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Chapter 18
Chapter 18 Key Root Words, Abbreviations, & Acronyms
Term | Definition |
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Bacteri/o | bacteria |
Bi/o | life |
Cyt/o | cell |
Gen/o | gene |
Hemat/o | blood |
Immun/o | immune |
Micr/o | small |
Myc/o | fungus |
Parasit/o | parasite |
Path/o | disease |
Vir/o | virus |
BAC | Blood alcohol content (or concentration) |
Cr | Creatinine |
CSF | Cerebrosinal Fluid |
Hct | Hematocrit |
Hgb or Hb | Hemoglobin |
MRSA | Methicillin-resistant Staphyloccus Aureus |
PSA | Prostate Specific Antigen |
UA | Urinalysis |
ACS | atypical squamous cells |
ASC-US | atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance, pronounced "ask-us) for ASC-US |
ASC-H | atypical squamous cells cannot exclude a high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion |
AGC | atypical glandular cells |
AIS | endocervical adenocarcinoma in situ, Ca in situ or CIS (carcinoma in situ) |
LSIL | low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion |
HSIL | high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion |