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Term | Definition |
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-ium | tissue, structure |
-icle | small |
-ous | pertaining to |
-ac | pertaining to |
-ia | condition |
-eal | pertaining to |
subjective | a description of the problem in the patient's own words |
objective | physical exam, labs, imaging data collected at visit |
assessment | cause of the problem, logical analysis, differential diagnosis |
plan | course of action, treatment with medicine or a procedure, can also include collecting further data |
rhytid/o | wrinkle |
onych/o or ungu/o | nail |
cutaneo/o, derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
squam/o | scale |
pilo/tricho | hair |
sweat or wet | hidr/o |
sebace/o, seb/o | oil |
kerat/o | hard, horny |
crypt/o | hidden |
adip/o, lip/o, steat/o | fat |
xer/o | dry |
leuk/o, alb/o | white |
erythr/o | redness |
xanth/o | yellow |
melan/o | black |
algia, dynia | pain |
alopecia | hair loss |
ism | condition |
macerate | soften |
osis | codition |
localized | specific area |
generalized | all over |
centrifugal | starts in center and moves outward |
centripetal | from outside inward |
pachy/o | thick |
pathy | disease |
macule, macula | freckle |
ichthy | scaly |
oma | tumor |
ankyl/o | stiff and bent |
fasci/o | fibrous connective tissue that binds muscles together |
epiphyseal | growth plate |
epiphysis | end of bone |
diaphysis | middle of bone |
metaphysis | bone neck |
axial | center |
appendicular | arms and legs |
oste/o | bone |
crani/o | skull |
cervic/o | neck |
spondyl/o | vertebrae |
lumb/o | lower |
brachi/o | arms |
dactyl | fingers |
carp | wrist |
cost | ribs |
chondro | cartilage |
arthr | joint |
kinesi | movement |
ton | preasure |
tax | order coordinate |
ankyl | stiff bent |