EMT Terms

Prefix, Suffix, root, positions/locations

Dys or osis

Abnormal

A-/An

with out

itis

Inflamation

emia

Blood Condition

oma

Tumor

ectomy

Surgical Removal

Apnea

No breathing

Edema

Swelling

Cyanosis

Blue skin (lack of blood)

Hemorrhage

Severe bleeding

Syncope

Fainting

Dyspnea

shortness of breath (SOB)

Diaphoretic

sweating

Supine

on back

Prone

face down

Fowler’s

sitting upright

Recovery

Patient laying on their side

RUQ

liver, gallbladder… location

LUQ

stomach, spleen… location

RLQ

appendix…location

LLQ

colon

Lateral

away from midline

Shock position

supine, legs raised

hemi

half

hem/o

blood

oste/o

bone

derm/o

skin

ology

study of

emia

blood condition

algia

pain

pnea

breathing

plegia

paralysis

Anterior

toward front of body

Posterior

toward back of body

medial

toward midline of body

Sagittal

divides body left and right

Frontal (coronal)

divides body front and back

Transverse

divides body upper and lower

Proximal

close to attachment

Distal

far from attachment

Superficial

close to skin surface

Deep

farther from skin surface