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Kelli Foster
CA Training
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| acantha | spine |
| acousia | hearing |
| acro | extremity |
| actin | ray |
| acuo | sharp, sudden |
| aden | gland |
| aer | air |
| alba | white |
| algia | pain |
| ana | to build up |
| andro | man |
| a- | no; not; without |
| an- | no; not; without |
| ab- | away from |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| acanth/o | spiny; thorny |
| acetabul/o | acetabulum (hip socket) |
| acous/o | hearing |
| acoust/o | hearing, sound |
| acr/o | extremities; top; extreme point |
| acromi/o | acromion (extension of shoulder bone) |
| actin/o | light |
| acu/o | sharp; severe; sudden |
| -acusis | hearing |
| ad- | toward |
| -ad | toward |
| aden/o | gland |
| adenoid/o | adenoids |
| adip/o | fat |
| adren/o | adrenal gland |
| adrenal/o | adrenal gland |
| aer/o | air |
| af- | toward |
| -agon | to assemble; gather |
| agora- | marketplace |
| -agra | excessive pain |
| -al | pertaining to |
| alb/o | white |
| albin/o | white |
| albumin/o | albumin (protein) |
| alges/o | sensitivity to pain |
| -algesia | sensitivity to pain |
| -algia | pain |
| alveol/o | alveolus; air sac; small sac |
| ambi- | around, on both sides, about |
| ambly/o | dim; dull |
| amphi- | around, on both sides |
| ammon/o | ammonium |
| amyl/o | starch |
| an/o | anus |
| -an | pertaining to |
| ana- | up; apart; backward; again; anew |
| andr/o | male |
| angi/o | vessel (blood) |
| anis/o | unequal |
| ankyl/o | stiff |
| ante- | before; forward |
| anter/o | front |
| anthr/o | antrum of the stomach |
| anti- | against |
| anxi/o | anxious |
| aort/o | aorta (largest artery) |
| -apheresis | removal |
| aphth/o | ulcer |
| apo- | off; away |
| append/o | appendix |
| appendic/o | appendix |
| aque/o | water |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -arche | beginning |
| arter/o | artery |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arteriol/o | arteriole (small artery) |
| arthr/o | joint |
| -arthria | articulate (speak distinctly) |
| articul/o | joint |
| -artresia | closure, occlusion |
| atreto- | closed, lacking an opening |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -asthenia | lack of strength |
| astr/o | star, star-shaped |
| aque/o | water |
| -ation | process; condition |
| atri/o | atrium (upper heart chamber) |
| audi/o | hearing |
| audit/o | hearing |
| aur/o | ear |
| auricul/o | ear |
| auscult/o | to listen |
| aut/o | self; own |
| axill/o | armpit |
| axi/o | axis |
| bacill/o | bacilli (bacteria) |
| bacteri/o | bacteria |
| bary- | weight, pressure |
| -basia | walking |
| bas/o | base |
| batho-, bathy- | deep, depth |
| bi- | two |
| bi/o | life |
| bil/i | bile; gall |
| -blast | embryonic; immature cell |
| -blastoma | immature tumor (cells) |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| brachi/o | arm |
| brachy- | short |
| brady- | slow |
| bronch/o | bronchial tube |
| bronchi/o | bronchial tube |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| burs/o | bursa (sac of fluid near joints) |
| cac/o | bad |
| calcane/o | calcaneus (heel bone) |
| cali/o | calyx |
| calor/i | heat |
| capillar/o | capillary (tiniest blood vessel) |
| capn/o | carbon dioxide |
| caps/o, capsul/o | capsule, container |
| carcin/o | cancerous; cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| carp/o | wrist bones (carpals) |
| cata- | down |
| -cathisia, -kathisia | sitting |
| caud/o | tail; lower part of body |
| cauter/o | heat; burn |
| cav/o, cavit/o | hollow, cavity |
| cec/o | cecum (first part of colon) |
| -cele | hernia |
| celi/o | belly; abdomen |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| centr/o | center |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum (posterior part of the brain) |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum (largest part of the brain) |
| cervic/o | neck; cervix (neck of uterus) |
| -chalasia | relaxation |
| cheil/o | lip |
| chir/o | hand |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| chron/o | time |
| -cidal | pertaining to killing |
| cine/o | movement |
| circum- | around |
| cirrh/o | orange-yellow |
| -clasis | to break |
| clavicul/o | clavicle (collar bone) |
| cleid/o | clavicle |
| coccyg/o | coccyx (tail bone) |
| cochle/o | cochlea (inner part of ear) |
| col/o | colon (large intestine) |
| con- | together; with |
| conjunctiv/o | conjuctiva (lines of eyelids) |
| contra- | against; opposite |
| contus/o | to bruise |
| cor/o | pupil |
| coron/o | crown or circle |
| cortic/o | cortex, outer region |
| cost/o | rib |
| cox/o | hip |
| crani/o | skull |
| cry/o | cold |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| cubit/o | elbow, forearm |
| -cusis | hearing |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder; cyst; sac of fluid |
| cyt/o | cell |
| -cyte | cell |
| -cytosis | condition of cells; slight increase in numbers |
| dacry/o | tear |
| dactyl/o | fingers; toes |
| de- | lack of; down; less; removal of |
| dent/i | tooth |
| derm/o | skin |
| -derma | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| -desis | to bind; tie together |
| dextr/o | right |
| dia- | complete; through |
| diaphor/o | sweat |
| dilat/o | to enlarge, expand |
| dipl/o | double |
| dips/o | thirst |
| dis- | apart, to separate |
| dist/o | far; distant |
| dors/o | back (of body) |
| dorsi- | back |
| -drome | to run |
| dur/o | dura mater |
| -dynia | pain |
| dys- | bad: painful: difficult: abnormal |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| ec- | out; outside |
| echo- | reflected sound |
