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| D/C | discontinue, discharge
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| OR | operating room
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| prn | whenever necessary, as needed
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| ac | before meals
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| stat | immediately, at once
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| RN | registered nurse
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| wt | weight
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| Cl | chloride or chlorine
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| Rx | prescription, take, treatment
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| AP | optical pulse
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| T | temperature
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| NPO | nothing by mouth
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| spec | specimen
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| -c | with
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| -ss | one half
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| -s | without
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| pt | patient, pint (500 mL or cc)
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| BP | blood pressure
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| R | respiration, rectal
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| Na | sodium
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| CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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| DRG | diagnostic related group
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| LMP | last menstrual period
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| NPO pre-op | nothing by mouth before an operation
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| Do EENT exam in OPD | do ear, eye, nose, throat exam in the clinic
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| Ob-Gyn | obstetrics gynecology
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| 500 mg qod 8 am | 500 mg every other day at 8 am
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| VS stat and q2h | vital signs immediately and every 2 hours
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| To PT by w/c for ROMs and ADL bid | to therapy by wheelchair by range of motion and activities of daily living twice a day
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| FFl cl liq to 240 mL q2h | force fluids clear liquids to 240 mL every 2 hours
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| 2 gtts OU qid q6h | 2 drops each eye 4 times a day every 6 hours
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| Dx=COPD, O2 prn, IPPB bid q12h | diagnosis=chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, oxygen whenever necessary, intermittent positive pressure breathing every 12 hours
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| sig= π Cap po tid -c food or milk | give the following directions= 2 capsules by mouth 3 times a day with food or milk
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| Dx= CVA, CT of brain stat | diagnosis= stroke, computerized tomography of brain immediately
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| Rx= 20 mL KCL IV | prescription=20 mL potassium chloride intravenously
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| EMT is certified for ACLS | emergency medical technician is certified for advanced cardiac life saving
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| craniotomy | cutting into the skull
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| crani- | pertaining to the skull
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| -otomy | cutting into
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| dysuria | difficulty urinating
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| dys- | difficult, painful, bad
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| -uria | urine
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| hysterectomy | surgical removal of the uterus
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| hyster- | uterus
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| -ectomy | surgical removal of
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| hemotoxic | blood poisoning
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| hemo- | blood
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| -toxic | poison
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| carcinoma | cancer caused by a tumor
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| carcin- | cancer
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| -oma | tumor
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| electroencephalograph | electrical brain diagram
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| electro- | electrical
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| encephalo- | brain
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| -graph | diagram
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| osteomalacia | softening of bone tissue
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| osteo- | bone
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| -malacia | softening of tissue
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| paraplegia | paralysis of lower half of body
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| para- | near, beside, lower half of body
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| -plegia | paralysis
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| pyuria | puss in the urine
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| py- | puss
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| -uria | urine
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| acromegaly | enlargement of extremities
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| acro- | extremities (arms and legs)
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| -megaly | enlarged
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| gerontology | the study of old age
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| geront- | old age, elderly
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| -ology | study/science of
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| dysphagia | having difficulty swallowing
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| dys- | difficult, painful, bad
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| -phagia | to eat, consume, swallow
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| hydrocele | swelling caused by excess water
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| hydro- | water
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| -cele | swelling, tumor, cavity, hernia
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| adenoma | glandular swelling
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| adeno- | gland
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| antitoxic | against poisoning
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| anti- | against
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| ophthalmology | the study of the eye
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| ophthalm- | eye
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| -ology | study of
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| pneumonomelanosis | having one black lung
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| pneum- | lung, air
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| mono- | one
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| melan- | black
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| -osis | condition, state
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| paraosteoarthropathy | disease in the joints of the lower half of the body
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| arthro- | joint
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| -pathy | disease
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| salpingo-oophorocele | the swelling of the ovary and fallopian tube
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| salpingo- | fallopian tube
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| oophoro- | ovary, female egg cell
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| idiopathic thrombocytopenia | self-originating clo due to lack of cells
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| idio- | peculiar to individual, self-originating
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| cyto- | cell
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| thrombo- | clot
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| -penia | lack of
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| narcoepilepsy | seizure upon sleeping
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| narco- | sleep
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| epi- | upon, over
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| -lepsy | seizure
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| postpartum | after labor
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| post- | after, behind
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| -partum | birth, labor
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| herniorrhaphy | sewing up a rupture in mouth
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| herni- | rupture
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| or- | mouth
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| -rrhaphy | suture of
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| dermacyanosis | condition where the skin is blue
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| derma- | pertaining to skin
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| cyan | blue
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| thoracentesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid from chest
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| thora- | chest, thorax
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| -centisis | surgical puncture to remove fluid
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