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 |