Medical Terminology Chapt. 5
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- CERVICAL
- NECK
- THORACIC
- CHEST
- LUMBAR
- LOIN
- SACRAL
- LOWER BACK
- COCCYX
- TAILBONE
- SUPERFICIAL
- TOWARD THE SURFACE OF THE BODY
- DEEP
- AWAY FROM THE SURFACE OF THE BODY (INTERNAL)
- ABDUCTION
- MOVEMENT AWAY FROM THE MEDIAN PLANE OF THE BODY OR ONE OF ITS PARTS
- ADDUCTION
- MOVEMENT TOWARD THE MEDIAN PLANE OF THE BODY
- MEDIAL
- PERTAINING TO THE MIDLINE OF THE BODY OR STRUCTURE
- LATERAL
- PERTAINING TO A SIDE
-
SUPERIOR
(CEPHALAD) - TOWARD THE HEAD OR UPPER PORTION OF A STRUCTURE
-
INFERIOR
(CAUDAL) - AWAY FROM THE HEAD, OR TOWARD THE TAIL OR LOWER PART OF STRUCTURE
- PROXIMAL
- NEAR THE ATTACHMENT OF AN EXTREMITY TO THE TRUNK OR A STRUCTURE
- DISTAL
- FARTHER FROM THE ATTACHMENT OF AN EXTREMITY TO THE TRUNK OR A STRUCTURE
-
ANTERIOR
(VENTRAL) - NEAR THE FRONT OF THE BODY
-
POSTERIOR
(DORSAL) - NEAR THE BACK OF THE BODY
- PARIETAL
- PERTAINING TO THE OUTER WALL OF THE BODY CAVITY
- VISCERAL
- PERTAINING TO AN ORGAN
- PRONE
- LYING HORIZONTAL WITH THE FACE DOWNWARD, OR DENOTING THE HAND WITH PALMS TURNED DOWNWARD
- SUPINE
- LYING ON THE BACK WITH THE FACE UPWARD, OR DENOTING THE POSITION OF THE HAND OR FOOT WITH THE PALM OR FOOT FACING UPWARD
- INVERSION
- TURING INWARD OR INSIDE OUT
- EVERSION
- TURNING OUTWARD
- PALMAR
- PERTAINING TO THE PALM OF THE HAND
- PLANTAR
- PERTAINING TO THE SOLE OF THE FOOT
- CYT/0
- CELL
- HISTO/O
- TISSUE
- NUCLE/O
- NUCLEUS
- ANTER/O
- ANTERIOR,FRONT
- CAUD/O
- TAIL
- DIST/O
- FAR, FARTHEST
- DORS/O
- BACK (OF BODY)
- INFER/O
- LOWER, BELOW
- MEDI/O
- MIDDLE
- POSTER/O
-
BACK (OF BODY),
BEHIND, POSTERIOR - PROXIM/O
- NEAR, NEAREST
- VENTR/O
- BELLY, BELLY-SIDE
- ABDOMIN/O
- ABDOMEN
- ACR/O
- EXTREMITY
- INGUIN/O
- GROIN
- LUMB/O
- LOIN
- OMPHAL/O
- NAVEL (UMBILICUS)
-
PELV/I
PELV/O - PELVIS
-
ALBIN/O
LEUC/O
LEUK/O - WHITE
- ANTHRAC/O
- BLACK,COAL
- CHLOR/O
- GREEN
-
CIRRH/O
JAUD/O
XANTH/O - YELLOW
- CYAN/O
- BLUE
-
ERRYTHEM/O
ERYTHRO/O
RUBE/O - RED
- MELAN/O
- BLACK
- POLI/O
- GRAY
- FASCI/O
- BAND
- HOME/O
- SAME, ALIKE
- IDI/O
- UNKNOWN, PECULIAR
- PATH/O
- DISEASE
- RADI/O
- RADIATION, X-RAY
- SOMAT/O
- BODY
- VISCER/O
- INTERNAL ORGANS, VISCERA
- XEN/O
- FOREIGN, STRANGE
- XER/O
- DRY
- GENESIS
- FORMING, PRODUCING, ORIGIN
- GNOSIS
- KNOWING
- GRAM
- RECORD, A WRITING
- GRAPH
- INSTRUMENT FOR RECORDING
- GRAPHY
- PROCESS OR RECORDING
- PATHY
- DISEASE
- AB-
- FROM, AWAY FROM
- AD-
- TOWARD
- ALLO-
- OTHER, DIFFERING FROM THE USUAL
- INFRA-
- BELOW, UNDER
- PERI-
- AROUND
- SUPER-
- UPPER, ABOVE
- TRANS-
- ACROSS, THROUGH
- ULTRA-
- EXCESS, BEYOND
- ABLATION
- REMOVAL OF A PART, PATHWAY, OR FUNCTION BY SURGERY, CHEMICAL DESTRUCTION, ELECTROCAUTERY, OR RADIOFREQUENCY (RF)
- DEHISCENCE
- THE BURSTING OPEN OF A WOUND, ESPECIALLY A SURGICAL ABDOMINAL WOUND
- POLYP
- A TUMOR WITH A PEDICLE, COMMONLY FOUND IN VASCULAR ORGANS SUCH AS THE NOSE, UTERUS, AND RECTUM
- SEPSIS
- PATHOLOGICAL STATE, USUALLY FEBRILE, RESULTING FROM THE PRESENCE OF MICROORGANISMS
- SUPPURATIVE
- PRODUCING OR ASSOCIATED WITH GENERATION OF PUS
- ANASTOMOSIS
- THE JOINING TOGETHER OF TWO DUCTS OR BLOOD VESSELS TO ALLOW FLOW FROM ONE TO THE OTHER, BYPASS
- BIOPSY
- THE OBTAINING OF A REPRESENTATIVE TISSUE SAMPLE FOR MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION, USUALLY TO ESTABLISH A DIAGNOSIS
- CAUTERIZE
- TO DESTROY TISSUE BY ELECTRICITY, FREEZING, HEAT, OR CORROSIVE CHEMICALS
- CURETTAGE
- SCRAPING OF A BODY CAVITY WITH A SPOON-SHAPED INSTRUMENT CALLED A CURETTE (CURET)
- INCISION AND DRAINAGE (I&D)
- A INCISION MADE TO ALLOW THE FREE FLOW OR WITHDRAWAL OF FLUIDS FROM A WOUND OR CAVITY
- LIGATION
- THE PROCESS OF BINDING OR TYING USING A BAND, BANDAGE, THREAD, OR WIRE
- DX
- DIAGNOSIS
- GI
- GASTROINTESTINAL
- GU
- GENITOURINARY
- I&D
- INCISION AND DRAINAGE
- ROM
- RANGE OF MOTION