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What does the suffix 'emia' mean?
What does the suffix 'emia' mean?
blood
What is the medical term for expanding or opening wider?
What is the medical term for expanding or opening wider?
dilate
What is the abbreviation for urinalysis?
What is the abbreviation for urinalysis?
UA
What is the medical term for groups of cells with the same function?
What is the medical term for groups of cells with the same function?
What is the medical term for the basic unit of body structure?
What is the medical term for the basic unit of body structure?
What is the abbreviation for below or low?
What is the abbreviation for below or low?
What is the medical term for the time when menstruation begins?
What is the medical term for the time when menstruation begins?
What is the medical term for when menstruation stops?
What is the medical term for when menstruation stops?
What is the abbreviation for gastrointestinal?
What is the abbreviation for gastrointestinal?
What is the medical term for an involuntary movement?
What is the medical term for an involuntary movement?
What is the medical term for paralysis from the waist down?
What is the medical term for paralysis from the waist down?
What is the medical term for paralysis from the neck down?
What is the medical term for paralysis from the neck down?
What is the medical term for by mouth?
What is the medical term for by mouth?
What is the abbreviation for dressing?
What is the abbreviation for dressing?
What is the medical term for paralysis on one side of the body?
What is the medical term for paralysis on one side of the body?
What is the medical term for circular movement around a central point?
What is the medical term for circular movement around a central point?
What is the medical term for turning the palm forward as applied to the hand?
What is the medical term for turning the palm forward as applied to the hand?
What is the medical term for a decrease in size or a wasting away?
What is the medical term for a decrease in size or a wasting away?
What is the medical term for straightening a body part?
What is the medical term for straightening a body part?
What is the abbreviation for postprandial blood sugar?
What is the abbreviation for postprandial blood sugar?
What is the medical term for bending a body part away from the body?
What is the medical term for bending a body part away from the body?
What is the medical term for bending a body part?
What is the medical term for bending a body part?
What is the medical term for turning the palm backward?
What is the medical term for turning the palm backward?
What is the medical term for bending backward?
What is the medical term for bending backward?
What is the medical term for the abnormal shortening of a muscle?
What is the medical term for the abnormal shortening of a muscle?
What is the medical term for moving a body part toward the midline of the body?
What is the medical term for moving a body part toward the midline of the body?
What is the abbreviation for laboratory?
What is the abbreviation for laboratory?
What is the abbreviation for discontinue?
What is the abbreviation for discontinue?
What is the abbreviation for bedtime or hour of sleep?
What is the abbreviation for bedtime or hour of sleep?
What is the abbreviation for above or high?
What is the abbreviation for above or high?
What is the abbreviation for hour?
What is the abbreviation for hour?
What is the abbreviation for electroencephalogram?
What is the abbreviation for electroencephalogram?
What is the abbreviation for papanicolaou smear?
What is the abbreviation for papanicolaou smear?
What is the abbreviation for cancer?
What is the abbreviation for cancer?
What is the medical term for loss of appetite?
What is the medical term for loss of appetite?
What is the medical term for tube feeding?
What is the medical term for tube feeding?
What is the medical term for sugar in the urine?
What is the medical term for sugar in the urine?
What is the common term for a decubitus ulcer; a pressure sore?
What is the common term for a decubitus ulcer; a pressure sore?
What is the abbreviation for temperature, pulse, and respiration?
What is the abbreviation for temperature, pulse, and respiration?
What is the abbreviation for at once or immediately?
What is the abbreviation for at once or immediately?
What is the abbreviation for preparing the patient for surgery by shaving the skin?
What is the abbreviation for preparing the patient for surgery by shaving the skin?
What is the abbreviation for specimen?
What is the abbreviation for specimen?
What is the medical term for a preparation that makes and controls body odor?
What is the medical term for a preparation that makes and controls body odor?
What is the abbreviation for cardiopulmonary resuscitation?
What is the abbreviation for cardiopulmonary resuscitation?
What is the abbreviation for glucose tolerance test?
What is the abbreviation for glucose tolerance test?
