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MT COURSE
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ADENO | Gland |
| CALCULI | Stone |
| CELE | Tumor, cyst |
| CYTO | Cell |
| GLYCO | Sugar |
| HOMEO, HOMO | Similar, same |
| LINGUIA | Tongue |
| LIP | Fat |
| LITH | Stone |
| MADARO | Falling hair |
| PSYCH | Mind |
| PYO | Pus |
| RADI | Rays |
| THERMIC | Heat |
| ARTHRO | Joint |
| CARPO | Wrist |
| CHONDRO | Cartillage |
| COSTA | Rib |
| CRANIO | Skull |
| DACTYL | Finger |
| ILI | Hip, ilium |
| MANUS | Hand |
| MYEL | Bone marrow |
| MYO | Muscle |
| ORTHO | Straighten |
| OSTEO | Bone |
| PEDI | Foot |
| SPONDYL | Vertebrae |
| CUTIS | Skin |
| DENT | Teeth |
| DERMA | Skin |
| HAPSIA | Touch |
| ODONT | Teeth |
| ONCO | Tumor |
| ONYCHIA | Nailbed |
| PEDICULAR | Lice |
| PRURIGO | Itching |
| PSORA | Itch |
| SARCO | Flesh |
| SCLERO | Hard |
| SQUAMA | Scaly |
| TRICHO | Hair |
| CHOLE | Bile, gallbladder |
| COLON | Large intestine |
| EMESIS | Vomiting |
| ENTERO | Intestine |
| GASTRO | Stomach |
| GLOSSO | Tongue |
| HEPAT | Liver |
| ILE | Ileum |
| LAPARO | Abdomen |
| MYXO | Mucus |
| PROCTO | Anus |
| PYLORO | Pyloric, gatekeeper |
| STOMA | Opening mouth |
| VISCERO | Body organs |
| ANGIO | Vessel |
| AORTAL | Main artery |
| ARTERIO | Artery |
| CARDIO | Heart |
| EMBOLI | Vessel obstruction |
| EMIA | Blood |
| HEMA, HEMO | Blood |
| PHLEBOTOMY | Vein incision |
| THROMBO | Blood clot |
| VERICO | Verified veins |
| VASO | Blood vessel |
| vena | Vein |
| VENTRICU | Heart cavity |
| BRONCHO | Bronchi, airway |
| CILI | Hairlike process |
| ECTASIS | Expansion |
| LARYNGO | Larynx,voice box |
| NASO | Nose |
| ORO | Mouth |
| OXY | Oxygen |
| PECTOR | Breast, chest |
| PLEURA | Rib side |
| PNEUMO | Lung |
| PTYSIS | To spit |
| PULMO | Lungs |
| RHIN | Nose |
| TRACHEO | Trachea |
| CREATININE | Waste material in the urine |
| CYSTO | Bladder |
| GLOMERULO | Nephron part, LITTLE BALL |
| NEPHRO | Kidney |
| PERITONEO | Lining of abdominal organs |
| PYELO | Pelvis |
| RENI | Kidney |
| URETERO | Ureter |
| URETHRO | Urethra |
| URI | Urine |
| URIC | Pertaining to urine |
| URINA | Urine |
| URO | Urine |
| BULBO | Bulblike gland |
| CERVI | Neck, uterus |
| GALACTO | Milk |
| GENITO | Reproductive system |
| HYSTER | Uterus |
| LACTIN | Milk |
| MAST | Breast |
| METR | Uterus |
| NATAL | Born |
| OOPHORO | Ovary |
| ORCHIDO | Testicle |
| OVA, OVI, OVO | Egg |
| SALPING | Fallopian tube |
| SPERMA, SPERMATO | Seed |
| VAS | Duct, vessel |
| AUDIO | Sound |
| CEREBRO | Brain |
| ENCEPHALO | Brain |
| ESTHESIA | Sensation |
| MEDULLA | Brain middle |
| MENINGO | Membranes, spinalcord |
| NEURO | Nerves |
| OCCIPUT | Back of skull |
| OCULO | Eye |
| OPHTHALMO | Eye |
| OTO | Ear |
| PARIETES | Parietal; wall part |
| PONS | Bridges |
| TEMPORA | Temporal |
| A, AN | Without |
| AB | Away |
| AD | Toward |
| ALGIA | Pain |
| ANTE | Before |
| ANTI | Against |
| BI | Two, double |
| BRADY | Slow |
| CIRCUM | Around |
| CO, CON | Together |
| DE | Down or away from |
| DESIS | Binding, fixation of |
| DIA | Through |
| DYS | Difficult, abnormal |
| ECTO | Outside |
| ECTOMY | Excision |
| ENDO | Within |
| EPI | Outer, on top of, over |
| EXO | Away from |
| EXTRA | Outside, beyond |
| FERRO | Iron |
| FORE | Before |
| FORM | Shape of |
| GRAPHY | Writing record |
| HEMI | Half |
| HYPER | Above |
| HYPO | Below |
| IASIS | Condition of |
| IATRIC | Medicine |
| IC | Pertaining to |
| INTER | Between |
| INTRA | Within |
| ISIS, ASIS | Condition of |
| ITIS | Inflammation of |
| JUXTA | Near |
| KINESIS | Movement |
| KYPHO | Humped |
| LOGIA, LOGY | Science of |
| LYSIS | Disintegration |
| MACRO | Large |
| MALACIA | Softening |
| MED, MEDI, MEDIO | Middle |
| MEGA, MEGALY | Enlargement |
| MICRO | Small |
| MONO | Single, one |
| MULTI | Many |
| NEO | New |
| OB | Against |
| OID | Like, shape, resemble |
| OLIGO | Few |
| OLOGY | Study of |
| OMA | Tumor |
| OSIS | Condition |
| PEDICULOSIS | Condition of lice infestation |
| OTOMY | Incision |
| PACHY | Thick |
| PARA | Near |
| PATH | Disease |
| PENIA | Deficiency |
| PERI | Around |
| PEXY | Fixation, suspension |
