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Terminology
Question | Answer |
---|---|
acromi/o | acromion |
a little swelling | |
A/CPx | annual complete physical |
A/S | aortic stenosis |
Abnormal condition | -osis |
Above/upon | epi- |
ACL | Anterior Cruciate Ligament |
Act of measuring | -metry |
-ad | toward |
AE | Above elbow |
AHE | Annual health examination |
-al | pertaining to |
AE | Above knee |
-Algia | Pain |
Ankyl/o | stiffness,bent,crooked |
Arthr/o | Joint |
-asthenia | weakness/dibility |
-ate | having the form of |
ax/o | axis, axon |
bad;painful;difficult | cine- |
band;fascia | fasci/o |
between | inter- |
binding,fixation | -desis |
BKA | Below knee amputation |
-blast | embryonic cell |
bone marrow | myel/o |
brachi/o | arm |
brachy- | short |
C1 | First cervical vertebrae |
C2 | Second cervical vertebrae |
calane/o | heel bone |
carp/o | wrist bones |
cartilage | chondr/o |
CDH | congential dislocation of the hip |
cell | -cyte |
cephal/o | head |
cervic/o | neck |
change;beyond | meta- |
chest | thorac/o |
chonr/o | cartilage |
cine- | bad;painful |
clavicle | clavicu/o |
CO | coccygeal nerves |
coccyg/o | coccyx |
coccyx | coccyg/o` |
Condition | -ism |
Condyl/o | condyle |
cost/o | Ribs |
Crani/o | Skull |
Cross | cruci/o |
Cruci/o | cross |
CT | Computed Tomography |
CTS | Carpul Tunnel Syndrome |
Curve/sway back | Lord/o |
D.P.M | Doctor of podiatric medicine |
Dactyl/o | Finger,Toes |
-Desis | Binding,Fixation |
DEXA | Dual Engery Xray Absorption |
DJD | Degenerative Joint Disease |
DO | Doctor of osteopathy |
-dynia | pain |
-eal | pertaining to |
ECG | Electro cardiogram |
ECRB | Extensor Carpi Radialis Brevis |
-ectomy | excision,removal |
embryonic cell | blast/o |
EMG | Electromyography |
Enlargement | Megal/o |
epi- | above,beyond |
F/S | frozen section |
face | faci/o |
Fingers/toes | dactyl/o |
Flesh/connective tissue | sarc/o |
Foot | pod/o |
-graph | instrument of recording |
having the form of, possessing | -ate |
HD | Hemodialysis |
HNP | Herniated Nucleus Pulposis |
HP | Hemipelvectomy |
Humer/o | upper arm (hummerus) |
Humpback | Kyphosis |
-iatry | condition |
-ic | treatment, medicine |
ili/o | ilium(hipbone) |
IM | Intra muscular |
Incision | -tomy |
inflammation | -itis |
IS | Intra costal space |
-ist | specialist |
KD | Knee disarticulation |
Kyph/o | Kyphosis |
L1 | First lumbar vertebrae |
L2 | Second lumbar vertebrae |
lei/o | smooth |
leiomy/o | smooth muscle |
LS | lumbo sacral spine |
-malacia | softening |