> trichura
168. trichinosis <=> trichosis
169. trichinosis <=> trichuriasis
170. typhoid fever <=> paratyphoid fever
171. urethral <=> ureteral (urethra is not the ureter)
172. vagitis <=> vaginitis (inflammation of vagus nerve v inflammation of vagina)
173. venous <=> venus (of the veins v. the planet)
174. zocor <=> cozaar