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Medical terminology is a language used to precisely describe the human body including all its components, processes, conditions affecting it, and procedures performed upon it. Medical terminology is used in the field of medicine.
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- List of Medical Mnemonics
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.
AffixMeaningOrigin Language And EtymologyExample (s)a-, an-not, without ( alpha privative )Greek ἀ-/ἀν- ( a-/an- ), not, ...analgesic, apathy, anencephalyab-from; away fromLatinabduction, abdomenabdomin-of or relating to the abdomenLatin abdōmen, abdomen, fat around the ...abdomen, abdominal-acpertaining to; one afflicted withGreek -ακός ( -akós )cardiac, celiacPeople also ask
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The A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia includes articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries. Search encyclopedia articles from A to Z.
Some common medical abbreviations. Notation conventions. This series of lists omits periods from acronyms and initialisms. It uses periods for certain abbreviations that traditionally often have them (mostly older Latin/Neo-Latin abbreviations). For example, both bid and b.i.d. may be found in the list.
