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Medical Terms
Question | Answer |
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ANTERIOR | IN FRONT |
DISTAL | FARTHEST FROM CENTER |
DORSAL | TO THE BACK |
INFERIOR | BELOW |
LATERAL | TO THE SIDE |
MEDIAL | TO THE CENTER |
PALMAR | PALM OF HAND |
PLANTAR | SOLE OF FOOT |
POSTERIOR | IN BACK |
PRONE | FACE DOWN |
PROXIMAL | NEAREST TO CENTER |
SUPERIOR | ABOVE |
SUPINE | FACE UPWARD |
VOLAR | SOLE OF FOOT OR PALM OF HAND |
ABDOMINAL | STOMACH OR INTESTINES |
CARPAL | WRIST |
CERVICAL | VERTABRAE IN NECK (7) |
COSTAL | RIBS |
CRANIAL | SKULL |
FEMORAL | THIGH |
FRONTAL | FOREHEAD |
LUMBAR | VERTABRAE IN LOWER BACK (5) |
PELVIC | PELVIC GIRDLE |
RENAL | KIDNEY |
SACRAL | VERTABRAE IN LOWEST BACK (4) |
STERNAL | STERNAM OR BREAST BONE |
THORACIC | VERTABRAE IN UPPER BACK (12) |
ANGIO | BLOOD VESSEL |
ARTHRO | JOINT |
CARDIO | HEART |
CEREBR | CEREBRUM (BRAIN) |
CHOLE | GALL OR BILE |
CHONDR | CARTILAGE |
COST | RIB |
CRANEO | SKULL |
DERMA | SKIN |
DYS | ABNORMAL |
ECT | OUTSIDE |
ENCEPH | BRAIN |
END | WITHIN |
ENTER | INTERSTINE |
GENIS | GIVE RISE TO |
GLYCO | SUGAR |
HEMI | HALF |
HEPAT | LIVER |
HYPER | IN EXCESS |
HYPO | LESS THAN |
HYSTER | UNTERUS |
LEUKO | WHITE |
LIPO | FAT |
MEGA | LARGE |
MYEL | BONE MARROW OR SPINAL CHORD |
MYO | MUSCLE |
NEPHRO | KIDNEY |
OSTEO | BONE |
PARA | BEYOND, OUTSIDE, NEAR, ALONGSIDE |
PNEUMO | AIR |
PRE | BEFORE |
PROCT | RECTUM/ANUS |
PYO | PUS |
SPONDYL | VERTEBRAE |
SUB | UNDER |
SUPER | ABOVE, EXCESSIVE |
TRANS | ACROSS |
TRI | THREE |
ALGIA | PAIN |
CENTESIS | USE NEEDLE TO DRAW FLUID |
CYTE | CELLS |
DYNIA | PAIN |
ECTOMY | REMOVAL |
EMESIS | VOMITING |
EMIA | CONDITION OF THE BLOOD |
ESTEHESIA | MENTAL AWARENESS |
GRAM | UNIT OF MASS |
GRAPHY | WRITING |
IASIS | MEDICAL CONDITION |
ITIS | INFLAMMATION |
MEGALY | STATE OF LARGENESS |
OLOGY | STUDY OF |
OMA | TUMOR OR SWELLING |
OSIS | DISEASE PROCESS OR CONDITION |
OSTOMY | CREATION OF AN ARTIFICAL OPENING IN AN ORGAN |
PATHY | DISEASE OF |
PENIA | LACK OF |
PLEGIA | PARALYSIS |
SCLEROSIS | HARDENTING |
SCOPY | VIEWING/OBSERVATION |
STENOSIS | ABNORMAL NARROWING |
CARDIOLOGIST | HEART DR |
DERMATOLOGIST | SKIN DR |
ENDOCRINOLOGIST | ENOCRINE DR (HORMONES, CELLS) |
GASTROENTEROLOGIST | DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DR |
HEMATOLOGIST | BLOOD DR |
INTERNIST | ADULT DR |
NEPHROLOGISTS | KIDNEY DR |
NEUROLOGIST | NERVOUS SYSTEM DR |
OPTOMETRIST | EYE DR |
ORTHOPEDIC | BONE DR |
PHYSIATRIST | REHABILITATION SPECIALIST DR |
PULMONOLOGIST | RESPITORY DR |
RHEUMATOLOGIST | ARTHRITIS DR |
VASCULAR SURGEON | DR (SURGEON) OF THE VASCULAR SYSTEM...VIENS AND ARTERIES |
ADL's | ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING |
B.I.D. | TWICE DAILY |
B.P. | BLOOD PRESSURE |
C-1, C-2, C-3, ETC | CERVICAL VERTEBRAE BY # (7) |
CBC | COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT |
C.N.S. | CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM |
CVA | CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT (STROKE) |
DX | DIAGNOSIS |
F.W.B. | FULL WEIGHT BEARING |
FX | FRACTURE |
H & P | HISTOY AND PHYSICAL (DR'S REPORT) |
HX | HISTORY |
L-1, L-2 | LUMBAR VEREBRAE BY # (5) |
N.W.B | NON-WEIGHT BEARING |
OA | OSTEOARTHRITIS |
P.O. | BY MOUTH |
P.R.N. | AS NEEDED |
P.W.B. | PARTIAL WEIGHT BEARING |
Q.I.D | FOUR TIMES A DAY |
R/0 | RULE OUT |
RX | PRESCRIPTION |
S-1,S-2, ETC | SACRAL VEREBRAE BY # (4) |
SCI | SPINAL CHORD INJURY |
S.O.A.P. | (NOTES) SUBJECTIVE, OBJECTIVE (CLINICAL FINDINGS), ASSESSMENT & PLAN |
T-1, T-2, ETC | THORACIC VEREBRAE BY # (12) |
TBI | TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY |
T.D.W.B. | TOUCH DOWN WEIGHT BEARING (TOE TO BALANCE, MOVE WITH GOOD LIMB) |
T.I.D. | THREE TIMES A DAY |
TX | TREATMENT |
W.B.C. | WHITE BLOOD COUNT |