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Medical terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |