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Keitha Study Stack
3rd Mod Abbrievations Week 1
| Prefixes | Meaning |
|---|---|
| An | Without |
| Brady | Slow |
| Hemi | Half |
| Hyper | Above normal; excessive |
| Hypo | Below normal |
| Multi | Many |
| Pan | All |
| Poly | Many |
| Tachy | Rapid |
| Ultra | Beyond or excess |
| Endo | Within; inner |
| Epi | Upon; over |
| a | Without; away from |
| anti/contra | Against |
| dys | Impaired |
| im/in | Not |
| mal | bad; ill |
| pseudo | false |
| alb | white |
| chlor/o | green |
| cyan/o | blue |
| erythr/o | red |
| eosin/o | rosy |
| leuk/o | white |
| melan/o | black |
| purpur/o | purple |
| rose/o | rose;pink |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| alga | pain |
| edema | swelling |
| emesis | vomiting |
| emia | presence in the blood |
| ia | state;condition |
| ism | state; condition |
| itis | inflammation |
| malacia | abnormal softening |
| oma | tumor; mass |
| osis | unusual or diseased condition |
| pathy | disease |
| rrhage;rrhagia | excessive;abnormal flow |
| rrhea | flow;discharge |
| uria | a particular substance in urine |
| benign | the description of tissue that is determine to be normal (not cancerous) |
| malignant | the description of tissue that is cancerous and that will grow out of control |
| aa | of equal parts |
| ABG | arterial blood gas |
| ac | before eating |
| ad lib | admission |
| ADR | adverse drug reaction |
| AIDS | acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
| amt | amount |
| APhA | American Pharmacists Association |
| AAPT | American Association of Pharmacy Technicians |
| ARDS | acute respiratory distress syndrome |
| ARF | acute renal failure |
| ASAP | as soon as possible |
| ASHD | atherosclerotic heart disease |
| BBVD | bloodbourne viral infections |
| BE | barium enemas |
| bid | twice a day |
| biw | twice weekly |
| BOM | bilateral otitis media(ear infection) |
| BP | blood pressure |
| c | with |
| CA | cancer |
| Ca | calcium |
| CAD | coronary artery disease |
| CHF | congestive heart failure |
| COPD | chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| CVA | cerebral vascular accident |
| DAW | dispense as written |
| diag | diagnosis |
| DM | diabetes mellitus |
| DPT | diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus vaccine |
| dx | diagnosis |
| D5W | dextrose 5% in water |
| D5/0.33 | dextrose 5% in 0.33% sodium chloride |
| D5/1/2Ns | dextrose 5% in 0.45% sodium chloride |
| D5Ns | dextrose 5% in 0.9% sodium chloride |
| ETOH | alcohol/ethanol |
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