med terms (Feb) Flashcards
(90 cards)
1
Q
crani/o
A
pertaining to the skull
2
Q
oste/o
A
bone
3
Q
vertebr/o
A
vertebone, spine
4
Q
thorac/o
A
thorax, chest
5
Q
costa
A
rib
6
Q
stern/o
A
sternum, breastbone
7
Q
carp/o
A
wrist
8
Q
blast
A
embryonic cell
9
Q
myel/o
A
bone marrow/spinal cord
10
Q
med
A
middle, midline
11
Q
fx
A
fracture
12
Q
prn
A
as needed
13
Q
amb
A
ambulate
14
Q
chondromalacia
A
abnormal softening in cartilage
15
Q
ostealgia
A
bone pain
16
Q
ortho
A
orthopedics
17
Q
cxr
A
chest x-ray
18
Q
ot
A
occupational therapy
19
Q
bm
A
bowel movement
20
Q
lbp
A
low back pain
21
Q
pt
A
physical therapy
22
Q
asap
A
as soon as possible
23
Q
adl
A
activity’s of daily living
24
Q
artr/o
A
joint
25
stat
immediately
26
chondr/o
cartliage
27
myelitis
inflammation of the spinal cord
28
arthroplasty
surgical repair of a joint
29
Supination
Turning body part upward
30
Pronation
turning body part downward
31
abduction
moving body part away from midline
32
adduction
moving body part toward from midline
33
flexion
decreasing the angle between two bones
34
extension
increasing the angle between two bones
35
dorsiflexion
movement of the foot upward towards body
36
plantarflexion
movement of the foot away from the body
37
circumduction
moving in circle at the joint
38
contracture
severe tightening of a flexer muscle resulting in the bending of a joint
39
my/o, muscul/o, myos/o
muscle
40
ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o
tendon
41
fasci/o
fascia, fibrous band
42
kinesi/o
movement
43
myasthenia
muscle weakness
44
tenorraphy
to suture a tendon
45
fasciotomy
surgical incision of the fascia
46
bradykenesia
slow movement
47
tx
treatment
48
hx
history
49
dx
diagnosis
50
ht, wt
height, weight
51
c/o
complain of
52
y/o
years old
53
im
intramuscular
54
as tol
as tolerated
55
rom
range of motion
56
wc
wheel chair
57
MI
myocardial infarction
58
neur/o
nerve
59
encephal/o
brain
60
meaning/o, meningi/o
menings
61
cerebr/o
celebrum
62
neuralgia
nerve pain
63
encephalograpghy
recording the electrical activity of the brain
64
meningioma
a benign tumor in the meninges of brain
65
cerebrovascular
pertaining to the vessels in the cerebrum
66
HA
headache
67
cns
central nervous system
68
anesthetic
without feeling
69
69
hyperhidrous
excessive sweating
70
anhidrosis
inimitably to sweat
71
intradermal
within the skin
72
scleroderma
hard skin
73
paronychia
infection of the skin around the cuticle
74
onychomalacia
softening of the nail
75
trichomycosis
adnormal infection of hair shaft
76
subcutaneous
under the skin
77
ectomy
surgical removal
78
pexy
surgical fixation
79
plasty
surgical repair
80
otomy
cutting into
81
centesis
puncture to withdrawal fluid
82
rrhaphy
to suture
83
ostomy
surgical creating opening
84
tome
instrument to cut
85
caud/o
tail
86
cervic/o
neck
87
cephal/o
head
88
ventr/o
belly
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