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medical terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -cele | hernia, swelling |
| -cyte | cell |
| -derma | skin |
| -duction | act of leading, bringing, conducting |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ectomy | removal, excision |
| -emia | blood |
| -esis | condition |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ism | condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -malacia | softening |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | abnormal condition, increase |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | decrease |
| -phagia | eat, swallow |
| phoresis | carrying, transmission |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| rrhea | discharge, flow |
| therapy | treatment |
| tome | instrument used to cut |
| tomy | incision |
| cervical vertebrae | first seven segments of the spinal column, abbreviation C1 to C7 |
| thoracic vertebrae | second 12 segments of the spinal column, abbreviated T1 to T12 |
| lumbar vertebrae | Five large segments of the movable part of the when you're a child. spinal column that make up the largest and strongest vertebrae. They're abbreviated as L1 through L5 Note: Vertebrae is plural; vertebra is singular |
| sacrum | a single fused bone shaped like a triangle it makes up the fourth segment of the spinal column, located below the lumbar vertebrae. |
| coccyx | the fifth and last, segment of the vertebral column, it's located at the very end of the spine. we often call it the tailbone |
| ant | anterior |
| ap | anteroposterior |
| inf | inferior |
| lat | lateral |
| LLQ | left lower quadrant |
| LUQ | left upper quadrant |
| med | medial |
| PA | posteroanterior |
| RLQ | right lower quadrant |
| RUQ | right upper quadrant |
| umbilicus, or navel | Landmark used to divide the abdomen into quadrants |
| right hypchondriac region | upper-right section of the abdomen, beneath the cartilage of the lower ribs |
| epigastric region | between the right and left hypochondriac regions in the upper section of the abdomen, beneath the cartilage of the lower ribs |
| left hypochrondriac region | upper-left section of the abdomen, beneath the cartilage of the lower ribs |
| right lumbar region | middle-right section of the abdomen, beneath the right hypochondriac region |
| umbilical region | middle-section of the abdomen, between the right and left lumbar regions and directly beneath the epigastric region |
| left lumbar region | middle-left section of the abdomen, beneath the left hypochondriac region |
| right inguinal region | lower-right section of the abdomen, beneath the right lumbar region |
| hypogastric region | lower-middle section of the abdomen, beneath the umbilical region |
| left inguinal region | lower-left section of the abdomen, beneath the left lumbar region |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -y | pertaining to |
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