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Short words in medical words?
Medical terms are divided into sections and categorized based on areas of medical knowledge. Here are some terms that you may encounter from the surgical, obstetrics, and podiatric fields. Surgical Surgical words are often used in the healthcare information management field. They are a staple to your everyday work, whether you're a medical transcriptionist, coder or biller. Found below are a few of them. You may notice that some of them are spelled or pronounced similarly. • Auvray • Bar's • Battle • Bergmann's • Bevan's • blunt and sharp • buttonhole • Cherney • Chernez • chevron • circular Podiatric Podiatric medicine is the field of medicine that deals with treating different disorders relating to the ankle, foot and lower extremities. You'll encounter medical words from this field since the older generation are often treated for joint and muscle ailments associated with the lower extremities. Here are a few medical words starting with A that you may encounter while on the job: abductor (muscle) achillobursitis aclasis - pathological continuity of structure acrodermatitis enteropathica acrokeratosis paraneoplastica - Bazex syndrome adductor (muscle) adiposis dolorosa - Dercum disease aDWF - ankle Doppler wave form AFO - ankle-foot orthosis alligator skin - ichthyosis congenita allylamines - e.g. Naftin (naftifine) angle, DMMA - distal metatarsal articular, Engel, Fowler-Philip, Kite, talo-first, Taygar ankylosis anserinoplasty antalgic gait AOFS hindfoot ankle score apophysitis aPVR - ankle pulse volume recording atavistic tarsometatarsal joint athlete's foot - tinea pedis, ringworm of the feet atavism Obstetrical Obstetrics words are words used in Gynecology or Obstetrics. These words pertain to the reproductive systems of women and may often denote the status of their pregnancy or birth-giving. Here are a few samples of these words: T=term births P=preterm births (prior to 37 weeks gestation) A=abortions L=living children G gravida (number of pregnancies) P para (number of births of viable offspring) A or Ab abortus (abortions) And here are some of the abbreviations that you may encounter as well. These are abbreviations starting with J and K. You might notice that you use some of them on a daily basis. JVD - jugular venous distention JVP - jugular venous pressure JP - Jackson-Pratt (drainage tube) K - Potassium Kcal - kilocalorie KCI - potassium chloride Kg - kilogram Kg-cal - kilogram calorie Kilo - kilogram KUB - kidney, ureter, bladder (x-ray) K-wire - Kirschner wire
What are three letter medical terms?
I can think of these words involving medical words: PSA, CEA, IGA, IGM, IGG, FSH, CD4, TSH, HIV, HPV, STD, LGV, PGF, PGR, oma (tumor) bio (life) ano (anus) apo (derived from) ary (pertaining to) ase (enzyme) cis (on this side) cry (cold) dif/dis (separation) dys (bad/difficult) ect (outside) exo (exterior) epi (upon) gen (origin) ics (treatment) ism (disease/condition) iso (equal) ist (one who specialize in) ite (resembling) ium (tissue) log (speech) lys (dissolution) myo (muscle) myc (fungus) myx (mucus) neo (new) oid (resemblance to) ous (pertaining to) oxo (oxygen) oxy (acid/sharp/oxygen) per (through) por (pore) pre (anterior/before) pro (forward/before) pyo (pus) sis (condition of) sub (beneath) sym/syn/sys (together) tic (pertaining to) top (place) uni (one) uro/ur (urine) vas (blood vessel) zoo (animal life) zym (fermentation)
