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Term | Definition |
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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- |