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