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Chapter 4
Medical Terminology and Abbreviations
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| before, forward, in front of | ante |
| bad, difficult, abnormal | dys |
| small, scant | olig |
| many, much | poly |
| fast, rapid | tachy |
| vessel | angio |
| joint | athro |
| blue | cyano |
| skin | derma |
| stomach | gastro |
| water | hydro |
| muscle | myo |
| bone | osteo |
| breathing, respiration | pnea |
| mouth | stomato |
| poison, poisonous | toxico |
| blood vessel, vas deferens | vaso |
| pain | algia |
| blood condition | emia |
| to eat or consume, swallowing | phagia |
| speaking | phasia |
| paralysis | plegia |
| excessive flow | rrhage |
| creation of an opening | stomy |
| right upper quadrant | RUQ |
| left upper quadrant | LUQ |
| right lower quadrant | RLQ |
| left lower quadrant | LLQ |
| at or towards the from of the body or body part | anterior |
| the part farthest from the center or from the point of attachment | distal |
| away from the mid-line; at the side of the body or body part | lateral |
| at or near the middle or mid-line of the body or body part | medial |
| at or toward the back of the body or body part | posterior |
| the part nearest to the center or to the point of origin | proximal |
| activities of daily living | ADL |