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MT-III
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Anterior | Front Side |
| Distal | Farthest point away from |
| Dorsal | Backside |
| High Fowlers | Sitting at a 90 degree angle |
| Inferior | Below |
| Lateral | Side of |
| Medial | Middle |
| Peripheral | On the edge of or outside of |
| Posterior | rear or back of |
| Prone | Lie on the front side facedown |
| Proximal | nearest |
| Superior | above |
| Supine | Lie on back |
| Transverse | across |
| Ventral | to the belly |
| Myalgia | Muscle + Pain |
| Myocyte | Muscle + Cell |
| Myocytolysis | Muscle + Cell + Destruction |
| Myocytoma | Muscle + Cell + Tumor |
| Myoedema | Muscle + Swelling |
| Myofascial | Muscle + face |
| Myograph | Muscle + writing (record)Myoid |
| Myolipoma | Muscle + Fat + Tumor |
| Myology | Muscle + Study of |
| Myoma | Muscle + Tumor |
| Myomalacia | Muscle + softening |
| Myomectomy | Muscle + Tumor + Removal |
| Myoneural | Muscle + Nerves |
| Myoneuralgia | Muscle + Nerve + PainMyoparesis |
| Myopathy | Muscle + Disease |
| Osteoarthropathy | Bone + Joint + Disease |
| Osteochondritis | Bone + Cartilage + Inflammation |
| Osteomyelitis | Bone + Marrow + Inflammation |
| Osteopath | Bone + Disease (usually refers to a physician specialty) |
| Osteoplasty | Bone + surgical repair (plastic surgery) |
| Osteoporosis | Bone + Pourous + Condition of |
| Osteosclerosis | Bone + Hardening + Condition of |
| Osteotome | Bone + Instrument (used to cut bone) |
| Dermahemia | Skin + Blood |
| Dermatalgia | Skin + Pain |
| Dermatitis | Skin + Inflammation |
| Dermatocyst | Skin + Bladder (filled with something) |
| Dermatoid | Skin + Resembles |
| Dermatologist | Skin + One who studies |
| Dermatome | Skin + Instrument (used to remove skin for grafting) |
| Dermatoneurosis | Skinn + Nerves + Condition of (skin eruptions due to emotion) |
| Dermatopathy | Skin + Disease |
| Dermatoplasty | Skin + Surgical Repair (plastic surgery) |
| Dermatorrhagia | Skin + Bleeding |
| Dermatorrhea | Skin + Drainage |
| Epidermitis | Outer + Skin + Inflammation |
| Hypodermis | Below + Skin |
| Intradermal | Within + Skin |
| Melanoderma | Black + Skin (dark pigmentation) |
| Odontalgia | Tooth + Pain |
| Odontorrhagia | Tooth + Bleeding |
| Odontoscopy | Tooth + Exam |
| Scleroderma | Hardening + Skin |
| Subdermal | Below + Skin |
| Xanthoderma | Yellow + Skin |
| Epigastric | Outer + Stomach |
| Gastrocolitis | Stomach + Colon (small intestines) + Inflammation |
| Gastroduodenal | Stomach + Duodenum (first part of the small intestine) |
| Gastroduodenoscopy | Stomach + Duodenum + Exam |
| Gastroenteritis | Stomach + Intestines + Inflammation |
| Gastroenterology | Stomach + Intestines + Study of |
| Gastroenteropathy | Stomach + Intestines + Disease |
| Gastroenteroplasty | Stomach + Intestines + surgical |
| Gastroesophagitis | Stomach + Esophagus + Inflammation |
| Gastrohepatic | Stomach + Liver |
| Gastrolithiasis | Stomach + Stone + Condition of |
| Gastromalacia | Stomach + Softening |
| Gastromegaly | Stomach + EnlargementGastromyxorrhea |
| Gastropathy | Stomach + Disease |
| Gastroplasty | Stomach + Surgical Repair (plastic surgery) |
| Gastropylorectomy | Stomach + Pylorus (gatekeeper) + Excision |
| Gastrorrhagia | Stomach + Bleeding |
| Gastrorrhaphy | Stomach + Suture |
| Gastrorrhea | Stomach + Drainage (excessive) |
| Gastrostomy | Stomach + Opening (new opening into the stomach) |
| Gastroscopy | Stomach + Exam |
| Gastrotomy | Stomach + Incision |
| Gastrotoxic | Stomach + Poison |
| Nasalgastric | Nose + Stomach |
| Orogastric | Mouth + Stomach |
| Bradycardia | Slow + Heart |
| Cardioangiography | Heart + Vessel + Write (record of electrical impulses) |
| Cardioarterial | Heart + Artery |
| Cardiogenesis | Heart + Beginning (heart of a fetus) |
| Cardiogram | Heart + Exam |
| Cardiohepatic | Heart + Liver |
| Cardiohepatomegaly | Heart + Liver + Large |
| Cardiokinetic | Heart + Movement |
| Cardiologist | Heart + One who studies |
| Cardiology | Heart + Study of |
| Cardiomalacia | Heart + Softening |
