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Medical terms
Term | Definition |
---|---|
a- | not |
bi- | two |
ad- | toward |
ante- | before |
anti- | against |
brady- | slow |
circum- | around |
con- | with, together |
contra- | against |
begin- | safe |
de- | down, away from |
dys- | bad |
e- | out |
ecto- | outside |
en- | in, inside |
ex- | out |
Chief Complaint (CC) | the main reason for the patient's visit |
History of Present Illness (HPI) | The story of the patient's problem |
Past Surgical History (PSH) | any of the patient's past surgeries |
SOAP method | subjective, objective, assessment, plan |
acute | it just started recently or is a sharp, severe symptom |
chronic | it has been going on for a while now |
exacerbation | it is getting worse |
abrupt | all of a sudden |
febrile | febrile |
afebrile | to not have a fever |
malaise | not feeling well |
progressive | more and more each day |
symptom | something a patient's feeling |
noncontributory | not related to this specific problem |
genetic/hereditary | it runs in the family |
scopy | procedure to look |
hidr/o | sweat |
squam/o | scale |
ichthy/o | scaly |
kerat/o | hard, horny |
pachy/o | thick |
xer/o | dry |
rhytid/o | wrinkle |
xanth/o | yellow |
erythr/o | red |
leuk/o, alb/o | white |
melan/o | black |
rasion | scrape, rub |
albin | white |
ism | condition |
an | no |
physis | growth |
oste/o | bone |
crani/o | head, skull |
cervic/o | neck |
spondyl/o | vertebra |
lumb/o | lower back |
brachi/o | arm |
dactyl/o | finger |
carp/o | wrist |
cost/o | rib |
femor/o | femur (thigh bone) |
tars/o | ankle |
tibi/o | tibia |
ton/o | tone, tension |