med term, hst

angi/o

vessel

arthr/o

joint

brachi/o

arm

carcin/o

cancer

cardi/o

heart

crani/o

skull

derm/o; dermat/o

skin

enter/o

intestine

gastr/o

stomach

gynec/o

woman

hem/o; hemat/o

blood

hepat/o

liver

lip/o

fat

my/o

muscle

nephr/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

ophthalm/o

eye

path/o

disease

pulmon/o

lung

rhin/o

nose

thorac/o

chest

A-/ An-

without/ lack of/ absent

Brady-

slow

Dys-

painful; difficult

Epi-

upper; above

Hyper-

over; above; increased

Hypo-

under; beneath; decreased

Intra-

within; into

Peri-

surrounding

Sub-

under; below

Tachy-

rapid

-algia

pain

-ectomy

removal; excision

-gram

record

-ic/-al/-ia

pertaining to

-ism

process/condition

-itis

inflammation

-logy

study of

-megaly

enlargement

-oma

tumor

-osis

condition/usually abnormal

-pathy

disease

-pnea

breathing

-plasty

operative revision

-scope

instrument to examine

-tomy

process of cutting

AP

anterior-posterior

BID

twice a day

BP

blood pressure

BS

blood sugar

c̅

with

CA

cancer

CAD

coronary artery disease

CBC

complete blood count

COPD

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

c/o

complains of

DOB

date of birth

Dx

diagnosis

ENT

ears nose throat

FUO

fever of unknown origin

HEENT

head eyes ears nose throat

Ht

height

Hgb

hemoglobin

L

left

MI

myocardial infraction

NPO

nothing by month

OR

operating room

pt

patient

pre-op

before surgery

p/o

postoperative

R/O

rule out

RT

right/radiation therapy

TIA

transient ischemic attack

TID

three times a day

TPR

temperature pulse respirations

UA

urinalysis

VS

vital signs

Wt

weight

y/o

years olf

greek/latin

medical advances happened there and terms are derived from those languages

Modern english

anatomical structures procedures devices and treatments created in the 21st century

Eponyms

named after who discovered the thing

Anatomical position

erect standing palms forward

Prone

face down

Supine

face up

frontal/coronal plane

vertical into front and back

anterior/ventral

front

posterior/dorsal

back

transverse/horizontal

into upper and lower

superior/cephalic

closer to head

inferior/caudal

closer to feet

sagittal

into left and right

Medial

close to the midline

Lateral

far from midline

Distal

far from attachment

Proximal

close to attachment

Abduction

movement away from body

Adduction

movement towards body

Flexion

bending/decreases angle between joints

Extension

straightening/increases the angle between joints