A good understanding of basic medical terminology helps us to understand the doctor’s notes more precisely and we will be better able to assign the correct code to the patient’s office visit. This understanding is even more important in specialty medical fields. These may require an in-depth understanding of medical terminology and the need for a very specific diagnosis, like in oncology.

1. ANATOMY
GYNECOLOGY
Parts of the body and its general structure.
ANALGESIA
Loss of pain where pain would normally be
evident without loss of consciousness.
Study and treatment of the female
urinary tract and reproductive organs.
HEMATOLOGY
Treatment of blood diseases and malignancies.
MICROBIOLOGY
Related to bacterial and viral infections.
NEONATAL
Special care for newborn babies with high
dependency needs.
NEUROLOGY
Related to the disorders of the brain, spinal cord,
or general nervous system.
ONCOLOGY
Chemotherapy treatments for cancer.
PATHOLOGY
The names for disorders and diseases.
PEDIATRICS
Medical assistance of infants.
PSYCHIATRY
The study and treatment of mental disorders.
RHEUMATOLOGY
Related to musculoskeletal disorders
(bones, joints, muscles, etc.).
SURGERY
Physical operative procedures.
UROLOGY
Related to problems with the bladder
and kidneys.
ABIOTIC
Not related to living organisms.
ABORTIVE
Cutting short the course of a disease.
ABRUPTION
A sudden breaking away or breaking off.
ACCESSORY
Extra or supplementary to the main element.
BENIGN
An abnormal growth that is not life-threatening.
CAVITY
Hollow space in the body containing one
organ or more.
COMPRESSION
ETIOLOGY
To apply pressure to stop bleeding or prevent
further injury.
The cause of a certain condition.
EXACERBATION
HEMATEMESIS
Deterioration of a condition.
Blood in vomit.
IATROGENIC
A condition that appears as a result of treatment
of another condition.
IDIOPATHIC
INTRACTABLE
Of unknown cause.
Difficult to cure or alleviate.
REFERRED PAIN
REFLUX
Pain that is felt in another area to the original
source of this pain.
Going in a backward direction.
Disappearance of signs of disease.
REMISSION
Elicits a physiological response.
Just beneath the skin.
A set of symptoms that indicate towards a
certain condition, disease or abnormality.
STIMULUS
SUBCUTANEOUS
SYNDROME
AMBULATORY
Ability to walk.
YOUR GUIDE TO
BASIC MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
2018
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