EXPRESSING POSITION IN MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY locus, i, m. / situs, us, m. (L.) = topo- (G.) = place e.g. topophobia in situ = in the (afore-mentioned) place loco typico = in the typical place loco cicatricis = in the place of the scar (*cicatrix, icis, f. = scar) eodem loco = in the same place General terms localis, e = local anaesthesia localis positio, onis, f. lateris dextri (l.dx.) = on the right side, the right one lateris sinistri (l.sin.) = on the left side, the left one lateris utriusque (l. utr.) = on both sides, both later- (L.) *(prefix) = related to side e.g. lateropositio uteri sinistro-/dextropositio = reversal of an organ to the left/right Lateral position collateralis, e = located on the same side decubitus laterales (lateral bedsores) /bi/lateralis, e = /bi/lateral arteria collateralis(collateral artery) marginalis, e = marginal acralis, e (G.) = referring to extremities gingivitis marginalis cyanosis acralis Medial position medius, a, um / medianus, a, um e.g. auris media; linea mediana medialis, e (x lateralis, e) e.g. nervi supraclaviculares mediales intermedius, a, um = located between two things e.g. septum intermedium centralis, e e.g. os centrale; systema nervosum centrale mes-o- (G.) *(prefix) e.g. mesoderma; mesencephalon anterior, ius *(comparative form) e.g. paries anterior gastris antero- *(pref.) e.g. funiculus anterolateralis ante- *(pref.) e.g. antepositio uteri prae- (L.) *(pref.) e.g. transfusio praeoperativa = transfusion before operation pro- (G.) *(pref.) e.g. progeria adultorum; prognathia progeria Anterior position/before sth funiculus anterolateralis (anterior and lateral white matter) antepositio uteri posterior, ius *(comp. form) e.g. processus posterior tali postero- *(pref.) e.g. infarctus posterolateralis post- (L.) *(pref.) =after e.g. regio postnasalis; status postabortalis retro- (L.) *(pref.)= behind e.g. spatium retropharyngeum meta- (G.) *(pref.) = after e.g. ossa metacarpalia Posterior position/after sth processus posterior tali ossa metacarpalia regio postnasalis superior, ius *(comp. form) e.g. palpebra superior=superior eyelid supero- *(pref.) e.g. nodi lymphatici inguinales superficiales superomediales supra-/super- (L.) *(pref.) e.g. fossa supravesicalis; venae superficiales membri superioris epi- (G.) *(pref.) e.g. venae episclerales= veins located above scela(episcleral veins) hyper- (g.) *(pref.) rarely e.g. hypernephritis Superior position inferior, ius *(comp. form) e.g. membra inferiora = inferior membrane infero- *(pref.) e.g. infarctus inferoposterior infra- (L.) *(pref.) e.g. nervus infraorbitalis = nerve under orbital sub- (L.) *(pref.) e.g. ductus sublingualis maior=major sublingual duct hypo- (G.) *(pref.) rarely e.g. hypodermis Inferior position internus, a, um auris interna = inner ear intra- (L.) *(pref.) haemorrhagia intracranialis= intracranial bleeding endo- (G.) *(pref.) endocarditis=inflammation of endocardium Internal position haemorrhagia intracranialis externus, a, um e.g. meatus acusticus externus extra- (L.) *(pref.) e.g. circulatio extracorporalis ecto-/exo- (G.) *(pref.) e.g. ectoparasitus; neurosis exogenes External position circulation of blood outside the body through a machine external caustic meatus tick