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Medical terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a- | not |
| bi- | two |
| ad- | toward |
| ante- | before |
| anti- | against |
| brady- | slow |
| circum- | around |
| con- | with, together |
| contra- | against |
| begin- | safe |
| de- | down, away from |
| dys- | bad |
| e- | out |
| ecto- | outside |
| en- | in, inside |
| ex- | out |
| Chief Complaint (CC) | the main reason for the patient's visit |
| History of Present Illness (HPI) | The story of the patient's problem |
| Past Surgical History (PSH) | any of the patient's past surgeries |
| SOAP method | subjective, objective, assessment, plan |
| acute | it just started recently or is a sharp, severe symptom |
| chronic | it has been going on for a while now |
| exacerbation | it is getting worse |
| abrupt | all of a sudden |
| febrile | febrile |
| afebrile | to not have a fever |
| malaise | not feeling well |
| progressive | more and more each day |
| symptom | something a patient's feeling |
| noncontributory | not related to this specific problem |
| genetic/hereditary | it runs in the family |
| scopy | procedure to look |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| squam/o | scale |
| ichthy/o | scaly |
| kerat/o | hard, horny |
| pachy/o | thick |
| xer/o | dry |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| erythr/o | red |
| leuk/o, alb/o | white |
| melan/o | black |
| rasion | scrape, rub |
| albin | white |
| ism | condition |
| an | no |
| physis | growth |
| oste/o | bone |
| crani/o | head, skull |
| cervic/o | neck |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| lumb/o | lower back |
| brachi/o | arm |
| dactyl/o | finger |
| carp/o | wrist |
| cost/o | rib |
| femor/o | femur (thigh bone) |
| tars/o | ankle |
| tibi/o | tibia |
| ton/o | tone, tension |