What is the abbreviation for gallon?
What is the abbreviation for gallon?
What is the abbreviation for blood urea nitrogen?
What is the abbreviation for blood urea nitrogen?
What is the abbreviation for orange juice?
What is the abbreviation for orange juice?
What is the abbreviation for the intensive care unit?
What is the abbreviation for the intensive care unit?
What is the abbreviation for operating room?
What is the abbreviation for operating room?
What is the abbreviation for ounce?
What is the abbreviation for ounce?
What does the word element 'itis' mean?
What does the word element 'itis' mean?
What does the word element 'hema, hemo' mean?
What does the word element 'hema, hemo' mean?
What does the word element 'hyster' mean?
What does the word element 'hyster' mean?
What does the word element 'mast' mean?
What does the word element 'mast' mean?
What does the word element 'gastro' mean?
What does the word element 'gastro' mean?
What does the word element 'myo' mean?
What does the word element 'myo' mean?
What does the word element 'otomy' mean?
What does the word element 'otomy' mean?
What does the word element 'oma' mean?
What does the word element 'oma' mean?
What does the word element 'phlebo' mean?
What does the word element 'phlebo' mean?
What does the word element 'pneumo' mean?
What does the word element 'pneumo' mean?
What does the word element 'adeno' mean?
What does the word element 'adeno' mean?
What does the word element 'algia, algesia' mean?
What does the word element 'algia, algesia' mean?
What does the word element 'cardio' mean?
What does the word element 'cardio' mean?
What does the word element 'cranio' mean?
What does the word element 'cranio' mean?
What does the word element 'ectomy' mean?
What does the word element 'ectomy' mean?
What does the word element 'emesis' mean?
What does the word element 'emesis' mean?
What does the word element 'cise' mean?
What does the word element 'cise' mean?
What does the word element 'centesis' mean?
What does the word element 'centesis' mean?
What does the word element 'renal' mean?
What does the word element 'renal' mean?
What does the word element 'post' mean?
What does the word element 'post' mean?
What does the word element 'osis' mean?
What does the word element 'osis' mean?
What does the word element 'rhino' mean?
What does the word element 'rhino' mean?
What does the word element 'stomato' mean?
What does the word element 'stomato' mean?
What does the word element 'super' mean?
What does the word element 'super' mean?
What is the abbreviation for toxic shock syndrome?
What is the abbreviation for toxic shock syndrome?
What does erythema refer to?
What does erythema refer to?
What is the opposite of deep?
What is the opposite of deep?
What is high blood pressure referred to as?
What is high blood pressure referred to as?
What does neoplasm refer to?
What does neoplasm refer to?
What is the abbreviation for chief complaint?
What is the abbreviation for chief complaint?
What is the abbreviation for grain?
What is the abbreviation for grain?
What does the abbreviation 'carb' mean?
What does the abbreviation 'carb' mean?
What is the abbreviation for water?
What is the abbreviation for water?
What is the abbreviation for gynecology?
What is the abbreviation for gynecology?
What is the medical term for the removal of synovial fluid from a joint?
What is the medical term for the removal of synovial fluid from a joint?
What is a condition seen in infancy due to a deficiency in Vitamin D characterized by softening of the bone called?
What is a condition seen in infancy due to a deficiency in Vitamin D characterized by softening of the bone called?
What is the abnormal S-shaped lateral curvature of the spine called?
What is the abnormal S-shaped lateral curvature of the spine called?
What is the name of the structure in the heart which distributes the electrical impulse to the ventricles?
What is the name of the structure in the heart which distributes the electrical impulse to the ventricles?
What is the temperature taken at the armpit called?
What is the temperature taken at the armpit called?
What is a break in a bone without penetration of the skin surface over the fracture site called?
What is a break in a bone without penetration of the skin surface over the fracture site called?
What is inflammation of the liver called?
What is inflammation of the liver called?
What is inflammation of the eyelid called?
What is inflammation of the eyelid called?
Study Notes
Medical Terminology and Abbreviations
- The suffix -emia denotes a condition related to blood.
