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FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, PHYSICAL EDUCATION & RECREATION
Spring 2006 PET 4622 ATHLETIC INJURIES
FOR NON-ATHLETIC TRAINING MAJORS
Common Abbreviations
a= before, comes from ante
PRN= as needed
p= after, comes from post
AROM= Active Range of Motion
c= with
PROM= Passive Range of Motion
s= without
RROM= Resistive Range of Motion
x= times
MMT= Manual Muscle Testing
tx, rx= treatment
R= right
hx= history
L= left
dx= diagnosis
B= bilateral
fx= fracture
Mild= mild
px= problem
Mod= moderate
s/p= status post, immediately after
Severe= severe
y/o= years old
ATR= athletic training room
c/o= complains of
ATC= Certified Athletic Trainer
f/u= follow up
Peri- = around
r/o= rule out
Inf= inferior (below in terms of trunk)
dz= disease
Sup= superior (above in terms of trunk)
pt= patient
Ant= anterior (toward the trunk)
athl= athlete
Post= posterior (toward the back)
↑= increase
Prox= proximal (closest to the trunk)
↓= decrease
Dist= distal (away to the trunk)
♀= female
Med= medial (toward the midline)
♂= male
Lat= lateral (away from the midline)
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, PHYSICAL EDUCATION & RECREATION
Spring 2006 PET 4622 ATHLETIC INJURIES
FOR NON-ATHLETIC TRAINING MAJORS
Common Abbreviations
MD= physician
Eu= prefix for normal
STG= short term goals
Hemat/o= prefix for blood
LTG= long term goals
Hemi= prefix for half, partly
BID= twice daily
Hydr/o= prefix for water
TID= three times daily
Hyper= prefix for excessive
QID= four times daily
Hypo= prefix for under, below
Inter= prefix for between
Common Medical Word Roots
Intra= prefix for within
-algia= suffix for pain
Neo= prefix for new
Anter/o= prefix for front, anterior
Neur/o= prefix for nerve
Arteri/o- prefix for artery
Para= prefix for near, beside, around
Arthr/o= prefix for joint
Patell/o= prefix for patella (kneecap)
Auto= prefix for self
-pathy= suffix for disease
Cardi/o= prefix for heart
Poly= prefix for many
Cervic/o= prefix for neck
Poster/o= prefix for behind, posterior
Cyan/o= prefix for blue
Quadri= prefix for four
-cyte= suffix for cell
Spondyl/o= prefix for spine
Cyt/o= prefix for cell
Sub= prefix for under, below
-emia= blood
Supra= prefix for above
-edema= swelling
-therapy= suffix for treatment
Epi= prefix for above, upon
Therm/o= prefix for heat
Erythr/o= prefix for red
Vertebr/o= prefix for vertebra