FISH : Alternative (is that an indiginous sacrement helper)spelling
GHYTI :- GH as in "Rough"
Y as in " physical"
TI as in "Carnation"
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But seriously folks...
Regards Philip
At 04:01 PM 4/28/96 -0400, you wrote:
>Ohh JEEEEEEEEZ, Alan! <giggling> It's a lovely Sunday afternoon... don't ya
>have nuttin' better to do than type? <grin>
>
>Barb Mallut,
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>Subject: Monolateral?
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>Barbara wished Dr Iacono had fixed her "speller" at the same time of a great
>pallidotomy. I just want to assure you that Dr Iacono did not switch
>prefixes on the word "lateral" preceding the word pallidotomy in Barbara's
>head.
>
>Barbara said she had a monolatrial palllidotomy
>
>mono - a combining form meaning (a) one, single, alone (b) in chemistry, the
>presence of one atom or group of that to the name of which it is attached.
>
>uni - a combining form meaning one
>
>bi - A prefix meaning (a) two, twice, double (b) in anatomy, connection with
>or relation to each of two symmetrically paired parts (c) in chemistry,
>presence of two atoms or equivalents (of a component) or presence (of this
>component) in double the usual proportion or in double the proportion of the
>other component.
>
>tri - a combining form meaning three
>
>There seems to be an inconsistency in applying the prefix. Mono and bi seem
>to go together and uni and tri go together. Since this is not the way they
>are used, our memory will be called upon one more time.
>
>The actual medical terms for the pallidotomy are:
>
>unilateral pallidotomy:
>
>Means to apply the procedure called pallidotomy to only one side of the
>brain. Sometimes the word unilateral is omitted and the actual side of the
>brain is given such as left or right pallidotomy. In the left pallidotomy,
>the lesion is placed in the left side of the brain and effects the muscle
>movement on the opposite side (right side) of the body. A right pallidotomy
>thus effects the left side of the body with a lesion on the right side of the
>brain.
>
>bilateral pallidotomy:
>
>Means to apply the procedure to both sides of the brain. This term is used
>when both the left and right pallidotomy is performed during the same
>surgical operation. To my knowledge there is not a word that means two
>pallidotomies performed, one left and one right, but at two separate times.
>
>ipsilateral:
>
>Situated on the same side, as for example paralytic (or similar) symptoms
>which occur on the same side as the lesion causing them.
>
>The word ipsilateral is used to reference symptoms that appear on the same
>side as the pallidotomy. Since a left pallidotomy effects the right side of
>the body, the ipsilateral symptoms are those symptoms appearing the left side
>of the body. Thus in a technical paper one might read: A unilateral
>pallidotomy was performed reducing symptoms by as much as 95% without
>changing ipsilateral symptoms. This just means the pallidotomy worked well
>on the target side and had no crossover, good or bad, to the other side.
>
>The following three words should now be well etched in your brain:
> Unilateral Pallidotomy - one sided pallidotomy
> Bilateral Pallidotomy - two sided pallidotomy
> Ipsilateral symptoms - symptoms appearing on same side as site of lesion
>
>(Monolateral I am sure, was understood by all. Now you know what happens
>when one cannot sleep.)
>
>Regards,
>Alan Bonander
>
>
Philip Dunn
