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General Body Terminology
Question | Answer |
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ABDOMIN;LAPAR;CEIL /O | ABDOMEN |
ADIP;LIP /O | FAT; FATTY |
ANTER/O | FRONT |
CHONDR/O | CARTILAGE |
CRANI/O | SKULL |
CYT/O | CELL |
DORS/O | BACK |
GASTR/O | STOMACH |
HIST/O | TISSUE |
INGUIN/O | GROIN |
LATER/O | SIDE; AWAY FROM MIDLINE |
LUMB/O | LUMBAR BACK/ LOWER BACK |
MEDI/O | MIDDLE |
NUCLE/O | NUCLEUS |
PELV/I | PELVIS |
POSTER/O | BACK |
PROXIM/O | NEAR |
SPIN/O | SPINE |
THORAC/O THORAX | CHEST |
UMBILIC/O | NAVEL |
VENTR/O | FRONT SIDE |
VISCER/O | INTERNAL ORGANS |
EPI- | ON; UPON; OVER |
HYPO- | BENEATH |
INTRA- | WITHIN |
PARA- | AROUND; BESIDE |
PER- | THROUGH |
SUB- | UNDER; BELOW |
-ECTOMY | EXCISION; SURGICAL REMOVAL |
-IA;-IASIS;-OSIS | ABNORMAL CONDITION OF |
-ITIS | INFLAMMATION |
-MALACIA | SOFTENING |
-(O)LOGY | STUDY OF |
-(O)LOGIST | SPECIALIST |
-OMA | TUMOR |
-PLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR |
(R)RHEA | FLOW;EXCESSIVE DISCHARGE |
-TOME | CUTTING INSTRUMENT |
CUT/O;CUTANE/O | SKIN |
DERM/O;DERMAT/O | SKIN |
HIDR/O | SWEAT |
KERAT/O | HORNY TISSUE;HARD |
MELAN/O | BLACK |
MYC/O | FUNGUS |
ONYCH/O;UNGU/O | NAIL |
PACHY/O | THICK |
PIL/O | HAIR |
RHYTID/O | WRINKLES |
SEB/O | SEBUM |
SQUAM/O | SCALE |
SUD/O;SUDOR/O | SWEAT |
TRICH/O | HAIR |
XER/O | DRY |
JAUNDICE | YELL0W DISCOLORATION OF THE SKIN |
KAPOSI'S SARCOMA SARC/O = FLESH -OMA = TUMOR | A CANCEROUS GROWTH THAT BEGINS SOFT, PURPLE-BROWN PAPULES ON THE FEET & GRADUALLY SPREADS IN THE SKIN |
KELOID | ABNORMALLY LARGE,RAISED/THICKENING SCAR |
LACERATION | A CUT |
LESION | ANY DAMAGE TO TISSUE CAUSED BY TRAUMA OR DISEASE |
MACULE | SMALL,FLAT DISCOLORATION OF SKIN LESS THAN 1CM IN DIAMETER |
MALIGNANT MELANOMA | CANCEROUS SKIN TUMOR ORIGINATING FROMT HE MELANOCYTES OF A MOLE,FRECKLES OR PIGMENTED SKIN; SKIN CANCER |
NEVUS (PL.NEVI) | PIGMENTED AREA AT BIRTH;MOLE,BIRTHMARK |
PALLOR | PALENESS |
PAPULE | SMALL,SOLID,RAISED LESION THAT IS LESS THAN 0.5CM IN DIAMETER;PIMPLE |
PEDICULOSIS | LICE INFESTATION ASSOCIATED WITH SKIN AND HAIR |
PETECHIA | PINPOINT BLEEDING IN THE SKIN |
PRESSURE ULCER | OPEN LESION OF THE SKIN CHARACTERIZED BY A BREAKDOWN OF SKIN & UNDERLYING TISSUES AS A RESULT OF CONSTANT PRESSURE TO BONY PROMINENCES UNDER THE SKIN & AN INADEQUATE BLOOD SUPPLY TO THE AREA; ALSO KNOWN AS DECUBITUS ULCER |
PSORIASIS | CHRONIC SKIN CONDITION CHARACTERIZED BY DRY, SILVERY SCALES COVERING RED LESIONS |
PRURITUS | SEVERE ITCHING |
PUSTULE | CIRCUMSCRIBED ELEVATION OF SKIN FILLED WITH PUS |
bx; Bx | BIOPSY |
DECUB | DECUBITUS ULCER |
subQ;SC | subcutaneous |