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Diagnosis
A concise technical description of the cause, nature or manifestations of a patient's condition, situation or problem
Anterior
Pertaining to the front
Frontal Plane
The vertical plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior parts.
Proximal
Near to the point of origin
Lumbar
The middle abdominal regions of (loin) of each side of the body
Trans-
Across
Post
After
Dia-
Complete
Distal
Far from the beginning of a structure; away from the point of origin
Hypogastric
The lower middle region below the umbilicus
Brady-
Slow
Tachy-
Rapid
Necr/o-
Death
-therapy
Treatment
Posterior
Pertaining to the back; behind a structure
Ventral
Pertains to the belly side of the body
Lateral
Toward the side of the body; away from he midline
Medial
Toward the mid-line; middle; away the side
Transverse Plane
The horizontal plane that divides the body into upper and lower parts.
Aneurism
weakness in a vessel causing the ballooning out the wall of the vessel
Hypodermic
Under the skin
Pseudo-
False
Al-
Pertaining to
Prognosis
The state of before knowledge; prediction about the outcome of an illness.
Phelb/o
Vein