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PSR abbrieviations
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a , an | without, not |
| ab | away from |
| ad | toward |
| ambi | both |
| ante- pre - pro- | before |
| anti- contr- | against |
| auto- | self |
| bi- di- | two |
| bio | life |
| brady | slow |
| circum | around |
| peri | sourounding |
| con- syn- sym- | with or together |
| se- | not;from;down |
| dia- trans- | across or through |
| dis- | apart;separate |
| dys- | faulty;painful;difficult |
| e- ec- ex- | out;away |
| ecto- exo- extra- | outside |
| en- endo- intra- | inside; within |
| epi- | upon |
| eu | normal good |
| hemi- semi- | half |
| hyper- | above or excessive or extreme |
| hypo- | deficient below |
| infra sub | under below |
| inter | between |
| mal | bad |
| meso | middle |
| meta | beyond;after;change |
| micro- | small |
| mono- uni- | one |
| neo- | new |
| phacy- | thick |
| pan- | all |
| para- | adnormal;alongside;beside |
| per- | through |
| poly- multi- | many |
| post- | after |
| quadri- | four |
| tetra- | three |
| re- | again or back |
| retro | backward or behind |
| sub | under, below |
| super | above or excessive |
| supra- | outside or beyond |
| tachy- | fast |
| tri- | three |
| ultra- | beyond, excessive |
| -ac -al -ar -ry -eal -ic -ose -ous -tic | pertaining to |
| -blast | immature |
| -cyte | cell |
| -e | noun maker |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -iatric | treatment |
| -iatry | study of |
| -logist | specialist |
| -icle -ole -ula -ule | small |
| -ium -eum | tissue or structure |
| -ize -ate | make;use;subject to |
| -or | one who |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -scope | instrument for examining |
| -scopy | examination |
| -stasis | stop or stand |
| -algia -dynia | pain |
| -cele | pouch sac or hernia |
| -emesis | vomit |
| -emia | condition of blood |
| -form -oid | like or resembling |
| -genic -genesis | beginning, orgin , or production |
| -ia -ism | condition of |
| -iasis | formation of; presence of |
| -itis | inflamation |
| -lysis | breaking down |
| -malacia | softening |
| -oma | tumor |
| -ois | condition |
| -penia | adnormal reduction; lack of |
| -phage -phagia -phagy | eat; devour |
| -phile -philia | attraction for;love for |
| -phobia | fear of |
| -plasia | formation |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -ptosis | drooping or falling |
| -rrhage -rrhagia -rrhagic | to burst forth |
| -rrhea | discharge or flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture or breraking |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| -trophy | development |
| -y | condition or process of |
| -centesis | puncture to remove fluid |
| -desis | binding |
| -ectomy | excision;surgical removal |
| -pexy | surgical suspension |
| -plasty | surgical repair or reconstruction |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -stomy | surgical creation of an artifical opening |
| -tomy | inscision |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| abdomin- | abdomen |
| angi- | vessel |
| bacteri- | bacteria |
| bi- | life |
| carcin- | cancer |
| cardi- | heart |
| cephal- | head |
| cyst- | sac or cyst containg fluid |
| cyt- | cell |
| electr- | electricity |
| enter- | intestines |
| fibren- | fiber |
| gnath- | jaw |
| gynec- | female ,women |
| hem- | blood |
| hemat- | blood |
| hepat- | liver |
| irid- | iris |
| kerat- | keratin |
| lip- | fat |
| mast- | breast |
| necr- | death |
| nephr- | kidney |
| onc- | tumor |
| path- | disease |
| pelv- | pelvic |
| radi- | x-rays |
| ren- | renal, the kidney |
| sarc- | flesh |
| sial | saliva |
| thromb | clot |
| trache- | trachea |
| uter- | uterus |
| abdominal | stomach,liver,gallbladder,spleen,pancreas, small and large intestines |
| cranial cavity | brain |
| pelvic cavity | ureters, urinary bladder, ureatra, female:uterus, oavaries, fallopian tubes, vagina male prosate gland, seminal vesicles, ejaculatory duct |
| spinal cavity | spinal cord |
| thoracic cavity | lungs esophagus trachea bronchial tubes thymus gland aorta heart |
| right hypochondriac | upper right beneath ribs |
| left hypochondriac | upper left beneath ribs |
| epigastric | upper middle over the stomach |
| right lumbar | right middle near the waist (in back) |