| Cardiomegaly | Heart + Large |
| Cardiomyopathy | Heart + Muscle + Disease |
| Cardioplegia | Heart + Paralysis |
| Cardiopulmonary | Heart + Lungs |
| Cardiorrhaphy | Heart + Suture |
| Cardiorrhexis | Heart + Rupture |
| Cardiotoxic | Heart + Poison |
| Cardiovascular | Heart + Vessels |
| Carditis | Heart + Inflammation |
| Echocardiogram | Sound + Heart + Write (record) |
| Electrocardiogram | Electric + Heart + Write (record) |
| Endocarditis | Within + Heart + Inflammation |
| Endocardium | Within + Heart (lining of the heart) |
| Epicardium | Upon + Heart (same as pericardium) |
| Myocardium | Muscle + Heart |
| Pericardium | Outside + Heart (covering of the heart) |
| Tachycardia | Fast + Heart |
| Bronchoconstriction | Windpipe + Tightening |
| Bronchodilation | Windpipe + Widening |
| Bronchoedema | Windpipe + Swelling |
| Bronchoesophagoscopy | Windpipe + Esophagus + Exam |
| Bronchomycosis | Windpipe + Fungus + Condition of |
| Bronchopneumonia | Windpipe + Lung + Condition of |
| Bronchopulmonary | Windpipe + Lung |
| Bronchoscopy | Windpipe + Exam |
| Bronchospasm | Windpipe + Contraction (spasm) |
| Bronchostaxis | Windpipe + Bleeding |
| Bronchotracheal | Windpipe + TracheaPleurocentesis |
| Pleurodynia | Rib Side + Pain |
| Pleurolith | Rib Side + Stone |
| Pleurolysis | Rib Side + Dissolution (destruction) |
| Pneumoangiography | Lung + Vessel + Write (record) |
| Pneumogram | Lung + Writing (record)Pneumohypoderma |
| Pneumonitis | Lung + Inflammation |
| Pneumonopathy | Lung + Disease |
| Pneumonopexy | Lung + Fixation |
| Pneumoradiography | Lung + X-Ray + Write (record) |
| Pneumoscope | Lung + to examine |
| Pneumothorax | Air + Chest |
| Pneumovirus | Air + Virus |
| Pulmonectomy | Lung + Removal |
| Sinopulmonary | Sinuses + Lung |
| Glycosuria | Sugar + Urine |
| Hematuria | Blood + Urine |
| Nephrocystosis | Kidney + Bladder (cysts) + Condition of |
| Nephrogram | Kidney + Write (record)Nephroid |
| Nephrolith | Kidney + Stone |
| Nephrolithiasis | Kidney + Stone + Condition of |
| Nephroma | Kidney + Tumor |
| Nephromegaly | Kidney + Enlargement |
| Nephropathy | Kidney + Disease |
| Nephrosclerosis | Kidney + Hardening + condition of |
| Nephrostomy | Kidney + Opening (surgical opening into the kidneys) |
| Pyelonephritis | Pelvis (hip) + Kidney + Inflammation |
| Urinometer | Urine + Measure |
| Urinoscopy | Urine + Exam |
| Mastalgia | Breast + Pain |
| Mastatrophy | Breast + Wasting Away Mastectomy |
| Mastitis | Breast + Inflammation |
| Mastoid | Breast + Resembles |
| Mastopathy | Breast + Disease |
| Oophorocystectomy | Ovary + Cyst + Removal |
| Oophoroma | Ovary + Tumor |
| Oophorosalpingectomy | Ovary + Fallopian Tube + Removal |
| Oophorrhagia | Ovary + Bleeding |
| Orchiectomy | Testes + Removal |
| Orchioneuralgia | Testes + Nerve + Pain |
| Orchiopathy | Testes + Disease |
| Orchiopexy | Testes + Fixation |
| Orchiotomy | Testes + Incision |
| Neuralgia | Nerves + Pain |
| Neuralgiform | Nerves + Pain + Resemble |
| Neurectomy | Nerves + Excision |
| Neurexeresis | Nerves + Tearing out |
| Neuritis | Nerves + Inflammation |
| Neuroarthropathy | Nerves + Joint + Disease |
| Neurocyte | Nerves + Cell |
| Neuroencephalomyelopathy | Nerves + Brain + Spinal + Disease |
| Neurogastric | Nerves + Stomach |
| Neurogenesis | Nerves + Beginning |
| Neuroid | Nerves + Resemebles |
| Neurolinguistics | Nerves + Tongue + Science |
| Neurology | Nerves + Study of |
| Neurolysis | Nerves + Dissolution (destruction) |
| Neuromalacia | Nerves + Softening |
| Neuromuscular | Nerves + Muscle |
| Neuromyopathy | Nerves + Muscle + Disease |
| Neuroparalysis | Nerves + Loss of Use |
| Neuropathogenesies | Nerves + Disease + Beginning |
| Neuropathology | Nerves + Disease + Study of |
| Neuropathy | Nerves + Disease |
| Neuropharmacology | Nerves + Drugs + Study of |
| Neuropsychiatry | Nerves + Mind + Practice of |
| Neurosarcocleisis | Nerves + Flesh + Closure |
| Neurosis | Nerves + Condition of |
| Neurosurgeon | Nerves + Surgeon |
| Neurotoxic | Nerves + Poison |
| Neurovascular | Nerves + Vessels |