Medical Terminology EMT

Anatomical position

Standing straight up, palms faced forward, legs parallel, feet on floor

Medial

Towards the midline

Lateral

Away from the midline

Proximal

Closer towards the body

Distal

Farther from the body

Midshaft

Middle of bone

Posterior (dorsal)

Back of body

Anterior (ventral)

Front of body

Superior

Above

Inferior

Below

-otomy

Incision

-ostomy

Create a hole from the inside of the body to the outside

-oscopy

Visualize

-ectomy

Surgical removal

-plasty

Repair

-pathy

Disease

-itis

Inflammation

-lysis

Damage/ destruction

Melan/o

Dark- bleeding

-edema

Fluid swelling

-oma

Tumor

Onc/o

Cancer

Cardi/o

Heart

Pulim/o

Lungs

Bronch/o

Tubes to the lungs

Encephal/o

Brain

Neru/o

Nervous system

Gastr/o

Stomach

Heme/o

Blood

Vas/o

Blood vessels

Oste/o

Blood

My/o

Muscle

Muscul/o

Muscle

Aden/o

Glands

Lymph/o

Lymphatic system

Dermat/o

Skin

Hyster/o

Uterus

Gynec/o

Female reproductive

Hepat/o

Liver

Nephr/o

Kidneys

Rhin/o

Nose

Ocul/o

Eye

Ot/o

Ear

Gly/o

Sugar

Cyt/o

Cells

A/an

Without, absence, none

Dys

Bad, trouble

Eu

Good, normal

-algia

Pain

Mono-

One

Bi, di, dipole

Two

Tri-

Three

Micro-

Small

Macro-

Large

Poly-

Many

Hyper-

Over, above

Hypo-

Low, below

Brady-

Slow

Tachy-

Fast