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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ology | study of part of the body |
| ologist | person working with specific part of the body |
| iatry | medical treatment |
| iatrist | person providing specific medical treatment |
| col | colon |
| cervic/o | neck |
| derm | skin |
| oste | bone |
| myo | muscle |
| neuro | nerve |
| cardio | heart |
| vas/vasc | vein |
| lumbo | loin, rt and lft region of abdomen |
| arthr/o | joint |
| cyst | bladder or sac |
| duoden | top part of smll intestine right after stomach |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| lith/o | stone |
| oophor | ovary |
| chloro | green |
| leuk | white |
| eryth | red |
| cyan | blue |
| cbc | complete blood count |
| uti | urinar tract infection |
| bid | twice daily |
| a/an | w/out, not |
| -oma | tumor |
| -penia | deficiency, lack of |
| -scope | examine |
| -plasty | surgical reconstruction |
| cyte | cell |
| aden/o | gland |
| scapul | shoulder |
| brachi/o | arm |
| carp/o | wrist |
| cost/o | rib |
| dorsa | back |
| oste | bone |
| pod/o or ped/o | foot |
| thorac/o | chest |
| pneumo or pleuro | lung |
| mast, mamm/o | breast |
| thromb/o | blood clot |
| nepro | kidney |
| pharyng | throat |
| cib | food |
| dob | date of birth |
| dx | diagnosis |
| ENT | ear, nose, throat |
| F | fahrenheit |
| H &P | history and physical |
| lac | laceration |
| n/c | no complaint |
| medial | nearer to imaginary midline of the body |
| superior | above, higher position |
| inferior | below, lower |
| anterior | front |
| ventral | front |
| cranial | toward head |
| caudal | toward the sacral region of the spinal colum |
| parietal | pertaining to the wall of a space or cavity |
| viseral | organs in the ventral cavities esp. abdominal organs |
| superficial | above, toward top of surface |
| posterior | towards the back |
| dorsal | towards the back |
| lateral | toward the side , away from the midline |
| proximal | closer to the origin of |
| distal | farther from the origin |
| deep | toward theinterior of the body |
| enceph | brain |
| rhino | nose |
| tympan or myringo | eardrum |
| odont or dento | tooth |
| crani | skull |
| ophthalm/o or oculo | eye |
| cephal/o | head |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| infra | beneath, below |
| intra | within |
| para | along side, near |
| retro | backward, behind |
| sub | under |
| supra | above, upon |
| orchi | testis |
| oto | ear |
| phobia | fear |
| proct/o | anus, rectum |
| salping/o | tube |
| dia | across, through |
| epi | upon, outside of |
| celi/o | abdomen |
| chole | bile, gall |
| colp/o | vaginia |
| crani/o | skull |
| acr/o | end, extremity |
| algia | pain |
| al | pertaining to |
| ist | one who specializes in a field |
| juxta | next to |
| abdomin/o | belly or abdominal |
| abd | abdomen |
| AE | above elbow |
| ant | anterior |
| BK | below knee |
| BP | blood pressure |
| C | centigrade,celsius |
| c,cm | centimeter |
| dys | difficult or painful |
| mal | bad |
| emia | blood condition |
| itis | inflammation |
| osis | conditon, disease |
| pathy | disease |
| lapar | abdomen wall |
| oto | ear |
| lingu | tongue |
| hepat/o | liver |
| cholecyst | gall bladder |
| colo | large intestine,colon |
| abdomino | abdomen |
| esoph/a | esophagus |
| hem/o | blood |
| angi/o | blood vessel |
| ven/o , phleb/o | veins |
| aort | aorta |
| cardi | heart |
| arteri/o | arteries |
| jejun/o | jejuneum, middle part of small intestine |
| gastro | stomach or intestines |
| itis | inflamation |
| brady | slow |
| tachy | fast |
| scopy | use of an instrument for viewing |
| stomy | create an opening, surgical opening |
| ostomy | opening of |
| echo | using ultrasonic waves |
| electro | using electricity |
| ectomy | removal of |
| gram | a picture, recording |
| graph/y | process of making a picture |
| otomy | making a cut in, incision |
| doch | duct |
| peri | around |
| trans | across |
| endo | within, inside |
| inter | between |
| eal or ac | pertaining to |
| lumbar | small of back or lower back |
| macro | large |
| micro | small |
| megalo or megaly | enlargement, large |
| hyper | above normal |
| hypo | below normal |
| tension | stretch |
| periton/o | peritoneum, serous membrane, lining of abdominal wall |
| lleo | ileum, lower part of small intestine |
| abduction | away from the midline |
| adduction | toward the midline |
| pyro | fever |
| hemato | blood |
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