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ILOVEMA
CMMA
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| QOD | Every Other Day |
| Q6PM | 6 P.M. daily or daily at 6 p.m. |
| TIW | 3 Times Weekly |
| HS | Half-Strength |
| BT,HS,QHS,QN | Bed time Or Hour of sleep |
| SC, SQ, SUB Q | Subcutaneously |
| IN | Intranasal |
| Abd | Abdomen |
| ABGs | Arterial blood gases |
| ac | BEFORE MEALS |
| ACLS | Advanced Cardiac Life Support |
| ad lib | As desired |
| ADHD | attention deficit hyperactivity disorder |
| AKA | Above the knee amputation |
| AMA | AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE |
| ASA | aspirin |
| ASAP | As soon as possible |
| BE | BARIUM ENEMA |
| BKA | BELOW THE KNEE AMPUTATION |
| BM | BOWEL MOVEMENT |
| BMI | BODY MASS INDEX |
| BP | BLOOD PRESSURE |
| BPH | BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERTROPHY |
| BPM | BEATS PER MINUTE |
| BRP | BATHROOM PRIVILEGES |
| BSA | BODY SURFACE AREA |
| BUN | BLOOD UREA NITROGEN |
| bx | BIOPSY |
| -C | WITH |
| C | CELSIUS |
| C&S | CULTURE AND SENSITIVITY |
| CA | CALCIUM,CANCER |
| CABG | CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT |
| CAD | CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE |
| CBC | COMPLETE BLOOD (CELL) COUNT |
| CC | CHIEF COMPLAINT |
| CDC | CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION |
| CM | CENTIMETER |
| CNS | Central Nervous System |
| cp | chest pain |
| CPR | CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION |
| c/o | complains of |
| copd | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
| CSF | CEREBROSPINAL FLUID |
| CT | COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY |
| CV | CARDIOVASCULAR |
| CVA | CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT (STROKE) |
| CXR | CHEST XRAY |
| D | DAY |
| D&C | DILATION AND CUREETAGE |
| D/C | DISCHARGE, DISCONTINUE |
| DNR | DO NOT RESUSCITATE |
| DOB | DATE OF BIRTH |
| DTAP | DIPTHERIA, TETANUS AND ACCELLULAR PERTUSSIS VACCINE |
| DX | DIAGNOSIS |
| ECK | ELECTROCARDIOGRAM |
| ED | EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT |
| EEG | ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM |
| ENT | EAR , NOSE AND THROAT |
| F | FAHRENHEIT |
| FBS, | FASTING BLOOD SUGAR. GLUCOSE |
| F.U | FOLLOW UP |
| FUO | FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN |
| FX | FRACTURE |
| GI | GASTROINTESTINAL |
| GTT | GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST |
| GU | GENITOURINARY |
| GYN | GYNECOLOGY,GYNECOLOGIST |
| H,HR | HOUR |
| H2O | WATER |
| HCT | HEMATOCRIT |
| HEENT | HEAD,EARS,EYES,NOSE,THROAT |
| HF | HEART FAILURE |
| HGB | HEMOGLOBIN |
| HIV | HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS |
| HPV | HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS |
| HTN | HYPERTENSION |
| HX | HISTORY |
| I&D | INCISION AND DRAINAGE |
| I&O | INTAKE AND OUTPUT |
| ICU | INTENSIVE CARE UNIT |
| K | POTASSIUM |
| KUB | KIDNEYS URETERS BLADDER |
| L | LITER |
| LB | POUND |
| LLE | LEFT LOWER EXTREMITY |
| LLL | LEFT LOWER LOBE |
| LLQ | LEFT LOWER QUADRANT |
| LMP | LAST MENSTRUAL PERIOD |
| LUE | LEFT UPPER EXTREMITY |
| LUQ | LEFT UPPER QUADRANT |
| MG/DL | MILIGRAMS PER DECILITER |
| MI | MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION |
| ML | MILILITERS |
| MM | MUCOUS MEMBRANE |
| MM HG | MILIMETERS OF MERCURY |
| MRI | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING |
| MS | MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS |
| N/V | NAUSEA/VOMITING |
| NB | NEWBORN |
| NG | NASOGASTRIC |
| NKA | NO KNOWN ALLERGIES |
| NPO | NOTHING BY MOUTH |
| NS | NORMAL SALINE |
| NSAID | NONSTERIODAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUG |
| O2 | OXYGEN |
| OB | OBSTETRICS |
| OC | ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE |
| OOB | OUT OF BED |
| OP | OUTPATIENT |
| OT | OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY OR THERAPIST |
| OTC | OVER THE COUNTER |
| PA | posteroanterior physician assistant |
| pc | after meals |
| PE | PHYSICAL EXAMINATION |
| PID | PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE |
| PMS | PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME |
| PO | BY MOUTH |
| PRN | AS NEEDED |
| PT | PHYSICAL THERAPY OR THERAPIST |
| PT | PATIENT |
| RA | RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS |
| RBC | RED BLOOD COUNT |
| RLE | RIGHT LOWER EXTREMITY (LEG) |
| RLL | RIGHT LOWER LOBE |
| RLQ | LIGHT LOWER QUADRANT |
| R/O | RULE OUT |
| ROM | RANGE OF MOTION |
| RT | RESPIRATORY THERAPY |
| RUE | RIGHT UPPER EXTREMITY (RIGHT ARM |
| RUQ | RIGHT UPPER QUADRANT |
| RX | PRESCRIPTION |
| S | WITHOUT |
| SOB | SHORTNESS OF BREATH |
| STAT | IMMEDIATELY |
| STI | SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE |
| SX | SYMPTOMS |
| SOB | SHORTNESS OF BREATH |
| STAT | IMMEDIATELY |
| STI | SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE |
| T&A | TONSILLECTOMY AND ADENOIDECTOMY |
| TB | TUBERCULOSIS |
| TIA | TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK |
| TX | TREATMENT |
| UA | URINALYSIS |
| URI | UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION |
| UTI | URINARY TRACT INFECTION |
| VS | VITAL SIGNS |
| WBC | WHITE BLOOD COUNT |
| WNL | WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS |
| YO | YEARS OLD |
| ADEN | GLAN |
| PANCREAT | PANCREAS |
| THYR | THYROID GLAND |
| HEM,HEMAT | BLOOD |
| THROM | CLOT |
| ARTH | JOINT |
| BRACHI | ARM |
| CERVI | NECK |
| CHONDR | CARTILAGE |
| COST | RIB |
| CRANI | SKULL |
| DACTYL | FINGER,TOE |
| FIBR | CONNECTIVE TISSUE |
| MY | MUSCLE |
| OSTE | BONE |
| POD | FOOT |
| SACR | SACRUM |
| SPONDYL | VERTEBRA |
| TEN,TENDIN | TENDON |
| VERTEBR | VERTEBRA |
| ABDOMIN | ABDOMEN |
| AN | ANUS |
| APPENDIC | APPENDIX |
| BIL,CHOL | BILE,GALL |
| COL | COLON |
| DENT | TEETH |
| ENTER | INTESTINES |
| ESOPHAG | ESOPHAGUS |
| GASTR | STOMACH |
| GINGIV | GUMS |
| GLOSS | TONGUE |
| HEPAT | LIVER |
| ICTER | JAUNDICE |
| ILE | ILEUM |
| LINGU | TOUNGUE |
| PANCREAT | PANCREAS |
| PHAG | EATING,SWALLOWING |
| PROCT | RECTUM |
