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Medical terminology
Question | Answer |
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PRONATION | PALM DOWN |
SUPINATION | PALM UP |
ABDUCTION | AWAY FROM MID LINE |
ADDUCTION | TOWERED MID LINE |
EXTENSION | INCREASING ANGLE OF JOINT, EXTENDING LIMB |
FLEXION | DECREASING ANGLE OF JOINT, FLEXING LIMB |
KYPHOSIS | HUMP BACK |
PLANTAR FLEXION | TOWS DOWN |
DORASL FLEXION | HEAL DOWN |
CIRCUMDATION | MOVE AROUND IN FORM OF CIRCLE |
ROTATION | TURN OR ROTATE BODY PART ON ITS AXIS |
ATROPHY | WASTING AWAY |
MALACIA | SOFTENING |
ORGIN | (LESS MOVEMENT) ATTACHMENT TO BONE THAT REMAIN STATIONARY |
INSERTION | (A LOT MOVEMENT)ATTACHMENT TO BONE THAT MOVES |
RECTAL FISTURE | ABNORMAL OPENING BTW ANUS AND RECTUM |
GALLSTONES | ABUNDANCE OF CHOLESTEROL IN BILE DUCT |
ANATOMICAL POSITION | STANDING ERECT, FEET TOGETHER, ARMS TO THE SIDE, HEAD, EYES, PALMS, FACING FORWARD |
LEUKO | WHITE |
CYTE | CELL |
ALB/O, ALBIN/O | WHITE |
ALGIA, CHEPLAGIA | PAIN |
ANOMAL/O, ANOMALY | IREGULAR |
CAUD/O, CAUDAL | TOWARD TAIL |
CYT/0, CYTE, CYTOCIDE | CELL |
DORS/O DORSAL | BACK |
DYS, DYSPHONIA | BAD, DIFFICULT, PAINFULL |
-GEN, GEN/O, PATHOGEN | PRODUCING, GENERATING |
-GENESIS, NEOGENSIS | PRODUCTION, FORMATION |
HIST/0, HISTOCLASTIC | TISSUE |
LOGIST, NEUROLOGIST | SPECIALIST |
LOGY, CARDIOLOGY | STUDY OF |
OMA, HYSTOCYTOMA | TUMOR MAS |
AB | AWAY FROM |
AD | TOWARD, NEAR |
AMBI | AROUND,ON BOUT SIDES, ABOUT |
ANA | UP, BACKWARD, AGAINST |
ANTI | AGAINST |
CIRCUM | AROUND |
-CENTESIS | SURGICAL PUNCTURE OF A CAVITY |
-ECTOMYN | SURGICAL REMOVAL |
-GRAPH | INSTRUMENT FOR RECORDING |
-GRAPGY | PROCESS OF RECORDING |
A-. AN- | WITHOUT NOT |
AB- | AWAY FROM |
AD- | TOWERED, NEAR |
ALGESIA, ALGES/O | PAIN SENSITIVITY |
AN/O | ANUS |
ANTE | BEFORE TOWARD |
BRADY | SLOW |
CAUD/0 | TAIL |
CENTESIS | SURGICAL PUNCTURE OF A CAVITY |
-DYNIA | PAIN |
COM-, CON | WITH, TOGETHER |
EPI- | ABOVE, OVER, UPON |
EU- | GOOD, NORMAL, WELL, NEW |
GARSTR/O | STOMACH |
-HEXIA | CONDITION |
-ICIAN | SPECIALIST |
-IST | SPECIALIST |
KYPH/O | HUMPBACK |
MALACLA | SOFTENING |
PERI | AROUND, SURROUNDING |
SACR/O | SACRUM |
VEN/O | VEIN |
-CIDE | KILLING, AGENT WHICH KILS |
A-, LAN- | WITHOUT |
INTRA | INSIDE, WITHIN |
INTER | BETWEEN |
HEMI | HALF |
EMIA | BLOOD |
ATREPHA | WASTING TIME |