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terms(medix college)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| acid/o | acid |
| a-,an- | without,not |
| ABC | aspiration biopsy cytology |
| abnormal condition | -iasis |
| acid | acid/o |
| Ad lib | as needed by client |
| aer/o | air |
| after.behind | post |
| AIDS | Acquired immune deficiency syndrome |
| air | aero |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| ALT | alanine amino transferase |
| an/o | anus |
| anus | an/o |
| anus,rectum | proct/o |
| appen/o | appendix |
| appendic/o | appendix |
| appendix | append/o, appendic/o |
| appetite | rexia |
| around | -peri |
| AST | anaiotennin aminotransferase |
| Ba | barium |
| bad,painful, difficult | -algia |
| BaE,BE | barium enema |
| bid | twice daily |
| bil/i | bile,gall |
| bile duct | choledoch/o |
| bile vessel | cholangi/o |
| bile,gall | chol/e |
| bm | bowel movement |
| bmi | body mass index |
| bucc/o | the cheek |
| c | with |
| cap | capsule |
| cec/o | cecum |
| cecum | cec/o |
| -cele | hernia |
| cf | cystic fibrosis |
| the cheek | buccal |
| cheil/o | lip |
| chol/e | bile,gall |
| cholangi/o | bile vessel |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| choledoch/o | bile duct |
| col/o | colon |
| colon | col/o |
| colon/o | colon |
| ct | computed tomography |
| dent/o | teeth |
| dia- | through across |
| digestion | -pepsia |
| discharge flow | -rrhea |
| disease | -pathy |
| dr | dram |
| drug,medicine | pharmaceutic |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| duodenum | duoden/o |
| dys- | pain and difficult |
| -ectomy | excision removal |
| EGD | Esophagogastroduodenoscopy |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| enlargement | megaly |
| enter/o | intestine |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| esophagus | esophag/o |
| ESWL | extra corporeal shock wave lithotripsy |
| EUS | excretory ultra sound |
| excessive, above abnormal | -hyper |
| excision,removal | -ectomy |
| fat | steat/o |
| fl.dr. | dram fluid |
| fl.oz | ounce fluid |
| forming an opening(mouth) | stoma |
| gallbladder | cholecyst/o |
| gastr/o | intestine |
| GB | gallbladder |
| GBP | gastric bypass |
| GBS | gallbladder series |
| GER | Gastroesophageal reflux |
| GERD | Gastroesophageal reflux disease |
| GI | gastro intestional |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| glott/o | epiglottis |
| glottis | epiglottis |
| gr | grain |
| gtt | drops |
| gum(s) | gingiv/o |
| HAV | hepatitis A virus |
| HBV | hepatitis B virus |
| HCI | hydrochloric acid |
| HCV | hepatitis C virus |
| HDV | hepatitis D virus |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hernia,swelling | -cele |
| HEV | hepatitis E virus |
| hs | bedtime |
| hs prn | before bedtime as required |
| hyper- | excessive above normal |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| IBD | Irritable bowel diease |
| IBS | irritable bowel syndrome |
| ile/o | ileum |
| ileum | ile/o |
| Im | intramuscular |
| incision | -tomy |
| inflammation | -itis |
| instrument for examination | -scope |
| intestine | -enter |
| involuntary twitching, contraction | -spasm |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| IV | intravenous |
| IVC | intravenous cholangiogram |
| jejun/o | jejunum |
| jejunum | jejun/o |
| labi/o | labial |
| lb | pounds |
| LES | lower esophageal sphnicter |
| leuk/o | white |
| LFT | liver function test |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| lip | cheil |
| lip/o | fat |
| lipid/o | fat |
| -listhesis | slipping |
| -lith | stone,calculus |
| lith/o | stone calculus |
| liver | hepat |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| LPR | laryngopharngeal reflux |
| -lysis | seperation |
| maxill/o | maxilla |
| maxilla | maxill/o |
| meal | -prandial |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| min. | small |
| mouth | stoma,or |
| MRCP | magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography |
| mucus | myx/o |
| myx/o | mucus |
| NG | nasogastric |
| OCG | oral cholecystography |
| OD | every other day |
| odent/o | teeth |
| odont/o | teeth |
| -ole | small |
| or/o | mouth |
| -orexia | appetite |
| orth- | straight |
| orth/o | straight |
| oz. | ounce |
| pain | -algia |
| palate | palat/o |
| palat/o | palate |
| pancreas | pancreat/o |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| -pathy | disease |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| peri- | around |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| peritoneum | pertitone/o |
| pertaining to | -al |
| -phagia | swallowing/speech |
| pharmaceutic/o | drugs,medicine |
| pharyng/o | pharynx |
| pharnyx | pharyng/o |
| -plakia | plaque |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| po | by mouth |
| polyp/o | small growth |
| post- | after |
| -pradial | meal |
| prn | as required or needed |
| proct/o | rectum or anus |
| pt | pint |
| ptyal/o | saliva |
| PUD | peptic ulcer disease |
| pylor/o | pylorus |
| pylorus | pylor/o |
| q__h | every ____ hours |
| qd,od | every hour |
| qhs | every bedtime |
| qid | three times a day |
| qs | quantity suffient |
| qt | quart |
| R/O | rule out |
| rect/o | rectum |
| rectum | rect/o |
| RGB | roux en y gastric bypass |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | discharge or flow |
| s/c | subcutaneous |
| saliva | ptyal/o |
| saliva,salivary gland | sial/o |
| -scope | instrument for examination |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| seperation,destruction, loosening | -lysis |
| sial/o | salivary gland |
| sigmoid colon | sigmoid/o |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| Sl | sublingual |
| slipping | -listhesis |
| small growth | polyp/o |
| small minute | min |
| -spasm | involuntary twitch |
| specialist | -ist |
| specialist in the study of | -logist |
| stat | -immediately |
| steat/o | fat |
| stomach | gastro |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| -stomy | creating an opening |
| stone,calculus | lith |
| straight | -ortho |
| sub- | underneath |
| surgical repair | -plasty |
| suture | -rrhaphy |
| swallowing,eating | -phagia |
| tab | tablet |
| teeth | odont/o odent/o |
| through,across | dia |
| tid | three times a day |
| -tomy | incision |
| tongue | lingual |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| tonsils | tonsill/o |
| UGI | upper gastrointestional |
| UGIS | upper gastrointestional series |
| under below | sub- |
| upp | uvulopalatopharyngoplasty |
| US | ultrasound |
| uvul/o | uvula |
| uvula | uvul/o |
| visual examination | -scopy |
| vomiting | -emesis |
| white | leuk/o |
| without,not | a-,an- |