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Anterior

Ventral

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In front of, toward the front of the body

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Caudal

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Pertaining to the tail (inferior in position)

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Cephalic

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Pertaining to the head (superior in position)

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Deep

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Inside, or toward the innermost part

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Distal

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Away from the attachment point or beginning

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Inferior

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Below, toward the feet

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Lateral

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To the side of, away from the midline

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Medial

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Middle, toward the midline of the body

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Posterior

Dorsal

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In back of, toward the back of the body

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Proximal

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Close to the attachment point or beginning

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Superficial

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Outside, or toward the outermost part

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Superior

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Above, toward the head

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Coronal plane

Frontal plane

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Vertical section that divides the body or part into anterior and posterior parts

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Oblique

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An angled section, not vertical or horizontal

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Sagittal plane

Longitudinal plane

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Vertical section that divides the body or part into right and left sides

Note: midsagittal refers to a sagittal plane down the middle of the body

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Transverse plane
Horizontal plane
Axial plane

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Horizontal section that divides the body or part into superior and inferior parts

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Acute

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Sudden, short lasting a short time (typically <2 weeks)

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Aggravating factor

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Something which makes the problem worse

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Alleviating factor

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Something which makes the problem better

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Chronic

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Lasting a long time (typically >2weeks)

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Complaint

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Reason for the patient’s visit

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Duration

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How long something has lasted

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Gastrointestinal

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Stomach and intestines

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Hematochezia

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Blood in the stool

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History
What has happened to the patient up to this moment
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Musculoskeletal
Muscles and skeleton
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Radiating
Pain that feels like it is moving from one spot to another
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Severity
How bad it is
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Symptom
Symptom what the patient feels or is experiencing
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Temporal
Having to do with time
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Auscultation
To listen
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Biopsy
Tissue sample to be tested
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Edema
Swelling
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-gram
Visual record
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-graph
Instrument used to produce a visual record
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-graphy
Procedure used to produce a visual record
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Localized
Isolated to one part of the body
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-meter
Instrument used to measure
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-metry
Process of measuring
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Palpation
To feel
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-scope
Instrument for visualizing something
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-scopy
Process of using an instrument to visualize something
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Sign
What the clinician can measure or observe
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Systemic
Throughout the body
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Therm/o
Temperature
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Benign
Safe, non-cancerous
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Diagnosis
What the clinician thinks the patient has
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Eti/o
How something came to be
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-gnosis
To know
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Hernia
Something that sticks out where it shouldn’t
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Ischemia
Without blood flow
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Lesion
Diseased tissue
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Lith/o
Stone
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Malignant
Dangerous, cancerous
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Morbidity
Risk of being sick
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Morph/o
Change
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Mortality
Risk of dying
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Necr/o
Dead
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-osis
Condition
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Path/o
Disease (literally, “suffering”)
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Plas/o
Formation
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Prognosis
Prediction of what will happen to the patient
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Septic
Infection with bacteria
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Trop/o
Moving toward or acting on
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-trophy
Nourishment
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Xen/o
Foreign
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Cautery
To burn or melt
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Cry/o
Cold, to freeze
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Dessicate
To dry out
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-ectomy
Removal (notice ec-in prefixes list means “out of” and -tomy in this list means “cutting” so “cutting out of”)
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Graft
Living tissue
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Matern/o
Mother
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Neonat/o
Newborn, baby
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Orth/o
Straight
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Palliative
Treatment of symptoms only
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Ped/i | Ped/o
Child
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-pexy
Surgical fixation; binding by a surgical procedure (compare -desis)
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-plasty
Surgical reconstruction or reformation
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Prophylaxis
Preventative treatment
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Psych/o
Mind, mental
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-rrhaphy
Surgical formation of a seam; suturing
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-stomy
Creation of an opening (see stoma = “mouth”)
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-tomy
Cut; incision
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-tripsy
Breaking apart (Greek tribein, “to rub”)
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APSO
Assessment, plan, subjective, and objective
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Bx
Biopsy
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CC
Chief complain (presenting problem)
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Dx
Diagnosis
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GI
Gastrointestinal
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HEADSS
Home & environment; education, employment, eating; activities; drugs; sexuality; suicide/depression
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HPI
History of present illness
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Hx
History
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OLDCARTS
Onset, location, duration, characterization, alleviating & aggravating factors, radiation, temporal factor, severity
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Rx
Prescription
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SOAP
Subjective, objective, assessment, and plan (an organizational scheme for clinic notes)
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Tx
Treatment or therapy
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-ate
“Make it so” word ending
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-genic
Creating; giving rise to
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-opsy
Viewing
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- osis | - oses (plural)
Condition
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-vent
Turn (Latin vertere, “to turn”)
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Ana-
Up
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Ante-
Before, in front of
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Aut/o
Self, eyewitness
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De-
Down or away from
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Dia-
Apart
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In-
In, on
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Ipsi-
Same (place); Latin ipse, “self”
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Mid-
Halfway across
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Para-
Parallel
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Re-
Again
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Retro-
Behind
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Sym-
Together (symphony, musicians playing together)
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Trans-
Across or through
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Abdomen
Belly
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Abdominal
Pertaining to the abdomen
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Afferent
Going toward
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Anterior
Toward the front
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Anus
Inferior opening of the intestines; Latin anus, “ring”; annulus “little ring”
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Coronal
Crown-like (Latin corona)
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Cubit
Forearm
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Distal
Further away (from a joint)
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Dorsal
Toward the back
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Duc | Duct
Leading around, Latin ducere, “lead”
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Efferent
Going away from
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Extension
Increasing the angle of a joint
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Flexion
Decreasing the angle of a joint
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Frontal
In front
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Gurgit
Latin, “whirlpool”
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Horizontal
Parallel to the ground
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Inferior
Below
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Lateral
Away from the midline; side
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Medial
Toward the midline
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Peritoneum
Membrane covering most of the abdominal organs
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Popliteal
Back of the knee
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Posterior
Toward the back
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Prone
Latin pronus, “leaning forward”
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Proximal
Closer to (a joint)
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Sagittal
Like an archer
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Superior
Above
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Supine
Latin supinus, “bent backward”, “lying on the back”
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Thorax (plural thoraces)
Chest
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Thoracic
Pertaining to the thorax
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Transverse
Across the long axis
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Ventral
Toward the belly
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Verse
Turn (Latin vertere, “to turn”)

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