Medical Terminology Abbreviations PDF

acr/o extremities ankyl/o crooked; bent; stiff; fused together arthr/o joint brachi/o arm burs/o bursa (sac of fluid near a joint) calcane/o calcaneus; heel bone carp/o wrist cervic/o neck; cervix (neck of uterus) chir/o hand chondr...

acr/o extremities ankyl/o crooked; bent; stiff; fused together arthr/o joint brachi/o arm burs/o bursa (sac of fluid near a joint) calcane/o calcaneus; heel bone carp/o wrist cervic/o neck; cervix (neck of uterus) chir/o hand chondr/o cartilage clavicul/o clavicle; collarbones cost/o rib crani/o skull cubit/o elbow dactyl/o digits (fingers or toes) dextr/o to the right femor/o thigh bone fibul/o fibula; lower leg bone humer/o humerus; upper arm bone hy/o hyoid bone ili/o ilium; top of the hip bone kyph/o humpback ligament/o ligament lord/o curve; swayback lumb/o lumbar region; loin lux/o slide mandibul/o mandible; lower jaw bone menisc/o meniscus; cartilage in the knee joint myel/o bone marrow; spinal cord narc/o numbness; sleep; stupor nas/o nose orth/o straight oste/o bone patell/o patella; kneecap ped/o foot; child phalang/o phalanges; fingers or toes physi/o nature; function por/o opening; passageway; porous pod/o foot pub/o pubis; pubic region pyret/o fever rachi/o spine; vertebra rheumat/o watery flow rhin/o nose sacr/o sacrum sarc/o flesh; connective tissue scoli/o crooked; bent sinistr/o to the left spondyl/o vertebra; backbone ster/o solid structure; steroid stern/o sternum; breastbone styl/o column; pillar; tube synovi/o lubricating fluid of joints tars/o ankle ten/o, tendin/o, tendon/o tendon tibi/o tibia; lower leg bone uln/o ulna; lower arm bone vertebr/o vertebrae; spinal column bones a-, an- not; without ambi- both sides anti- against inter- between intra- within; into meta- change; beyond non- not peri- around; surrounding poly- many; much sub- below; under supra- above syn- together; with -al, -an, -ic, -ous pertaining to -algia pain -ation process; condition -centesis surgical puncture to remove fluid -clast to break down; destroy -desis to bind; tie together -ectomy surgical removal; excision -graph instrument for recording -ism process; condition -itis inflammation -malacia softening -oid like; resembling -oma tumor; mass -osis abnormal condition -penia deficiency -physis growth; growth plate -plasty surgical repair -porosis abnormal condition of small holes -scope instrument used to view -scopy visual examination using a scope -tomy process of cutting; incision ATT PHYS attending physician BP blood pressure CRIF closed reduction and internal fixation CT computerized tomography; computed tomography CV cardiovascular DJD degenerative joint disease Fx function; fracture GI gastrointestinal L, Lt left L5–S1 lumbar vertebra 5 to sacral vertebra 1 LBP lower back pain LS lumbosacral mg milligram(s) MRI magnetic resonance imaging NSAID nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug OA osteoarthritis ORIF open reduction and internal fixation OTC over-the-counter PO, p.o. by mouth (from the Latin per os) PRN, p.r.n. as needed (from the Latin pro re nata) Pt, pt. patient Q4H every four hours (from the Latin quaque quarta hora) R, Rt right RA rheumatoid arthritis RF rheumatoid factor Rx, Rhx prescription y/o years old; year-old