| left lumbar | left middle near the waist (in back) |
| umbilical | around the navel |
| hypogastric | lower middle under the navel |
| right inguinal | rigth side near the groin |
| RUQ | right upper quadrant |
| RLQ | right lower quadrant |
| LUQ | left upper quadrant |
| LLQ | left lower quadrant |
| cervical | neck |
| thoracic | chest |
| lumbar | loin |
| sacral, sacrum | lower back |
| coccgeal, coccyx | tailbone |
| superior or cephalic | toward the head the surface or the upper portion of the body |
| inferior or caudal | toward the feet or the lower portion of the body |
| anterior or vental | towaard the front of the body |
| posterior or dorsal | toward the back |
| medial | toward the middle or center of the body structure |
| lateral | toward the side of the body or structure |
| proximal | near the center of the body |
| distal | away from the body |
| bilateral | both sides of the body |
| unilateral | pertaining to one side of the body |
| palmar | pertaning to the palm |
| plantar | pertaining |
| superficial | near the surface |
| deep | toward the interior |
| parietal | lining of organ |
| visceral | inner covering of the surface of an organ or body cavity |
| cyan | blue |
| eryther | red |
| leuk | white |
| melan | black |
| purpur | purple |
| xanth | yellow |
| ache | a dull staedy pain |
| continuous | a pain that does not start |
| discomfort | a feeling of being uncomfortable |
| dull | blunted;not sharp;not acute |
| intense | sharp |
| intermittent | not continous; starting and stopping |
| severe | strong extreme |
| sharp | a pain that has a stabbing quality |
| stabbing | a pain that may be sharp in quality and starting and stopping |
| throbbing | a dull steady pain with an intermittent bad pain periodically |
| barium | contrast medium or dye |
| film | thin sheet of cellulose coated with light sensitive chemicals used to to take photos or x-rays |
| gray | international unit of measuement of ionizing radiation |
| radioactive | emmiting radiation energy |
| radiogram | image on x-ray film |
| radiostope | radioactive form of an element |
| radiogram | image on x-ray film |
| roentgen | unit of exposure to radiation |
| transducer | device for converting energy from one form to another |
| angiocardiography | process of viewing the heart and blood vessles by injecting a radiopaque dye into circulating blood and exposing the chest to x-rays |
| angiography | process of recording a vessel |
| bronchography | process of viewing the bronchus |
| cholangiogram | radiograph examination of the bile ducts |
| cholecytogram | radiograph examination of the gall bladder |
| echogram | examiniation of body structures using ultrasound imaging |
| echocardiogram | exmination using ultrasound imaging |
| fluoroscopy | examination of deep tissiue and deep structures using a flouoroscope |
| lymphangiograph | radiograph of lymphatic vessles |
| myleograph | radiograph of the spinal cord |
| pyleograph | radiograph of the kidney and ureter |
| radiograph | image produced by ionizing radiation and radiation sensitive film |
| radioimmunoassay | measurement of anitigen-antibody interaction using radioactive substances |
| radiotherapy | treatment of disease using radium |
| salpingograph | radiograph of the fallopian tubes |
| sonogram | image produced by sounds reflecting of of body structures |
| tomograph | radiograph exam whereby the x-ray source is moved to view the layers or sclices of the body |
| ultrasonography` | imaging technique that uses sound waves to study a poprtion of the body |
| anterioposterior | from front to back |
| axial | pertaining to around the axis |
| lateral decubitus | lying on the side |
| posteroanterior | from back to front |
| radiologist | Dr. who reads xrays |
| radiopaque | describing materials that can block x-rays |
| roentgenolgy | alternate term for x-ray technology |
| scan | back and forth |
| scintiscan | image created by gamma radiation, indicating cocentration within the body |
| sonolucent | permittng the passages of ultrasound waves |
| tagging | attachment of radioactive material to a substance that can be traced as it moves through the body |
| therapeutic | treatment of disease |
| uptake | absorption of radioactive substance into tissue |
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