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Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acromi/o | acromion |
| a little swelling | |
| A/CPx | annual complete physical |
| A/S | aortic stenosis |
| Abnormal condition | -osis |
| Above/upon | epi- |
| ACL | Anterior Cruciate Ligament |
| Act of measuring | -metry |
| -ad | toward |
| AE | Above elbow |
| AHE | Annual health examination |
| -al | pertaining to |
| AE | Above knee |
| -Algia | Pain |
| Ankyl/o | stiffness,bent,crooked |
| Arthr/o | Joint |
| -asthenia | weakness/dibility |
| -ate | having the form of |
| ax/o | axis, axon |
| bad;painful;difficult | cine- |
| band;fascia | fasci/o |
| between | inter- |
| binding,fixation | -desis |
| BKA | Below knee amputation |
| -blast | embryonic cell |
| bone marrow | myel/o |
| brachi/o | arm |
| brachy- | short |
| C1 | First cervical vertebrae |
| C2 | Second cervical vertebrae |
| calane/o | heel bone |
| carp/o | wrist bones |
| cartilage | chondr/o |
| CDH | congential dislocation of the hip |
| cell | -cyte |
| cephal/o | head |
| cervic/o | neck |
| change;beyond | meta- |
| chest | thorac/o |
| chonr/o | cartilage |
| cine- | bad;painful |
| clavicle | clavicu/o |
| CO | coccygeal nerves |
| coccyg/o | coccyx |
| coccyx | coccyg/o` |
| Condition | -ism |
| Condyl/o | condyle |
| cost/o | Ribs |
| Crani/o | Skull |
| Cross | cruci/o |
| Cruci/o | cross |
| CT | Computed Tomography |
| CTS | Carpul Tunnel Syndrome |
| Curve/sway back | Lord/o |
| D.P.M | Doctor of podiatric medicine |
| Dactyl/o | Finger,Toes |
| -Desis | Binding,Fixation |
| DEXA | Dual Engery Xray Absorption |
| DJD | Degenerative Joint Disease |
| DO | Doctor of osteopathy |
| -dynia | pain |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| ECG | Electro cardiogram |
| ECRB | Extensor Carpi Radialis Brevis |
| -ectomy | excision,removal |
| embryonic cell | blast/o |
| EMG | Electromyography |
| Enlargement | Megal/o |
| epi- | above,beyond |
| F/S | frozen section |
| face | faci/o |
| Fingers/toes | dactyl/o |
| Flesh/connective tissue | sarc/o |
| Foot | pod/o |
| -graph | instrument of recording |
| having the form of, possessing | -ate |
| HD | Hemodialysis |
| HNP | Herniated Nucleus Pulposis |
| HP | Hemipelvectomy |
| Humer/o | upper arm (hummerus) |
| Humpback | Kyphosis |
| -iatry | condition |
| -ic | treatment, medicine |
| ili/o | ilium(hipbone) |
| IM | Intra muscular |
| Incision | -tomy |
| inflammation | -itis |
| IS | Intra costal space |
| -ist | specialist |
| KD | Knee disarticulation |
| Kyph/o | Kyphosis |
| L1 | First lumbar vertebrae |
| L2 | Second lumbar vertebrae |
| lei/o | smooth |
| leiomy/o | smooth muscle |
| LS | lumbo sacral spine |
| -malacia | softening |