Medical Terminology for CMA

superior (cranial)

above or close to the head

inferior (caudal)

below or close to feet

anterior (ventural)

toward the front of the body

posterior (dorsal)

toward the back of the body

medial

close to the midline of the body

lateral

farther away from the midline of the body

proximal

close to a point of attachment or to the trunk of the body

distal

farther away from a point of attachment or from the trunk of the body

superficial

close to the surface of the body

deep

more internal

frontal plane

separates into anterior and posterior

midsagittal plane

left and right

tranverse plane

around shoulders

a-

without

ab-

from, away from

ad-, ac-, af-, ag-, al-, ap-, ar-, as-, at-

toward, increasing

alb-

white

ambi-

both

ana-

up

ante-

before

anti-

against

auto-

self

bi-

bilateral

bio-

life

broncho-

bronchus

circum-

around

con-, col-, com-, cor-

together, with

contra-

against

de-

away from, down, not

dia-

through

dis-

apart, seperate

dys-

bad, difficult, painful, poor

ec-

out

ecto-

outside

en-, em-

in

endo-

within

epi-

upon, over

eu-

good

ex-, e-

out, away

hemi-

half

hypo-

below, under

in-, il-, im-, ir-

not

infra-

below, under, beneath

inter-

between

-ac, -al, -ar

pertaining to

-ad

toward

-desis

binding

-e

noun marker

-ectomy

excision, removal

-emesis

vomit

-form

resemling, like

-genic

beginning, origincating, producing

-gram

record

-graph

instrument for recording

-graphy

process for recording

-iasis

condition, formation

-iatric

pertaining to medical treatment

-iatry

study or field of medicine

-ic, -ical

pertaining to

-ism

condition

-itis

inflammation

-logist

specialist in the study of

-logy

study of

-lysis

destruction, breaking down

-megaly

enlargement

-meter

instrument used to measure

-oma

tumor

-ory

pertaining to

-osis

condition

-pathy

disease

-penia

abnormal reduction

-philia

attraction