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NURSING/MED.TERMINOL

MED.TERMINOLOGY

QuestionAnswer
A-,AN- WITHOUT, AWAY FROM, NOT
AB- AWAY FROM, ABSENT
ABDOMINAL ABD, TO THE ABDOMEN
ABDUCTION ABD, LATERAL MOVEMENT OF THE LIMBS AWAY FROM THE MEDIAN PLANE OF THE BODY, OR LATERAL BENDING OF THE HEAD OR TRUNK.
ABOVE OR HIGHER SUPERIOR
AC BEFORE MEAL
ADDUCTION ADD,MOVEMENT OF A LIMB OR EYE TOWARD THE MEDIAN PLANE OF THE BODY OR IN THE CASE OF DIGITS TOWARD THE AXIAL LINE OF A LIMB.
AD LIB AS DESIRED
ADL ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING
-ALGIA PAIN, SUFFERING, NEURALGIA
ANALGESIA ABSENCE OF NORMAL SENSE OF PAIN
ANTECUBITAL IN FRONT OF THE ELBOW
ANTERIOR ANT., TOWARD THE FRONT
APNEA TEMPORARY CESSATION OF BREATING
ARTHRO JOINT, ARTHOSCOPY
AURO, AURICULO, AUDIO HEARING
AXILLA ARMPIT, AXILLA
BID 2X A DAY
BRACHIAL PERTAINING TO THE ARM
BRADYAPNEA ABNORMALLY SLOW BREATHING
BRP BATHROOM PRIVILEGES
BUCCAL PERTAINING TO THE CHEEK
CARDIAC PERTAINING TO THE HEART
CAROTID PERTAINING TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT CAROTID ARTERIES
CBC COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT
C & DB COUGH & DEEP BREATHE
CHOL, CHOLE, BILE, GALL, CHOLECYSTITIS
CHONDRO CARTILAGE
COAG COAGULATION
COCCYX BASE OF THE SPINE
CONTRA AGAINST
COASTAL PERTAINING TO THE RIBS
CRANIAL PERTAINING TO THE CRANIUM
CUTANEOUS PERTAINING TO THE SKIN
CXR CHEST X-RAY
CYTO CELL, CYTOLOGY
DELTOID PERTAINING TO THE DELTOID MUSCLE
DERMA, DERMATO, CUTANEOUS SKIN
DORSAL PERTAINING TO THE BACK
DISTAL FARTHEST FROM THE CENTER
DM DIABETES MELLITUS
DYS DIFFICULT, BAD, PAINFUL, SUCH AS "DYSPNEA" AIR HUNGER IN LABORED BREATHING, SOMETIMES ACCOMPANIED BY PAIN
-ECTOMY EXCISION
EDEMA SWELLING
EKG/ECG ELECTROCARDIOGRAM
-EMIA BLOOD
ENT EARS, NOSE, THROAT
ENTER, ENTERO INTESTINE
EUPNEA NORMAL QUIET BREATHING
EVERSION TURNING OUTWARD
EXT. EXTERIOR, EXTERNAL
EXTENSION MOVEMENT THAT PULLS BOTH ENDS OF ANY PART
FEBRILE
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