med terminology

ante (prefix)

before, forward, in front of

dys (prefix)

bad, difficult, abnormal

olig (prefix)

small, scant

poly (prefix)

many, much

tachy (prefix)

fast, rapid

angi(o) (root)

vessel

cyan(o) (root)

blue

gastr(o) (root)

stomach

hem, hema, hemo, hemat(o) (root)

blood

my(o) (root)

muscle

pnea (root)

breathing, respirations

athr(o) (root)

joint

derma

skin

gluc(o)

sweetness, glucose

oste(o) (root)

bone

algia (suffix)

pain

emia (suffix)

blood condition

phasia (suffix)

speaking

rrhage, rrhagia (suffix)

excessive flow

RUQ A - right upper quadrant

xiphoid process, liver, transverse colon, ascending colon

LUQ B - left upper quadrant

stomach, small intestine, descending colon

RLQ C - right lower quadrant

umbilicus, bladder

LLQ D - left lower quadrant

Sigmoid colon, pubic symphysis

anterior (ventral)

at or toward the front of the body or body part

Distal

the part farthest from the center or from point of attachment

lateral

away from the midline; at the side of the body from point of attachment

medial

at or near the middle of midline of the body or body part

posterior (dorsal)

at or toward the back of the body or body part

proximal

the part nearest to the center or to the point of origin

hemipheagia

paralysis on one side of the body

asepsis

being free of disease producing microbes

medical asepsis

practices used to remove or destroy pathogens and to prevent their spread from one person or place to another; clean technique

normal flora

microbes that live and grow in certain areas

MDROs

multidrug resistant organisms