Medical Terminology

5. of injury You ask your patient "what happened?" in order to determine the MOI. What does MOI stand for?
6. Surgical removal of the uterus
9. Descriptive term that means away from the trunk
10. medical term that describes inflammation of a tendon
11. this abbreviation is used when the patient has normal exam results or is within normal limits
14. The branch of medicine that deals with disorders of the stomach and intestines
16. A patch that administers medicine across the skin (i.e. nicotine patch) can be described as
17. Furthest from the midline
18. this abbreviation is used to describe the primary problem or complaint of the patient
19. You are writing a note and want to indicate that the patient has full range of motion. What abbreviation do you use?

1. A patient with an eye injury or disease would be referred to this specialist
2. a fast pulse or heart rate would be called
3. the prefix term that means "arm"
4. The stopping of a flow of blood
7. joint movement in which the joint angle gets smaller
8. pain in the term for the disease fibromyalgia the part of the term "myalgia" refers to
12. the flu shot is an example of an injection that goes into a muscle. this type of injection is:
13. to describe the tissue surrounding a wound you would use the perfix:
15. Within the stomach
17. a concussion does not always result in a loss of consciousness, which is abbreviated as: