#scientific language

Means "pertaining to"

A suffix

Ex = cardiac

It's a pet peeve of mine, always has been, that when you are making an estimation of something, especially when it's scientific (like most things on Star Trek are), you aren't making a THEORY, it's a HYPOTHESIS. Unless something scientific is tried and tested with multiple sources of evidence, it is STILL A HYPOTHESIS.

So you are trying to tell me that the fuckin' chief Science Officer, the king of concise, the Vulcan that calculates probabilities to the thousandths place decimal point, would NOT also have this same nit to pick?? You're telling me that every time Jim says:

"Any theories, Mr. Spock?"

Spock doesn't just whirl on him like:

"No theories. There is not enough evidence. My hypothesis, however, is--"

No? Never? He just... let's that slide every time?? I mean, I'm just a geologist but I always correct someone when I hear it.

hyper- = above, more than normal

insulino- = insulin

-ism = disease from a specific cause

hypo- = below, deficient

glyco- = glucose, sugar

-emia = condition of the blood

resisto- = withstand the effect of

-ance = state

diabeto- = diabetes

-ic = pertaining to

glycoso- = glucose, sugar

uro- = urinary system, urine

-ia = condition, state, thing

poly- = many, much

dipso- = thirst

phago- = eating, swallowing

keto- = ketones

acido- = acid, low pH

-osis = condition, process

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inter- = between

vertebro- = vertebra

-al = pertaining to

AKA = above the knee amputation

anti-CCP = anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide

AP = anteroposterior

BKA = below the knee amputation

BMD = bone mineral density

C1 = cervical vertebra 1

C2 = cervical vertebra 2

C3 = cervical vertebra 3

C4 = cervical vertebra 4

C5 = cervical vertebra 5

C6 = cervical vertebra 6

C7 = cervical vertebra 7

Ca = calcium

Ca²⁺ = calcium ion

CDH = congenital dislocation of the hip

DEXA = dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry

DXA = dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry

DIP = distal interphalangeal joint

DJD = degenerative joint disease

ESWT = extracorporeal shock wave therapy

Fx = fracture

L1 = lumbar vertebra 1

L2 = lumbar vertebra 2

L3 = lumbar vertebra 3

L4 = lumbar vertebra 4

L5 = lumbar vertebra 5

LLE = left lower extremity

LUE = left upper extremity

MCP = metacarpophalangeal joint

NSAID = nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug

OA = osteoarthritis

ORIF = open reduction and internal fixation

ortho = orthopedics

P = phosphorus

PIP = proximal interphalangeal joint

PT = physical therapy

QCT = quantitative computerized tomography

RA = rheumatoid arthritis

RF = rheumatoid factor

RLE = right lower extremity

ROM = range of motion

RUE = right upper extremity

S1 = first sacral vertebra

T1 = thoracic vertebra 1

T2 = thoracic vertebra 2

T3 = thoracic vertebra 3

T4 = thoracic vertebra 4

T5 = thoracic vertebra 5

T6 = thoracic vertebra 6

T7 = thoracic vertebra 7

T8 = thoracic vertebra 8

T9 = thoracic vertebra 9

T10 = thoracic vertebra 10

T11 = thoracic vertebra 11

T12 = thoracic vertebra 12

THR = total hip replacement

tib-fib = tibia-fibula

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