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General Body Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ABDOMIN;LAPAR;CEIL /O | ABDOMEN |
| ADIP;LIP /O | FAT; FATTY |
| ANTER/O | FRONT |
| CHONDR/O | CARTILAGE |
| CRANI/O | SKULL |
| CYT/O | CELL |
| DORS/O | BACK |
| GASTR/O | STOMACH |
| HIST/O | TISSUE |
| INGUIN/O | GROIN |
| LATER/O | SIDE; AWAY FROM MIDLINE |
| LUMB/O | LUMBAR BACK/ LOWER BACK |
| MEDI/O | MIDDLE |
| NUCLE/O | NUCLEUS |
| PELV/I | PELVIS |
| POSTER/O | BACK |
| PROXIM/O | NEAR |
| SPIN/O | SPINE |
| THORAC/O THORAX | CHEST |
| UMBILIC/O | NAVEL |
| VENTR/O | FRONT SIDE |
| VISCER/O | INTERNAL ORGANS |
| EPI- | ON; UPON; OVER |
| HYPO- | BENEATH |
| INTRA- | WITHIN |
| PARA- | AROUND; BESIDE |
| PER- | THROUGH |
| SUB- | UNDER; BELOW |
| -ECTOMY | EXCISION; SURGICAL REMOVAL |
| -IA;-IASIS;-OSIS | ABNORMAL CONDITION OF |
| -ITIS | INFLAMMATION |
| -MALACIA | SOFTENING |
| -(O)LOGY | STUDY OF |
| -(O)LOGIST | SPECIALIST |
| -OMA | TUMOR |
| -PLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR |
| (R)RHEA | FLOW;EXCESSIVE DISCHARGE |
| -TOME | CUTTING INSTRUMENT |
| CUT/O;CUTANE/O | SKIN |
| DERM/O;DERMAT/O | SKIN |
| HIDR/O | SWEAT |
| KERAT/O | HORNY TISSUE;HARD |
| MELAN/O | BLACK |
| MYC/O | FUNGUS |
| ONYCH/O;UNGU/O | NAIL |
| PACHY/O | THICK |
| PIL/O | HAIR |
| RHYTID/O | WRINKLES |
| SEB/O | SEBUM |
| SQUAM/O | SCALE |
| SUD/O;SUDOR/O | SWEAT |
| TRICH/O | HAIR |
| XER/O | DRY |
| JAUNDICE | YELL0W DISCOLORATION OF THE SKIN |
| KAPOSI'S SARCOMA SARC/O = FLESH -OMA = TUMOR | A CANCEROUS GROWTH THAT BEGINS SOFT, PURPLE-BROWN PAPULES ON THE FEET & GRADUALLY SPREADS IN THE SKIN |
| KELOID | ABNORMALLY LARGE,RAISED/THICKENING SCAR |
| LACERATION | A CUT |
| LESION | ANY DAMAGE TO TISSUE CAUSED BY TRAUMA OR DISEASE |
| MACULE | SMALL,FLAT DISCOLORATION OF SKIN LESS THAN 1CM IN DIAMETER |
| MALIGNANT MELANOMA | CANCEROUS SKIN TUMOR ORIGINATING FROMT HE MELANOCYTES OF A MOLE,FRECKLES OR PIGMENTED SKIN; SKIN CANCER |
| NEVUS (PL.NEVI) | PIGMENTED AREA AT BIRTH;MOLE,BIRTHMARK |
| PALLOR | PALENESS |
| PAPULE | SMALL,SOLID,RAISED LESION THAT IS LESS THAN 0.5CM IN DIAMETER;PIMPLE |
| PEDICULOSIS | LICE INFESTATION ASSOCIATED WITH SKIN AND HAIR |
| PETECHIA | PINPOINT BLEEDING IN THE SKIN |
| PRESSURE ULCER | OPEN LESION OF THE SKIN CHARACTERIZED BY A BREAKDOWN OF SKIN & UNDERLYING TISSUES AS A RESULT OF CONSTANT PRESSURE TO BONY PROMINENCES UNDER THE SKIN & AN INADEQUATE BLOOD SUPPLY TO THE AREA; ALSO KNOWN AS DECUBITUS ULCER |
| PSORIASIS | CHRONIC SKIN CONDITION CHARACTERIZED BY DRY, SILVERY SCALES COVERING RED LESIONS |
| PRURITUS | SEVERE ITCHING |
| PUSTULE | CIRCUMSCRIBED ELEVATION OF SKIN FILLED WITH PUS |
| bx; Bx | BIOPSY |
| DECUB | DECUBITUS ULCER |
| subQ;SC | subcutaneous |
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