| -ectasia | dilation |
| -ectasis | dilation |
| ecto- | out; outside |
| -ectomy | removal; excision; resection |
| -edema | swelling |
| electr/o | electricity |
| em- | in |
| -ema | condition |
| embry/o | embryo |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -emphraxis | stoppage, obstruction |
| en- | in; within |
| encephal/o | brain |
| end- | in; within |
| endo- | in; within |
| enter/o | intestines (usually small intestine) |
| eosin/o | red; rosy; dawn-colored |
| epi- | above; upon; on |
| epididym/o | epididymis |
| epiglott/o | epiglottis |
| epitheli/o | skin; epithelium |
| -er | one who |
| erg/o | work |
| erythem/o | flushed; redness |
| erythr/o | red |
| -esis | action; condition; state of |
| eso- | inward |
| esthes/o | nervous sensation |
| -esthesia | nervous sensation |
| estr/o | female |
| ethm/o | wire or plastic mesh held in a frame |
| eti/o | cause |
| eu- | good; normal |
| -eurysm | widening |
| ex- | out; away from |
| exanthemat/o | rash |
| exo- | out; away from |
| extra- | outside |
| faci/o | face |
| fasci/o | fascia |
| febr/i | fever |
| femor/o | femur (thigh bone) |
| ferr/i, ferr/o | iron |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| fibros/o | fibrous connective tissue |
| flex/o | to bend |
| fore- | before, in front |
| -form | resembling; in the shape of |
| quadri, tetra- | four |
| frig/o, frigid/o | cold |
| galact/o | milk |
| ganglion/o | ganglion |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| -gen | substance that produces |
| -genesis | producing; forming |
| -genic | produced by or in |
| geni/o | chin |
| ger/o | old age |
| geront/o | old age |
| gingiv/o | gum |
| -globin | protein |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| gluc/o | glucose; sugar |
| gnath/o | jaw |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| gonad/o | sex glands |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| graph/o | writing |
| gyr/o | circle, spiral |
| half | demi, hemi, semi |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hemi- | half |
| hemoglobin/o | hemoglobin |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| hist/o | tissue |
| home/o | sameness; unchanging; constant |
| hydr/o | water |
| hyper- | above; excessive |
| hypn/o | sleep |
| hypo- | deficient; below; under; less than normal |
| hyster/o | uterus; womb |
| -ia | condition |
| -iac | pertaining to |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| iatr/o | physician; treatment |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ical | pertaining to |
| -ician | specialist |
| idi/o | unknown; individual; distinct |
| ile/o | the third portion of the small intestine |
| ili/o | ilium |
| in- | in; into; not |
| -ina | a substance, chemical, chemical compound |
| Median (midsaggital) plane | dividing right and left planes |
| Sagittal planes | unequal right and left halves |
| Coroneal planes | dividing into anterior and posterior portions |
| Horizontal planes | (transverse) superior and inferior portions |
| anterior | toward the front |
| posterior | toward the back |
| caudad | toward the tail |
| cephalad | toward the head |
| proximal | near point of reference |
| distal | away from point of reference |
| inferior | below |
| superior | above |
| lateral | away from midline |
| medial | toward midline |
| ipsilateral | on same side |
| contralateral | on opposite side |
| palmar | palm (surface of hand) |
| plantar | sole (surface of the foot) |
| Adams position | standing with heels together, knees locked, spine fully flexed forward |
| Knee-chest position | resting on knees and upper chest |
| lateral recumbent position | lying on either side with one or both hips and elbows flexed |
| lithotomy | laying on back with hips and knees flexed, feet are typically supported by stirrups |
| prone position | face down |
| supine position | face up |
| kinetics | study of relationship between a force acting on a body or body segment and the changes produced in the body motion (actions are expressed in amounts per units of time) |
| kinematics | complex study of motions of body parts and forces |
| flexion | when the angle of the joint becomes smaller than when it is in anatomical position, it is considered FLEXION. |
| extension | when angle is full straight it is considered full extension. |
| epistaxis | nosebleed |
| otitis media | (middle) ear infection |
| pharyngitis | sore throat |
| orthopenea | shortness of breath (dyspnea) that occurs when lying flat |
| dysphagia | swallowing difficulties |
| odonophagia | painful swallowing |
| hematemesis | vomiting of blood |
| hemoptysis | coughing up of blood or blood-stained mucus |
| melena | black tarry stools |
| hematochezia | passage of fresh blood through the anus |
| tenesmus | continual or recurrent inclination to evacuate the bowels |
| dysuria | painful or difficult urination |
| hematuria | blood in a person's urine |
| saddle anesthesia | loss of sensation (anesthesia) restricted to the area of the buttocks |
| diplopia | double vision |
| dysarthria | slurred or slow speech |
| aphasia | loss of ability to understand or express speech |
| hemiparesthesias | numbness or other abnormal or impaired sensation that is experienced on only one side of the body |
| hemiparesis | Muscle weakness or partial paralysis on one side of the body that can affect the arms, legs, and facial muscles |
| Lhermitte's sign | short, intense sensation that feels similar to an electric shock passing down the neck and spine and radiating through the trunk and limbs |
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Kelli Foster
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