Medical Terminology and Abbreviations
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| before, forward, in front of | ante
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| bad, difficult, abnormal | dys
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| small, scant | olig
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| many, much | poly
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| fast, rapid | tachy
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| vessel | angio
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| joint | athro
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| blue | cyano
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| skin | derma
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| stomach | gastro
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| water | hydro
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| muscle | myo
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| bone | osteo
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| breathing, respiration | pnea
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| mouth | stomato
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| poison, poisonous | toxico
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| blood vessel, vas deferens | vaso
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| pain | algia
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| blood condition | emia
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| to eat or consume, swallowing | phagia
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| speaking | phasia
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| paralysis | plegia
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| excessive flow | rrhage
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| creation of an opening | stomy
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| right upper quadrant | RUQ
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| left upper quadrant | LUQ
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| right lower quadrant | RLQ
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| left lower quadrant | LLQ
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| at or towards the from of the body or body part | anterior
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| the part farthest from the center or from the point of attachment | distal
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| away from the mid-line; at the side of the body or body part | lateral
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| at or near the middle or mid-line of the body or body part | medial
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| at or toward the back of the body or body part | posterior
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| the part nearest to the center or to the point of origin | proximal
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| activities of daily living | ADL
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