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This is a list of roots, suffixes, and prefixes used in medical terminology, their meanings, and their etymologies. Most of them are combining forms in Neo-Latin and hence international scientific vocabulary. There are a few general rules about how they combine.
Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events: CT c/a/p: CT scan of chest, abdomen, and pelvis CTD: connective tissue disease: CTE: chronic traumatic encephalopathy coefficient of thermal expansion: CTEPH: Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: CTO: chronic total occlusion
Pronunciation follows convention outside the medical field, in which acronyms are generally pronounced as if they were a word (JAMA, SIDS), initialisms are generally pronounced as individual letters (DNA, SSRI), and abbreviations generally use the expansion (soln. = "solution", sup. = "superior").
Sortable table Abbreviation Meaning L: leukocytes lumbar vertebrae (L1 to L5) : L&D: labor and delivery: LA: left atrium lymphadenopathy local anesthetic: LAAM: L-alpha-acetylmethadolLab
-centesis : surgical puncture-tripsy : crushing or breaking up-desis : fusion of two parts into one, stabilization-ectomy : surgical removal (see List of -ectomies). ...
Abbreviation Meaning T: Thoracic Vertebrae. Testosterone. T x: Treatment: T3 Triiodothyronine: T4 Thyroxine: TA: temporal arteritis T&A: tonsillectomy with adenoidectomy: T&C: type and cross-match (see blood transfusion)
Anatomical terminology is a specialized system of terms used by anatomists, zoologists, and health professionals, such as doctors, surgeons, and pharmacists, to describe the structures and functions of the body. This terminology incorporates a range of unique terms, prefixes, and suffixes derived primarily from Ancient Greek and Latin.
10 Orthopedic implants. 11 Orthopaedic instruments. 12 Surgical approaches. 13 Radiographic signs. 14 Radiographic projections. 15 Principles. ... additional terms ...