- Dilate means to expand or open wider in a medical context.
- Urinalysis is abbreviated as UA.
- Tissue refers to groups of cells with the same function.
- The basic unit of body structure is the cell.
- Hypo is the abbreviation for below or low.
- Menarche signifies the start of menstruation.
- GI is the abbreviation for gastrointestinal.
- Reflex indicates an involuntary movement.
- Paraplegia refers to paralysis from the waist down.
- Quadriplegia is paralysis from the neck down.
- PO stands for by mouth in medical conversations.
- DSG is used for dressing in medical documents.
- Hemiplegia means paralysis on one side of the body.
- Rotation describes circular movement around a central point.
- Supination refers to turning the palm forward.
- Atrophy is the reduction in size or wasting away.
- Extension is the straightening of a body part.
- PPBS is short for postprandial blood sugar.
- Abduction refers to moving a body part away from the midline.
- Flexion means the act of bending a body part.
- Pronation describes turning the palm backward.
- Dorsiflexion is the act of bending backward.
- Contracture is the abnormal shortening of a muscle.
- Adduction means moving a body part toward the midline.
- Lab is a common abbreviation for laboratory.
- D/C stands for discontinue.
- HS abbreviates bedtime or hour of sleep.
- Hyper indicates above or high.
- Hr denotes hour.
- EEG is shorthand for electroencephalogram.
- Pap smear refers to the Papanicolaou smear test.
- Ca is the abbreviation for cancer.
- Anorexia signifies a loss of appetite.
- Gavage indicates tube feeding.
- Glucosuria refers to the presence of sugar in the urine.
- A bedsore is a common term for a decubitus ulcer or pressure sore.
- TPR refers to temperature, pulse, and respiration measurements.
- Stat means at once or immediately.
- Prep refers to preparing a patient for surgery.
- Spec or spec stands for specimen.
- Deodorant is a preparation that helps control body odor.
- CPR stands for cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
- GTT is the abbreviation for glucose tolerance test.
- Gal refers to gallon.
- BUN stands for blood urea nitrogen.
- OJ indicates orange juice.
- ICU designates the intensive care unit.
- OR is the abbreviation for operating room.
- Oz means ounce.
Word Elements and Medical Terms
- -itis indicates inflammation.
- Hema, hemo refers to blood.
- Hyster relates to the uterus.
- Mast means breast.
- Gastro denotes the stomach.
- Myo indicates muscle.
- -otomy signifies incision or surgical cutting.
- -oma means tumor.
- Phlebo refers to a vein.
- Pneumo relates to air or lungs.
- Adeno signifies gland.
- -algia, -algesia denotes pain.
- Cardio refers to the heart.
- Cranio means skull.
- -ectomy indicates surgical removal.
- -emesis means vomiting.
- Cise signifies to cut.
- -centesis refers to puncture.
- Renal denotes the kidney.
- Post indicates after.
- -osis refers to a condition of.
- Rhino relates to the nose.
- Stomato denotes the mouth or ostium uteri.
- Super signifies above.
Conditions and Symptoms
- Toxic shock syndrome is abbreviated as TSS.
- Erythema refers to red skin.
- The opposite of deep is superficial.
- Hypertension indicates high blood pressure.
- Neoplasm refers to new growth.
- CC stands for chief complaint in clinical settings.
- Gr is the abbreviation for grain.
- Carb refers to carbohydrate.
- Aq denotes water.
- Gyn stands for gynecology.
Medical Procedures and Conditions
- Arthrocentesis is the procedure for removal of synovial fluid from a joint.
- Rickets is a childhood condition causing softening of the bones due to Vitamin D deficiency.
- Scoliosis is an abnormal S-shaped curvature of the spine.
- Purkinje fibers distribute electrical impulses to the ventricles in the heart.
- Auxiliary temperature is taken at the armpit.
- A closed fracture is a break in a bone without skin penetration.
- Hepatitis indicates inflammation of the liver.
- Blepharitis refers to inflammation of the eyelid.
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