medical terminology
-phobia
fear of
Rx
prescription
subjective
anything the athlete tells you
not or no
circle with a line through/ across it
prefix
the beginning of a word
cardi-
heart
C/O
complaints of
objective
anything you see, anything that can be measured, lack of certain things
fracture
Fx
middle
melan/o-
black
MMT
manual muscle testing
assessment
medical 'guess' for what the injury is
rule out
R/O
suffix
ending
hemo-
blood
PMHx
past medical history
plan
what will be done to injury
follow up
f/u
root relates to....
a part of the body
hyper-
excessive/ above
NSAIDs
non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
palpation
to touch
past 72 hours
chronic
suffix pertains to..
a process or procedure; amount, location etc