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Terminology
Question | Answer |
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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 |