Medical Terminology
Medical terminology is a vocabulary or word listing used to describe medical words and terms in a scientific manner. It is used in the nursing and medical fields. This methodical approach to word building is based on the concept of word roots, prefixes, and suffixes.
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HPI stands for "History of Present Illness"History of present illness.History of Present Illness
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Etiology is the study of causes or origins.The study of causes or origins.
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The condition scoliosis is applied to lateral curvatures of the spine. The term associated with inward curvature (as may result...
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Menarche is the medical term meaning first menstrual period.
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The Latin word ovum is singular for egg; ova is plural for eggs.
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Chest X-Ray- No Active DiseaseCXR: Chest X-Ray NAD: No Active Disease
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The sigmoid colon, the part just before your rectum, is reddened and inflamed.
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Actually, an antiglycolytic agent prevents gylcolysis, the breakdown or metabolism of glucose (blood sugar) by blood cells.
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IO may mean intraoperative or input/output.generally input & output
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Lack of respiration is apnea, lack of spontaneous respiration is central apnea. Absence of spontaneous respiration means that the...
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Action that works against a muscle of the thigh that extends the leg
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Depending on which layer of the skin, it could be subdermal or subcutaneous (Sub: Under, Cutaneous: The skin). The prefix hypo-...
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Updated Answer There is no specific medical term to describe a zombie, because they do not exist. How can something that doesn't...
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DOT stands for Directly Observed Therapy. DOT means that a health care worker meets with a person who has TB to help him or her...
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Vasoconstriction is normal physiologic narrowing, and angiostenosis is abnormal narrowing.VasoconstrictionStenosisangiostenosis....
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Combat operational stress reaction (COSR)
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Constant level of nervous stimulation to the muscles in the blood vessel walls. This gives the muscles a resting level of...
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As with most medical terms, it depends on the context. It might be used as an abbreviation to reference a body part such as Right...
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The suffix in the medical term nephromegaly is -megaly, which means large. Nephr/o is the root word meaning kidney(s)
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Hypodermic means under the skin. Hypo means under, dermis (dermic) means skin. Like a hypodermic needle is inserted under the...
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Gross means appearance without the aid of a magnifying instrument. An example of this is gross anatomy, which is a study of how...
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1) Benefit Identification Number (pharmacy routing, Medicare) 2) Brain Injury Network
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AFP : alpha feto protein. This is the main tumour marker used in germ cell tumours, i.e. testicular, ovarian and teratoma. AFP...
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In medical terminology, gross means something that can be seen with the unaided eye, so without magnification.Grossly clear lungs...
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Lymphangitis is inflammation of a lymph vessel.lymphangitislymphangitis
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Non-custodial home health care refers to home health care performed in a patient's home, at one of his relative's home or a...
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The term avc has several meanings. One meaning could be Aberrant ventricular conduction. Another meaning could be Aortic Valve...
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Sterile means free of living organisms, so a sterile field is an area that is completely clean of any living organisms. This is...
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every 24. I'm guessing you are referring to a prescription. In that case it's pretty much saying once a day.
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Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy, or noncancerous enlargement of the prostate.Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
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colostomyThe name of the opening is Colostomy and the surgical procedure is the same name as well. ( Colo= Large bowel and Ostomy...
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SOS stands for the Latin si opus sit, meaning "as needed."save our souls. SOS in medical terms could stand for: si o´pus sit -...
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Moving the body part away from the midline of the body.Abduction means to move away from the trunk of your body, such as moving...
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The medical term for inflammation of the artery is arteritis, angitis, or the more common term vasculitis.Arteritis
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Depending on context, ET can mean endotracheal, essential thrombocytosis, or essential tremor.
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Para is short for parity, and it is the number of times a woman has given birth.
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The deepest part of the heart is the ventricle, and the deepest part of the ventricle is the apex.
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Depending on what part of the body you are talking about, or around what axis the body part is turning, it could be a few...
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hidrosisPerspiration is the term for the production of sweat, and the end product of that production. Perspire or perspiration...
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Grossly unchanged means that the subject in question did not change on a scale that could be noticed with the naked eye.
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A ml or mL is short for milliliter, which is one thousandth of one liter. It is a measurement of volume. For all practical...
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hem/o/stasis from the prefix hem/o- (meaning blood) and the suffix -stasis (meaning stopping). To wit, hem/o/rrhage comes from...
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A diplomate in medical terms is someone with board certification.*** question in a wrong category, Well the answer could be (see...
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It means one-half.the ss you describe means half.
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Spontaneous breathing means that the person is breathing without having to think about it.
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If it were a general state of feeling unwell a term often used is malaise. It doesn't specifically refer to a particular...
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Syndactyly is joined fingers or toes. SyndactylySyndactyly
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There is no particular term for a regular fear of the unknown, but an irrational fear (phobia) of the unknown is xenophobia.
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A plain X-ray is called KUB (kidney-ureter-bladder) x-ray. "Urography" is not plain x-ray.pyelography (intravenous)
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An injection into the epidural space of the spine.
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The "OD" stands for "Doctor of Optometry" and the "FAAO" stands for "Fellow of the American Academy of Optrometry".
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A break down in the oxygen carrying red blood cells leading to end organ hypoxia, i.e. a state where organs in the body aren't...
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No Known Drug Allergies.
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urethritisThis may not be from the prosatte. It may be from the bladder. It can be a sign of BPH or a bladder infection.
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it means: nodule-a rounded lump or knot; heterogeneous means "composed of unlike parts. Therefore a rounded lump composed of...
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Gastralgia means pain in the stomach from Gast- = stomach and -algia = pain.
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Oliguria is the term for reduced or scanty urine production.scarcy flow of the urineOliguriascarcy flow of the urine
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Subq SQ
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Thymoma
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Cardiac Intensive Care Unit .
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This is a tough one, as a biologist I can say that the name "cultured dextrose" doesn't really specify what is within. Alcohol...
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It's the main mass of the gland.
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The correct medical term for chills is rigors, but most people still use the term chills.
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Combining form = laryng/o
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Ewing's sarcoma of the bone marrow
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Cyanosis is a bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes resulting from inadequate oxygenation of the blood. "Cyan" is...
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The biological term for a sex cell ( i.e. sperm cell or egg cell) is a gamete. Sperm cells in particular are called spermatazoa.
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The combining form is cholecyst-; A gallstone is medically termed cholelithiasis. The removal of a gallbladder is cholecystectmy....
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Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery
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Range of motionRange of Motion
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A blood dyscrasia.Hematopathology
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It goes by two names, both of which are valid, vasitis, and deferentitis.
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Dysuria.
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Retro- means behind or back. It can be used both in terms of location such as retrosternal (behind the stenum) or in terms of...
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Role stress is the stress experienced by people because of their role (job) in the organization. They assume a role based on the...
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When the body is lying face up, horizontally on one's back, this is called the supine position
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When a person has no pulse they are in asystole.
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MI means myocardial infarction or heart attack, where one of the arteries supplying blood to the heart becomes blocked leading to...
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hs means at the hour ofsleepAt bedtime.h.s. is an abbreviation for the Latin "hors somni" (at the hour of sleep) or...
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In medicine, LAC stands for several things. One thing it stands for is Long-Arm Cast. Another thing it stands for is Laceration....
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cancerousThe full combining form is 'carcin/o' meaning cancer or cancerous.
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ADH means anti-diuretic hormone.
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Residual is leftover, and paralysis is inability to move; so residual paralysis is a leftover inability to move after partial...
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Urease positive means, when there is trace of urease in blood/urine of some subject. Urease is an enzyme that changes urea into...
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The right iliac fossa was tender to light palpation with rebound guarding present, suggesting the differential diagnosis of a...
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In the context of a hospital, OPD stands for Outpatient Department.In New York, and perhaps in other states, it's the Office of...
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Glutamic Oxalic Transaminase
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Appendectomy. "Ectomy" being a suffix that originates in Greek and used in medical terminology as "surgical removal of..."...
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Thymic means pertaining to the thymus.thymic
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One medical term for swelling is Edema. Another is Inflammation, but refers to swelling as only one symptom of a more complex...
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There are many terms for surgical clamps depending on which particular type of clamp you are talking about. Each different one is...
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Confusion and misinterpretation of desired meaning. Leading to wrong tests or therapies.
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Pallor is the medical term meaning the condition of having pale skin.
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-tomy means surgical incision.
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Erythrocyte is the medical term meaning red blood cell. Erythrocytes are what red blood cells (RBCs) are called in medical terms....
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Pyelonephritis is inflammation of the renal pelvis and kidney. Nephritis is inflammation of the kidney.pyelitis
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Bronchoplasty is surgical repair of a bronchus.Bronchial defect - the bronchi are the two air tubes leading to the lungs, and...
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