| PHOBIA | Fear of |
| PHORESIS | Transmission |
| PLASTY | Plastic surgical correction |
| PLEGIA | Paralysis, stroke |
| POLY | Many |
| POST | After |
| PRE | Before |
| PRO | In front of, on behalf of |
| PSEUDO | False |
| PTOSIS | Falling |
| RE | Back, again |
| RETRO | Backward |
| RRHAPHY | Suture |
| RHEXIS | Rupture |
| SCOPY | Exam |
| SEMI | Half |
| SPHYGMO | Pulse |
| SUB | Below |
| SUPRA, SUPER | Above |
| SYM, SYN | Together |
| TACHY | Swift, fast |
| TELE | Distance |
| TOXO | Toxic, poison |
| TRANS | Across |
| TRI | Three |
| ULTRA | Above |
| UNI | One |
| XENO | Foreign |
| XERO | Dry |
| A | Before |
| AA | Of each |
| abd | Abdominal |
| a.c. | Before meals |
| ADL | Activity of daily living |
| ad lib | As desired |
| a.m. | Morning |
| amt | Amount |
| AROM | Active range of motion |
| AX | Axillary |
| BID | Two times a day |
| BM | Bowel movement |
| BP | Blood pressure |
| BRP | Bathroom priveleges |
| C | Celsius |
| cal | calorie |
| cath | catheter |
| CBR | complete bed rest |
| cc | Cubic centimeter |
| CHF | congestive heart failure |
| cm | Centimetre |
| CN | charge nurse |
| CNS | charge nervous system |
| c/o | Complains of |
| DC | discontinue |
| DON | director of nurses |
| Dr. | Doctor |
| DX | Diagnosis |
| F | Fahrenheit |
| fx | Fracture |
| GI | Gastrointestinal |
| gtt | Drop |
| GU | Genutourinary |
| h | Hour |
| H20 | Water |
| HOB | Head of bed |
| HOH | Hard of hearing |
| HS | Hour of sleep |
| I/O | Intake and output |
| IV | Intravenous |
| kg | Kilogram |
| L | Litre |
| lb | Pound |
| LE/ LLE/ LUE | Lower extremity/Left lower extremity/Left upper extremity |
| Lt | Left |
| MI | Myocardial infarction |
| mm | Millimeter |
| noc | Night |
| NPO | Nothing by mouth |
| N/V | Nausea and vomiting |
| O.D | Right eye |
| OOB | Out of bed |
| O.S | Left eye |
| O.U | Both eyes |
| oz | Ounce |
| P | Pulse |
| p.c | After meals |
| PO | By mouth |
| p.m. | Evening |
| Prn | As needed |
| PROM | Passive range of motion |
| pt. | Patient |
| qd | Every day |
| qh | Every hour |
| q2h | Every two hours |
| qid | Four times a day |
| qod | Every other day |
| QNS | Quantity not sufficient |
| QS | Quantity sufficient |
| R | Respirations |
| RE/ RUE/ RLE | Right extremity/ right upper extremity/ right lower extremity |
| ROM | Range of motion |
| Rx | Prescription |
| Albus | White |
| CHLORO | Green |
| CHROM | Color |
| CIRRHOS | Yellow |
| CYAN | Blue |
| ERYTH | Red |
| LEUKO | White |
| MELANO | Black |
| POLIO | Gray |
| PURPURA | Purple |
| RHODA | Rose |
| RUBEO | Red |
| XANTHO | Yellow |
| CMA | Certified medical assistant |
| CNA | Certified nursing aide |
| ME | Medical examiner |
| sig | Write to be labelled |
| SOB | Shortness of breath |
| ss | Half |
| SSE | Soap suds enema |
| STAT | Immediately |
| syr | Syrup |
| tid | Three times a day |
| TO | Telephone order |
| TPR | Temperature, pulse and respirations |
| UP | Universal prescription |
| URI | Upper respiratory infection |
| v.o. | Verbal order |
| v.s. | Vital signs |
| W/C | Wheelchair |
| wt. | Weight |
| CCU | Coronary care unit |
| CS | Central supply |
| EENT | Eyes, ears, nose and throat |
| MICU | Medical intensive care unit |
| NICU | NEURO intensive care unit |
| pedi | Pediatrics |
| RT | Respiratory therapy |
| SICU | Surgical intensive care unit |
| ABG | Arterial blood gas |
| ACP | Acute care panel |
| ACP | Acute care panel |
| BUN | Blood urea nitrogen |
| C&S | Culture &Sensitivity |
| CSF | Cerebral spinal fluid |
| DPT | Diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus |
| FBS | Fasting blood sugar |
| HCT | Hematocrit |
| Hgb | Hemoglobin |
| O & P | Ova and parasites |
| NaHCO3 | Sodium bicarbonate |
| ANTERIOR | Front side |
| DISTAL | Farthest point away from |
| DORSAL | Backside |
| HIGH FOWLERS | Sitting at a 90⢠angles |
| INFERIOR | Below |
| LATERAL | Side of |
| MEDIAL | Middle |
| PERIPHERAL | On the edge of or outside of |
| POSTERIOR | Rear or back |
| PRONE | Lie on the front side face down |
| PROXIMAL | Nearest |
| SUPERIOR | Above |
| SUPINE | Lie on back |
| TRANSVERSE | Across |
| VENTRAL | To the belly |
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