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Medical Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ANTERIOR | IN FRONT |
| DISTAL | FARTHEST FROM CENTER |
| DORSAL | TO THE BACK |
| INFERIOR | BELOW |
| LATERAL | TO THE SIDE |
| MEDIAL | TO THE CENTER |
| PALMAR | PALM OF HAND |
| PLANTAR | SOLE OF FOOT |
| POSTERIOR | IN BACK |
| PRONE | FACE DOWN |
| PROXIMAL | NEAREST TO CENTER |
| SUPERIOR | ABOVE |
| SUPINE | FACE UPWARD |
| VOLAR | SOLE OF FOOT OR PALM OF HAND |
| ABDOMINAL | STOMACH OR INTESTINES |
| CARPAL | WRIST |
| CERVICAL | VERTABRAE IN NECK (7) |
| COSTAL | RIBS |
| CRANIAL | SKULL |
| FEMORAL | THIGH |
| FRONTAL | FOREHEAD |
| LUMBAR | VERTABRAE IN LOWER BACK (5) |
| PELVIC | PELVIC GIRDLE |
| RENAL | KIDNEY |
| SACRAL | VERTABRAE IN LOWEST BACK (4) |
| STERNAL | STERNAM OR BREAST BONE |
| THORACIC | VERTABRAE IN UPPER BACK (12) |
| ANGIO | BLOOD VESSEL |
| ARTHRO | JOINT |
| CARDIO | HEART |
| CEREBR | CEREBRUM (BRAIN) |
| CHOLE | GALL OR BILE |
| CHONDR | CARTILAGE |
| COST | RIB |
| CRANEO | SKULL |
| DERMA | SKIN |
| DYS | ABNORMAL |
| ECT | OUTSIDE |
| ENCEPH | BRAIN |
| END | WITHIN |
| ENTER | INTERSTINE |
| GENIS | GIVE RISE TO |
| GLYCO | SUGAR |
| HEMI | HALF |
| HEPAT | LIVER |
| HYPER | IN EXCESS |
| HYPO | LESS THAN |
| HYSTER | UNTERUS |
| LEUKO | WHITE |
| LIPO | FAT |
| MEGA | LARGE |
| MYEL | BONE MARROW OR SPINAL CHORD |
| MYO | MUSCLE |
| NEPHRO | KIDNEY |
| OSTEO | BONE |
| PARA | BEYOND, OUTSIDE, NEAR, ALONGSIDE |
| PNEUMO | AIR |
| PRE | BEFORE |
| PROCT | RECTUM/ANUS |
| PYO | PUS |
| SPONDYL | VERTEBRAE |
| SUB | UNDER |
| SUPER | ABOVE, EXCESSIVE |
| TRANS | ACROSS |
| TRI | THREE |
| ALGIA | PAIN |
| CENTESIS | USE NEEDLE TO DRAW FLUID |
| CYTE | CELLS |
| DYNIA | PAIN |
| ECTOMY | REMOVAL |
| EMESIS | VOMITING |
| EMIA | CONDITION OF THE BLOOD |
| ESTEHESIA | MENTAL AWARENESS |
| GRAM | UNIT OF MASS |
| GRAPHY | WRITING |
| IASIS | MEDICAL CONDITION |
| ITIS | INFLAMMATION |
| MEGALY | STATE OF LARGENESS |
| OLOGY | STUDY OF |
| OMA | TUMOR OR SWELLING |
| OSIS | DISEASE PROCESS OR CONDITION |
| OSTOMY | CREATION OF AN ARTIFICAL OPENING IN AN ORGAN |
| PATHY | DISEASE OF |
| PENIA | LACK OF |
| PLEGIA | PARALYSIS |
| SCLEROSIS | HARDENTING |
| SCOPY | VIEWING/OBSERVATION |
| STENOSIS | ABNORMAL NARROWING |
| CARDIOLOGIST | HEART DR |
| DERMATOLOGIST | SKIN DR |
| ENDOCRINOLOGIST | ENOCRINE DR (HORMONES, CELLS) |
| GASTROENTEROLOGIST | DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DR |
| HEMATOLOGIST | BLOOD DR |
| INTERNIST | ADULT DR |
| NEPHROLOGISTS | KIDNEY DR |
| NEUROLOGIST | NERVOUS SYSTEM DR |
| OPTOMETRIST | EYE DR |
| ORTHOPEDIC | BONE DR |
| PHYSIATRIST | REHABILITATION SPECIALIST DR |
| PULMONOLOGIST | RESPITORY DR |
| RHEUMATOLOGIST | ARTHRITIS DR |
| VASCULAR SURGEON | DR (SURGEON) OF THE VASCULAR SYSTEM...VIENS AND ARTERIES |
| ADL's | ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING |
| B.I.D. | TWICE DAILY |
| B.P. | BLOOD PRESSURE |
| C-1, C-2, C-3, ETC | CERVICAL VERTEBRAE BY # (7) |
| CBC | COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT |
| C.N.S. | CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM |
| CVA | CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT (STROKE) |
| DX | DIAGNOSIS |
| F.W.B. | FULL WEIGHT BEARING |
| FX | FRACTURE |
| H & P | HISTOY AND PHYSICAL (DR'S REPORT) |
| HX | HISTORY |
| L-1, L-2 | LUMBAR VEREBRAE BY # (5) |
| N.W.B | NON-WEIGHT BEARING |
| OA | OSTEOARTHRITIS |
| P.O. | BY MOUTH |
| P.R.N. | AS NEEDED |
| P.W.B. | PARTIAL WEIGHT BEARING |
| Q.I.D | FOUR TIMES A DAY |
| R/0 | RULE OUT |
| RX | PRESCRIPTION |
| S-1,S-2, ETC | SACRAL VEREBRAE BY # (4) |
| SCI | SPINAL CHORD INJURY |
| S.O.A.P. | (NOTES) SUBJECTIVE, OBJECTIVE (CLINICAL FINDINGS), ASSESSMENT & PLAN |
| T-1, T-2, ETC | THORACIC VEREBRAE BY # (12) |
| TBI | TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY |
| T.D.W.B. | TOUCH DOWN WEIGHT BEARING (TOE TO BALANCE, MOVE WITH GOOD LIMB) |
| T.I.D. | THREE TIMES A DAY |
| TX | TREATMENT |
| W.B.C. | WHITE BLOOD COUNT |