Structure of Medical Language

Structure of Medical Language

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Section 1

(50 cards)

hem/o-

Front

blood

Back

tri-

Front

three

Back

trans-

Front

across- through

Back

pre-

Front

before; in front of

Back

cutane/o-

Front

skin

Back

cardi/o-

Front

heart

Back

a-

Front

away from;without

Back

anti-

Front

against

Back

derm/o-

Front

skin

Back

abdomen/o-

Front

abdomen

Back

etym/o-

Front

word origin

Back

col/o-

Front

colon

Back

quadri-

Front

four

Back

an-

Front

without; not

Back

card/i-

Front

heart

Back

enter/o-

Front

intestine

Back

dys-

Front

painful; difficult; abdominal

Back

hyper-

Front

above;more than normal

Back

append/o-

Front

appendix

Back

gemin/o-

Front

set or group

Back

de-

Front

reversal of; without

Back

hyster/o-

Front

uterus, womb

Back

digest/o-

Front

break down food; digest

Back

endo-

Front

innermost; within

Back

tachy-

Front

fast

Back

mal-

Front

bad, inadequate

Back

hypo-

Front

below; deficient

Back

epi-

Front

upon; above

Back

arthr/o

Front

joint

Back

inter-

Front

between

Back

cholecyst/o-

Front

gallbladder

Back

gastr/o-

Front

stomach

Back

cost/o-

Front

rib

Back

eu-

Front

normal; good

Back

poly-

Front

many; much

Back

intra-

Front

within

Back

hepat/o-

Front

liver

Back

arteri/0-

Front

artery

Back

mono-

Front

one; single

Back

re-

Front

again and again

Back

bi/o-

Front

life; living organism

Back

colon/o

Front

colon

Back

post-

Front

after; behind

Back

communicat/o-

Front

impart; transmit

Back

esthes/o-

Front

sensation, feeling

Back

peri-

Front

around

Back

sub-

Front

below; underneath; less than

Back

brady-

Front

slow

Back

bi-

Front

two

Back

hemi-

Front

one half

Back

Section 2

(50 cards)

-ine

Front

pertaining to

Back

mentru/o-

Front

monthly discharge of blood

Back

-ia

Front

state, condition

Back

muscul/o-

Front

muscle

Back

sperm/o-

Front

sperm

Back

spir/o-

Front

breathe, breathing

Back

-ic

Front

pertaining to

Back

therap/o-

Front

therapy

Back

-ist

Front

specialist

Back

pneumon/o-

Front

lung, air

Back

-iatry

Front

medical treatment

Back

pelv/o-

Front

pelvis

Back

-megaly

Front

enlargement

Back

-oma

Front

tumor, mass

Back

-ar

Front

pertaining to

Back

tonsill/o-

Front

tonsil

Back

-gram

Front

a record or picture

Back

-metry

Front

process of measuring

Back

trache/o-

Front

trachea

Back

nas/o-

Front

nose

Back

-lysis

Front

process of breaking down or destroying

Back

-graphy

Front

process of recording

Back

-ary

Front

pertaining to

Back

lapar/o-

Front

abdomen

Back

-ous

Front

pertaining to

Back

ven/o-

Front

vein

Back

later/o-

Front

side

Back

psych/o-

Front

mind

Back

-ectomy

Front

surgical excision

Back

ment/o-

Front

mind

Back

-action

Front

a process; being or having

Back

-ion

Front

action, condition

Back

pleg/o-

Front

paralysis

Back

tens/o-

Front

pressure

Back

-al

Front

pertaining to

Back

-logy

Front

study of

Back

phag/o-

Front

eat, swallow

Back

laryng/o-

Front

larynx (voice box)

Back

-itis

Front

inflammation of, infection of

Back

nutri/o-

Front

nourishment

Back

thyroid/o-

Front

thyroid gland

Back

-ism

Front

process, disease from a specific cause

Back

-osis

Front

condition, abnormal condition, process

Back

neur/o-

Front

nerve

Back

mamm/o-

Front

breast

Back

-ac

Front

pertaining to

Back

medic/o-

Front

physician, medicine

Back

-ive

Front

pertaining to

Back

nucle/o-

Front

nucleus

Back

intestine/o-

Front

intestine

Back

Section 3

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HIPPA

Front

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Back

Dx

Front

diagnosis

Back

CC

Front

chief complaint

Back

ROS

Front

review of systems

Back

EMR

Front

electronic medical record

Back

FH

Front

family history

Back

CPR

Front

computerized patient record

Back

-pathy

Front

disease, suffering

Back

-stomy

Front

surgically created opening

Back

-scope

Front

instrument used to examine

Back

-tomy

Front

process of cutting or making an incision

Back

-scopy

Front

process of using an instrument to examine

Back

SH

Front

social history

Back

PE

Front

physical examination

Back

-therapy

Front

treatment

Back

HPI

Front

history of present illness

Back

EPR

Front

electronic patient record

Back

EHR

Front

electronic health record

Back

H&P

Front

history and physical examination

Back

DS

Front

discharge summary

Back