| Question |
Answer |
| -algia |
pain and suffering |
| dys- |
bad, difficult, painful |
| -ectomy |
surgical removal |
| hyper- |
excessive or increases |
| hypo- |
deficient or decreased |
| -itis |
inflamation |
| -osis, -ago, -esis, -ia, -iasis |
abnormal condition or disease |
| -ostomy |
artifical opening |
| -plasty |
surgical replair |
| -rrhage |
bleeding, brusting forth or abnormal or excessive flow |
| -rrhapy |
surgical suturing to close a wound, includes sutures, staples and surgical glue |
| -rrhexis |
rupture |
| -sclerosis |
abnormal hardening |
| abd, abdo |
abdomen |
| ABG |
Arterial blood gases |
| ac |
before meals |
| ADL |
activites of daily living |
| adm |
admission |
| AIDS |
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
| APAP |
acetaminophen |
| ASA |
Acetylsalicylic acid (asprin) |
| cyan/o |
blue |
| erythr/o |
red |
| leuk/o |
white |
| melan/o |
black |
| poli/o |
gray |
| ankyl/o |
crooked/bent/stiff |
| arthr/o |
joint |
| chondr/o |
cartilage |
| cost/o |
rib |
| crani/o |
skull |
| -desis |
surgical fixation of bone/joint |
| -desis |
to tie together/to bind |
| kyph/o |
bent/hump |
| lord/o |
curve/swayback/bent |
| -lysis |
breakdown/seperation |
| myel/o |
spinal cord/bone marrow |
| oss/e, oss/l, ost/o, oste/o |
bone |
| scoli/o |
curved or bent |
| spondyl/o |
vertebrae/vertrebral column/backbone |
| synovi/o, synov/o |
synovial membrane/fluid |
| -um |
singular noun ending |
| -stasis |
control |
| aden/o |
gland |
| adip/o |
fat |
| cephal/o |
head |
| coron/o |
coronary/crown |
| cyt/o |
cell |
| endo- |
in/within/inside |
| exo- |
outside of/away from |
| hist/o |
tissue |
| -malacia |
abnormal softening |
| -ologist |
specialist |
| -ology |
study of |
| -oma |
tumor/neoplasm |
| -path/o |
disease/suffering/feeling/emotion |
| -plasia |
development/growth/formation |
| -ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ial, -ical, -ic,
-ine, -lor, -ory, -ous, -tic |
pertaining to |
| -ion |
action, process, state or condition |
| -ism |
condition, state of |
| -osis |
abnormal conditon/disease |
| -a, -e, -y |
noun ending |
| -um, -us |
singular noun ending |
| epi- |
above |
| retro- |
behind |
| -plasm |
formative material of cells |
| idi/o |
peculiar to the individual or organ/one/distinct |
| anomaly |
deviation |
| ana- |
excessive |
| gene |
producing |
| ather/o |
plaque or fatty sunstances |
| acetabulum |
hip socket |
| allogenic |
originating with another |
| autologous |
originating within the individual |
| BRP |
bathroom privileges |
| c |
with line over = with |
| s |
with line over = without |
| CA |
cancer |
| As tol |
as tolderated |
| PRN |
as needed |
| tonsill/o |
tonsils |
| enter/o |
small intestine |
| -dynia |
pain |
| -megaly |
enlargement |
| -necrosis |
tissue death |
| -stenosis |
abnormal narrowing |
| -centesis |
surgical puncture |
| -gram |
record |
| -scopy |
examination |
| peri- |
surrounding |
| nat |
birth |
| super-, supra- |
above or excessive |
| laryng/o |
larynx and throat |
| rhin/o |
nose |
| ot/o |
ear |
| lith/o, -lith |
stone, calculus |
| append/o, appendic/o |
appendix |
| -a to plural |
-e |
| -ex or -ix to plural |
-ices |
| -is to plural |
-es |
| -itis to plural |
-ides |
| -nx to plural |
change x to ges |
| -on or -um to plural |
-a |
| -us to plural |
-i |
| sign |
objective evidence of disease like fever |
| symptom |
subjective evidence of disease like pain |
| syndrome |
set of signs/symptoms occur together |
| diagnosis |
identification of the disease |
| differential diagnosis |
determine which one of several diseases is causing symptoms |
| rule out (R/O) |
differential diagnosis |
| prognosis |
forcast/prediction of probably course |
| acute |
rapid onset, severe course, short duration |
| chronic |
disease of long duration. rarely cured |
| remission |
temp, partitial or complete dissapearance of the symptoms with out cure |
| eponym |
disease/structure/operation named for person who discovered it |
| acronym |
word formed from initial letters of parts of compound term |
| fissure |
groove or crack in skin |
| fistula |
abnormal passage between two internal organs or from organ to surface of body |
| Moucous |
describes mucous membranes |
| Mucus |
fluid secreted by mucous membrane |
| palpation |
feel texture, size, consistency |
| palpitation |
pounding or racing heart |
| pyel/o |
pelvis |
| py/o |
pus |
| pyr/o |
fever or fire |
| supination |
rotating arms so palms are forward or upward |
| sappuration |
formation or discharge of pus |
| trauma |
wound or injury |
| AD |
Alzheimer's disease |
| AP |
appendectomy or appendicitis |
| BE |
barium enema or below elbow |
| CFS |
chronic fatigue syndrome |
| C |
cyanosis |
| DG, Dg, Diag, diag, DX, Dx |
diagnosis |
| D/D, DD, DDx, diaf. diag |
differential diagnosis |
| EN |
endoscopy |
| GE |
gastroenteritis |
| He |
hemorrhage |
| Inflam, Inflamm |
inflammation |
| IM |
Intramuscular |
| PA, Pa, path |
pathology |
| PN |
postnatal |
| prog, progn, Prx, Px |
prognosis |
| TE |
tonsillectomy |
| VD |
venereal disease |
| sagittal plane |
divides body into unequal parts |
| midsagittal plane |
midline/divides body in equal halfs |
| coronal plane |
divides body into anterior and posterior portions |
| transverse plane |
divides the body into superior/inferior |
| cranial cavity |
located in skull protects brain |
| spinal cavity |
located in spinal column protects the spine |
| dorsal cavity |
pertains to back, protects nervous system, contains cranial and spinal cavity |
| ventral cavity |
cavity in front of the body |
| home/o |
constant |
| ventral cavity contents |
thoracic, abdominal, pelvic |
| diaphram |
muscle seperating thoracic and abdominal cavities |
| thoracic cavity contents |
heart/lungs |
| abdominal cavity contents |
major organs of digestion |
| pelvic cavity contents |
reproductive/excretory systems |
| quadrants |
divides body into four |
| RUQ |
right upper quadrant |
| LUQ |
left upper quadrant |
| RLQ |
right lower quadrant |
| LLQ |
left lower quadrant |
| messentery |
fused double layer of parietal peritoneum that attached parts of intestine to interior abd wall |
| stem cells found |
new embryo, cord blood, adult bone marrow, muscle, brain, amniotic fluid |
| stem cells |
unspecialized cells that renew themselves for long periods through cell division |
| gametes |
sex cells don't have 46 chromosomes |
| male |
XY |
| female |
XX |
| somatic cell |
contain 46 chromosomes |
| genome |
entire set of genes derived from one parent |
| genetic/hereditary disorders |
defective gene |
| cystic fibrosis |
affects respiratior and digestive system |
| down syndrome/trisomy 21 |
degrees of mental retardation/multiple physical abnormalities |
| hemophelia |
hereditary bleeding disorder |
| huntington's disease/huntington's chorea |
loss of muscle control/mental ability, mid life onset, dominant gene |
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