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Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adren/o | adrenal glands |
| home/o | same, alike |
| adrenal/o | adrenal glands |
| insulin/o | insulin |
| andr/o | male |
| kal/i | potassium |
| calc/o | calcium |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| crin/o | secrete |
| parathyroid/o | parathyroid glands |
| chrom/o | colour |
| phe/o | dusky, dark |
| cyt/o | cell |
| pituitar/o | pituitary gland |
| dips/o | thirst |
| thorac/o | chest |
| glyc/o | sugar, sweetness |
| thym/o | thymus gland |
| glycos/o | sugar, sweetness |
| thyr/o | thyroid gland |
| gluc/o | sugar, sweetness |
| thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
| glucos/o | sugar, sweetness |
| toxic/o | poison |
| -crine | secrete |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -dipsia | thirst |
| -logy | study of |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -oid | resembling |
| -gen | forming, producing, origin |
| -oma | tumour |
| -genesis | forming, producing, origin |
| -stasis | standing still |
| -gram | record, writing |
| -tomy | incision |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -toxic | poison |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -tropin | stimulate |
| -ism | condition |
| -uria | urine |
| endo- | in, within |
| hyper- | excessive, above normal |
| eu- | good, normal |
| hypo- | under, below, deficient |
| exo- | outside, outward |
| poly- | many, much |
| ABG | arterial blood gases |
| ADH | antidiuretic hormone |
| BE | barium enema |
| BUN | blood urea nitrogen |
| C&S | culture and sensitivity |
| C&T | crossmatch and type |
| CBC | complete blood count |
| CK | creatine kinase |
| CT | computed tomography |
| CXR | chest x-ray |
| DM | diabetes mellitus |
| ECG | electrocardiogram/graph |
| ESR | erythrocyte sedimentation rate |
| FSH | follicle-stimulating hormone |
| GH | growth hormone |
| GTT | glucose tolerance test |
| Hb | hemoglobin |
| HbA1c | glycocylated hemoglobin |
| Hct | hematocrit |
| HDL | high-density lipoprotein |
| HIV | human immunodeficiency virus |
| IDDM | insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus |
| INR | international normalized ratio |
| IVP | intravenous pyelogram |
| K | potassium |
| KUB | (x-ray of the) kidney, ureter and bladder |
| LDH | lactic dehydrogenase |
| LDL | low-density lipoprotein |
| MCHC | mean corpuscular (cell ) hemoglobin concentration |
| Mg | magnesium |
| MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
| Na | sodium |
| NIDDM | non-insulin-dependent diabetes |
| OB | occult blood |
| PFT | pulmonary function test |
| PGH | pituitary growth hormone |
| PRL | prolactin |
| PSA | prostate-specific antigen |
| PT | prothrombin time |
| PTT/aPTT/APTT | partial thromboplastin time |
| RAIU | radioactive iodine uptake |
| RBC | red blood cell |
| T&S | type and screen |
| T3 | triiodothyronine |
| T4 | thyroxine |
| TFT | thyroid function test |
| UA | urinalysis |
| UGI | upper gastrointestinal series |
| US | ultrasound |
| WBC | white blood cell |
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