| SPLEN | SPLEEN |
| STOMAT | MOUTH |
| ANDR | MEN |
| COLP | VAGINA |
| CYST | BLADDER |
| GRAVID | PREGNANT |
| GYNEC | WOMAN |
| HYSTER | UTERUS |
| MAMM,MAST | BREAST |
| METR | UTERUS |
| NEPHR | KIDNEY |
| OV | OVUM |
| OOPHOR | OVARY |
| ORCHID | TESTICLES |
| PROSTAT | PROSTATE GLAND |
| PYEL | PELVIS OF THE KIDNEY |
| REN | RENAL (KIDNEY) |
| SALPING | FALLOPIAN TUBE |
| URETER | URETERS |
| UR | URINARY |
| vesic | bladder |
| oopphor | ovary |
| prostat | prostate gland |
| pyel | pelvis of kidney |
| bronch | bronchial |
| laryng | larynx |
| nas | nose |
| pleur | pleura |
| pneum | lungs,air |
| pulmon | lung |
| rhin | nose |
| steth | chest |
| throac | thorax |
| trache | trachea airway windpipe |
| derm, dermay | skin |
| hidr | sweat |
| trich | hair |
| onych | nail |
| xer | dry |
| angi | blood vessel |
| arteri | artery |
| cardi | heart |
| vas | vessel |
| ven | vein |
| mening | membranes |
| mel | spinal cord,bone marrow |
| neur | nerve |
| ocul | eye |
| ot | ear |
| adip | fat |
| bio | life |
| carcin | cancer |
| cry | cild |
| dors | back portion of body |
| gluc | sugar |
| herni | hernia |
| hist | tissue |
| hydra | water |
| lact | milk |
| later | side |
| lip | fat |
| lith | stone |
| med,medi | middle |
| narc | numbness,stupor sleep |
| necr | death |
| onc | tumor |
| path | disease |
| ped | child,foot |
| psych | mind |
| pyo | pus |
| pyr | fever,heat |
| septic | infectoin |
| therm | heat |
| a,an | without |
| ab | away from |
| ad | toward |
| ambi | both |
| ante | before |
| anti | against |
| auto | self |
| bi | two twice double |
| brady | slow |
| circum | around |
| contra | against |
| de | down |
| dys | painful,abnormal |
| endo | within inside |
| epi | above on |
| eu | normal good |
| ex,extra,exo | outside of |
| hemi | half |
| hyper | above,excessive,increasesd |
| hypo | below,decreased insufficient |
| infra | beneath |
| inter | between , among |
| intra | within , during |
| levo | to he left |
| macro | large |
| mal | bad |
| mega | exeptionally large |
| meso | middle |
| meta | over,beyond |
| micro | small |
| mono | one |
| multi | many |
| neo | new |
| nulli | none |
| peri | around |
| poly | many |
| post | after,behind |
| pre,pro | before in front of |
| presby | older age |
| primi | first |
| pseudo | false |
| quadri | four |
| retro | behind in back of |
| sten | narrowed |
| sub | under |
| super | above excess |
| sym | together with |
| tachy | fast |
| trans | across |
| tri | three |
| ultra | beyond,excess |
| uni | one |
| centesis | surgical puncture |
| cise | cut remove |
| clasis | bread down |
| desis | stabilization |
| ectomy | removal , excision |
| gram | record |
| graph | instrument for recording |
| graphy | process of recording |
| iion | process |
| lepsy | seizure,convulsion |
| lysis | destruction , seperation |
| meter | device of measuring |
| metry | process of meausring |
| pexy | fixation to put in place |
| plasty | surgical repair reformation |
| scopy | visual examination |
