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Terminology
Ch. 2-4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cancerous | pertaining to cancer |
| carcinogen | substance that causes cancer |
| carcinogenic | producing cancer |
| cyanosis | abnormal condition of blue (bluish discoloration of the skin caused by inadequate supply of oxygen in the blood) |
| diagnosis | state of complete knowledge (identifying a disease) |
| etiology | study of causes (of disease) |
| iatrogenic | produced by a physician (the unexpected results from a treatment prescribed by a physician) |
| iatrology | study of medicine |
| metastasis (mets) (pl. metastases) | beyond control (spread of disease from one organ to another, as in the transfer of malignant tumors) |
| neopathy | new disease |
| oncogenic | causing tumors |
| oncologist | study of tumors (a branch of medicine concerned with the study of malignant tumors) |
| organic | pertaining to an organ |
| organoid | resembling an organ |
| pathogenic | producing disease |
| pathologist | a physician who studies disease (examines biopsies and performs autopsies to determine the cause of disease/death) |
| pathology | study of disease (a branch of medicine dealing with the study of the causes of disease/death) |
| prognosis | state of before knowledge (prediction of the outcome of disease) |
| xanthochromic | pertaining to yellow color |
| xanthosis | abnormal condition of yellow (discoloration) |
| CA | carcinoma |
| chemo | chemotherapy |
| Dx | diagnosis |
| mets | metastasis |
| Px | prognosis |
| RBC | red blood cell |
| XRT | radiation therapy |
| WBC | white blood cell |
| CXR | chest x-ray |
| PCXR | portable chest x-ray |
| anter/o | front (CF) |
| caud/o | tail (downward) (CF) |
| cephal/o | head (upward) (CF) |
| dist/o | away (from the point of attachment to the body) (CF) |
| dors/o | back (CF) |
| infer/o | below (CF) |
| later/o | side (CF) |
| medi/o | middle (CF) |
| poster/o | back, behind (CF) |
| proxim/o | near (to the point of attachment of a body part) (CF) |
| super/o | above (CF) |
| ventr/o | belly (CF) |
| bi- | two (prefix) |
| uni- | one (prefix) |
| -ad | toward (suffix) |
| -ior | pertaining to (suffix) |
| caudad | toward the tail (downward) |
| cephalad | toward the head (upward) |
| lateral (lat) | pertaining to a side |
| medial (med) | pertaining to the middle |
| unilateral | pertaining to one side (only) |
| bilateral | pertaining to two sides |
| mediolateral | pertaining to the middle and to the side |
| distal | pertaining to away (from the point of attachment of a body part) |
| proximal | pertaining to near (to the point of attachment of a body part) |
| inferior (inf) | pertaining to below |
| superior (sup) | pertaining to above |
| caudal | pertaining to the tail (similar to inferior in most instances related to human anatomy) |
| cephalic | pertaining to the head |
| anterior (ant) | pertaining to the front |
| posterior | pertaining to the back |
| dorsal | pertaining to the back |
| ventral | pertaining to the belly (front) |
| anteroposterior (AP) | pertaining to the front and to the back |
| posteroanterior (PA) | pertaining to the back and to the front |
| frontal (coronal) | Vertical field passing through the body from side to side, dividing the body into [anterior and posterior] portions |
| midsagittal | vertical field running through the body from front to back at the midline, dividing the body equally into [right and left] halves |
| parasagittal | vertical field running through the body from front to back at the midline, dividing the body into [unequal right and left] halves |
| sagittal | vertical field running through the body from front to back, dividing the body into right and left sides (any plane parallel to the midsagittal plane) |
| transverse | horizontal field dividing the body into superior and inferior portions |
| umbilical region | around the navel |
| lumbar regions | to the right and left of the umbilical region, near the waist |
| epigastric region | superior to the umbilical region, generally above the stomach |
| hypochondriac regions | to the right and left of the epigastric region |
| hypogastric region | inferior to the umbilical region |
| iliac regions | to the right and left of the hypogastric region, near the groin |
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