All med Term vocabulary and Abbreviations

-algia

-algia

pain

dys-

bad, difficult, painful

-ectomy

surgical removal

hyper-

excessive, increased

hypo-

deficiency, decreased

-itis

inflamation

-osis

abnormal condition or diease

-ostomy

surgical creation

-otomy

surgical incision

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhage

bleeding

-rrhaphy

surgical suturing

-rrhea

flow/ discharge

-rrhexis

rupture

-sclerosis

abnormal hardening

cyan/o

blue

erthr/o

red

leuk/o

white

melan/o

black

poli/o

gray

-megaly

elargement

-malacia

abnormal softening

-necrosis

tissue death

-scopy

visual examination

-stenosis

abnormal narrowing

-pathy

disease

arteri/o

joint

nat/o

birth

neur/o

nerve, nerve tissue

rhin/o

nose

ab-

away from

ad-

toward, in the direction of

eu-

good, normal, well, easy

inter-

between or among

intra-, endo-

within or inside

sub-

under, less, below

supra-, super-

above or excessive

IM

intramuscular

prog.

prognosis

Dx

diagnosis

path.

pathology

aden/o

gland

adip/o

fat

anter/o

before, front

caud/o

lower part of body, tail

cephal/o

head

cyt/o

cell

exo-

out of, outside, away from

hist/o

tissue

-ologist

specialist

-ology

the study of

path/o

disease

-plasia

development, growth, foundation

poster/o

behind, toward the back

-stasis

control, constant level

anatomic position

standing in standard position

vertical plane

up and down, perpendicular to the horizon

midsagittal plane

divides the body into equal right and left parts, the midline

sagittal plane

vertical, divides the body into unequal left and right parts

frontal plane

anterior and posterior

horizontal plane

flat, crosswise plane

transverse plane

horizontal, divides body into superior and inferior portions

ventral, anterior

front/belly side

dorsal, posterior

the back

superior, cephalic

uppermost, above, toward the head

inferior

lowermost, below, toward the feet

caudal

toward the lower part of the body

medial

toward, near midline

lateral

away from midline

cranial cavity

within skull, surrounds and protects brain

spinal cavity

spinal column, surrounds and protects spinal cord

thoracic cavity

surrounds and protects chest and lungs

abdominal cavity

contains the major digestive organs

pelvic cavity

formed by hip bone, contains the reproductive and excretory systems

abdominopelvic cavity

the abdominal and pelvic cavity

hypochondriac region

left and right side and covered by the lower ribs

epigastric region

above the stomach

lumbar region

left and right side, near inward curve of the spine

umbilical region

surrounds the umbilicus

iliac region

left and right side, over hip bones

hypogastric region

below stomach

retroperitoneal

behind the peritoneum

-ior

pertaining to

-ic

pertaining to

-al

pertaining to

homeo-

sameness, unchanging, constant

-ac

pertaining to

chondr/o

cartilage

retro-

behind, back of, backward

-eal

pertaining to

RUQ

right upper quadrant

LUQ

left upper quadrant

RLQ

right lower quadrant

LLQ

left lower quadrant

acr/o

extremity

pituitar/o

pituitary gland

thym/o

thymus gland

diabetes type 1

no insulin is produced. either is born with it or developed at a young age

hyperpituitarism

state of excessive pituitary gland actvity

diabetic coma

a loss of consciousness that happens when there is too much blood sugar and a buildup of toxic substances in