| spasm | involuntary twitch contraction |
| stasis | stopping or controlling |
| stomy | a new opening |
| tomy | incision |
| tripsy | crushing |
| age | related to |
| cidal | pertaining to kill |
| form | shape |
| fuge | driving away |
| iatry | healing by a provider |
| ical | pertaining to |
| ion | process |
| logy | study of one who stdies |
| ole | little small |
| opia | vision |
| phylaxis | protection prevention |
| pnea | breathing |
| therapy | treatment |
| uri | urine |
| algia | pain |
| asthenia | weakness |
| cele | swelling herniation |
| dynia | pain |
| ectasis | dilation expansion |
| emesis | vomiting |
| emia | blood condition |
| ggen | producing |
| ia,ism | condition |
| iasis | presence of formation of |
| itis | inflammation |
| malacia | weakening of , softening of |
| mania | obsessive preoccupation |
| megaly | enlargement |
| oid | seeming like |
| ole | small |
| oma | tumor |
| osis | condition , usually abnormal |
| pathy | disorder, disease |
| penia | deficiency, dacrease |
| phagia | eating swallowing |
| phasia | speech |
| phobia | fear |
| plasia | formation of |
| plegia | paralysis |
| ptosis | drooping |
| RRHAGE | BURSTING FORTH |
| RRHEA | FLOW,DISCHARGE |
| RRHEXIS | RUPTURE |
| SCLEROSIS | HARDENING CONDITION |
| TROPHY | DEVELOPMENT |
| AB | AWAY FROM |
| AD | TOWARD |
| CIRCUM | AROUND |
| CONTRA | AGAINST IN OPPOSITION TO |
| DE | AWAY FROM ,DOWN |
| ECTO,EXO | OUTISDE |
| ENDO | WITHIN |
| EPI | OVER,UPON |
| EXTRA | OUTISDE |
| INFRA | BELOW UNDER |
| INTRA | INSIDE |
| IPSI | SAME,EQUAL |
| MESO | MIDDLE |
| META | AFTER,BEYOND,OVER |
| PARA | NEAR,BESIDE |
| PERI | SURROUNDING , AROUND |
| RETRO | BACKWARD,BEHIND |
| SUB | UNDER,ENAR |
| TRANS | ACROSS,THROUGH |
| ANTERIOR | FRONT |
| BILATERAL | PERTAINING TO BOTH SIDES |
| CAUDAL | TAIL |
| CEPHALIC | HEAD |
| DEXTRO | RIGHT |
| DISTAL | FARTHER AWAY FROM |
| DORSAL RECUMBENT | LYING ON THE BACK WITH KNEES UP AND FEET FLAT ON THE TABLE |
| EVERSION | TURNING OUTWARD OR INSIDE OUT |
| EXTENSION | BRINGING A LIMB TO A STRAIGHT POSITION |
| EXTERNAL | OUTSIDE |
| FLEXION | BENDING A LIMB OR BODY PART AT THE JOINT |
| FOWLERS | RAISING THE HEAD OF THE BED UP TO 90 DEGRESS |
| INFERIOR | BELOW OR DIRECTED DOWNWARD |
| INTERNAL | INSIDE |
| KNEE CHEST KNEE ELBOW | DRAWING THE KNEES UP TO THE CHEST |
| LATERAL | SIDE AWAY FROM THE MIDDLE |
| LITHOMY | ON THE BACK FLEXING THE LEGS AN ABDUCTED THIGHS |
| MEDIAL | MIDLINE |
| OBLIQUE | SLANTING,ON AN INCLINE |
| PERIPHERAL | OUTSIDE THE CENTRAL AREA |
| POSTERIOR | BACK |
| PRONE | LYING ON THE ABDOMEN |
| PROXIMAL | TOWARD THE CENTER OR POINT OF ATTACHMENT |
| QUADRANT | DIVIDING AN AREA HORIZONTALLY AND VERTICALLY INTO FOUR PARTS |
| RECUMBENT | LYING DOWN |
| ROTATION | TURNING AROUND AN AXIS |
| SIMS | LATERAL WITH ONE KNEE AND THIGH UP |
| SINISTRO | LEFT |
| SUPERIOR | ABOVE OR DIRECTED UPWARD |
| SUPINE | LYING ON THE BACK |
| TRENDELENBURG | LYING WITH THE HEAD LOWER THAN THE LEGS. |
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