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Phleb Abbrv 2
Phleb abbreviation test 2
Question | Answer |
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BS | Blood Sugar |
BSP | Bromosulphalein dye |
BUN | Blood urea nitrogen |
C | carbon |
c with line over | within |
carcin/o | Cancer |
C&S | Culture and sensitivity |
cardi/o (prefix) | Heart |
CAT | Computerized axial tomography (CAT SCAN) |
CBC | Complete Blood Count |
CCU | Coronary Care Unit / Critical Care Unit |
CDC | Center for Disease Control |
CEA | Carcenoembryonic Antigen |
Centesis (suffix) | A surgical puncture (amniocentesis) |
cephal/o | towards the head (cephalogram) |
cerebro/o | brain |
CEU | continuing education |
CF | Complement fixation |
Cl | Chloride, chlorine, and electrolyte |
CO2 | Carbon Dioxide |
CH (NH 2) 2 | Urea |
contra | against, contraindicative |
CNS | Central Nervous System |
CPD | Citrate Phosphate Dextrose, an anticoagulant |
CPK | Creatin phosphkinase (CK) |
CPR | Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation |
CRP | A C-reative protein |
CSF | Cerebreal Spinal Fluid |
cyan/o | Bluish, (cyanotic) |
cyst/o | Sac, bladder |
cyt/o, cyte | pertaining to cells |
derm/a | pertaining to skin |
Diff | Differential |
DOA | Dead on Arrival |
dorsal | toward the back |
dys | impaired, difficult |
ECG, EKG | Electrocardiogram |
ECHO | Echocardiogram |
ectomy (suffix) | the removal of, (tonsillectomy) |
EDTA | Ethlenediametetraacetate or acetic acid |
EEG | Electroencephalogram |
em | in, (in-feeling, empathy) |
emia (suffix) | Pertaining to blood (anemia) |
ENT | Ear, Nose, and Throat |
eosin | red dye used to staing eosinolphils |
ER | Emergency Room |
erythr/o | Red, (erythrocyte, red blood cell) |