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Final Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a-; an- | without |
| ACTH | adrenocorticotropic hormone |
| ADH | antidiuretic hormone |
| ad- | toward |
| AIDS | aquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
| ambul/o | walk |
| amnion | amni/o |
| andr/o | male |
| ante- | before |
| anti- | against |
| anus | an/o |
| ASAP | as soon as possible |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| BaE | barium enema |
| bi- | two |
| black | melan/o |
| blood | hemat/o |
| blue | cyan/o |
| BM | bowel movement |
| bone | oste/o |
| brady- | slow |
| brain | encephal/o |
| CAD | coronary artery disease |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cartilage | chondr/o; cartilagin/o |
| CBC | complete blood count |
| -cele | hernia |
| CHF | congestive heart failure |
| cell | cyt/o; -cyte; cellul/o |
| chlor/o | green |
| choledoch/o | bile duct |
| -clasis | break; fracture |
| colour | chrom/o |
| condition of | -esis; -ia; -us; -y; -ema; -ism; -isy |
| contra- | against |
| COPD | chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| core/o | pupil |
| CRP | cardiopulmonary resusciation |
| cranium | crani/o |
| crin/o | secrete |
| cry/o | cold |
| CSF | cerebrospinal fluid |
| CT | computed tomography |
| CVA | cardiovascular accident |
| D&C | dilation & curettage |
| dacry/o | tears |
| death | necr/o |
| decrease | -penia; hypo- |
| dent/o | tooth |
| destruction of | -lysis |
| di- | double |
| dilation | -ectasis |
| discharge | -rrhea |
| double | di- |
| dia- | through |
| dys- | pain |
| ear | aut/o; ot/o |
| eardrum | myring/o; tympan/o |
| eating, swallowing | phag/o; -phage; -phagia |
| ECG | electrocardiogram |
| ect/o | outside |
| -ectasis | dilation; expansion |
| -ectomy | excision |
| -edema | swelling |
| EEG | electroencephalogram |
| -emesis | vomit |
| -emia | blood condition |
| enlargement | -megaly |
| eosin/o | rose coloured |
| epi- | above |
| ER | emergency room |
| -esthesia | feeling; sensation; numbness |
| eu- | good |
| excessive | hyper-; ultra- |
| excision | -ectomy |
| exo- | outside |
| eye | optic/o; ophthalm/o; opt/o; ocul/o |
| false | pseud/o |
| first | primi-; proto-; prim/o |
| forming; producing | -gen; -genesis; -poiesis; gen/o |
| FSH | follicle stimulating hormone |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| GI | gastrointestinal |
| glands | aden/o |
| gluc/o | sugar |
| GP | general practioner |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument to record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| gray | glauc/o |
| gray matter | poli-; poli/o |
| Hgb | hemoglobin |
| hearing | acous/o; acoust/o |
| heart | cardi/o |
| HEENT | head, eyes, ears, nose, throat |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hemi- | half |
| hemorrhage | -rrhagia |
| hernia | -cele; herni/o |
| hist/o | history |
| homeostasis | internal balance |
| Hx | history |
| hyper- | excessive; above |
| hypo- | deficient; below |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| ichthy/o | dry and scaly |
| ICU | intensive care unit |
| IDDM | insulin dependent diabetes mellitus |
| ilium | ili/o |
| -ism | condition of |
| incision | -tomy |
| inflammation | -itis |
| infra- | under; below |
| instrument to view | -scope |
| instrument to cut | -tome |
| instrument to record | -graph |
| instrument to crush | -triptor |
| irid/o | iris |
| -itis | inflammation |
| joint | arthr/o |
| kal- | potassium |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| kidney | ren/o; nephr/o |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| KUB | kidney, ureter, bladder |
| lack of | -penia |
| later/o | side by side |
| lith/o | stone |
| -lysis | destruction; loosening; seperation |
| -malacia | softening |
| measuring | -metry |
| men/o | menstruation; month; menses |
| mening/o | meninges |
| mes/o | middle |
| meta- | change |
| -meter | instrument to measure |
| -metry | measuring |
| mmHg | milimeters of mercury |
| morph/o | form; shape |
| MRI | magnetic renosance imaging |
| MS | musculoskeletal |
| muscle | my/o |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | spinal cord; bone marrow |
| narc/o | stupor; sleep |
| narrowing | -stenosis |
| necr/o | death |
| NIDDM | non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus |
| no | non |
| NPO | nothing by mouth |
| NSAIDS | non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs |
| nyct/o | night |
| OB-GYN | obstetrics and gynecology |
| OD | right eye |
| -oid | resembling |
| -ologist | specialist in the study of |
| -ology | study of |
| -oma | tumor |
| onych/o | nail |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| oste/o | bone |
| pain | -algia; -dynia; -algesia |
| PERRLA | pupils equal, round and reactive to light and accommodation |
| PAP | papanicolaou's smear |
| para- | near; beside |
| paralysis | -plegia |
| parathyroid | parathyroid/o |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | decrease |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| per- | through; across |
| peri- | around; surrounding |
| -phagia | eating; swallowing |
| -phasia | speech |
| -phonia | sound; voice |
| -physis | growth; development |
| pil/o | hair |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| pod/o | foot |
| poli- | gray matter |
| poly- | many; much |
| pre- | before |
| pregnancy | -cyesis; -gravida |
| pro- | before |
| production of | gen/o; -poeisis; -genesis |
| prostat/o | prostate gland |
| pt | patient |
| -ptosis | drooping; sagging; prolapse |
| -ptysis | spitting; coughing up |
| pulmon/o | lung; air |
| puncture of | -centesis |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| R/O | rule out |
| RA | rheumatoid arthritis |
| RBC | red blood cells |
| rectum | rect/o; proct/o |
| red | erythr/o |
| relating to | -ic; -ac; -al; -ary; -ar |
| repair of | -plasty |
| retro- | behind; backward |
| ROM | range of motion |
| rose colored | eosin/o |
| -rrhagia | burting forth; hemorrhage |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | discharge; flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| RUQ | right upper quadrant |
| salping/o | fallopian tube |
| -sarcoma | malignant tumor of connective tissue |
| scaly | squam/o |
| schist/o | split; cleft |
| scoli/o | crooked; bent; curved |
| -scope | instrument to view |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| seb/o | sebaceous gland; sebum |
| sensation | -esthesia |
| sial/o | saliva |
| skin | derm/o; -derma; cutane/o; dermat/o |
| SOB | shortness of breath |
| somat/o | body |
| speech | -phasia |
| spinal cord | myel/o |
| spine | spin/o; rachi/o |
| spleen | splen/o |
| -stasis | standing still; stop |
| STAT | immediately |
| STD | sexually transmitted disease |
| sub- | under; below |
| sugar | gluc/o; glyc/o; glycos/o; glucos/o |
| supra- | above |
| suspension | -pexy |
| sweat | hidr/o; suder/o |
| T&A | tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy |
| -tachy | rapid; fast |
| TB | tuberculosis |
| tear duct | dacry/o; lacrim/o |
| thrombo- | blood clot |
| TIA | transient ischemic attack |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -tomy | incision |
| ton/o | tension; pressure |
| toxic | tox/o |
| trachea | trache/o |
| trans- | across; through |
| TSH | thyroid stimulating hormone |
| tumor | -oma |
| TURP | transurethral resection of the prostate |
| UA | urinalysis |
| ultra- | excess; beyond |
| uni- | one |
| ur/o | urine |
| ureter | ureter/o |
| urethra | urethr/o |
| URI | upper respiratory infection |
| -uria | urine |
| urination | -uria; ur/o |
| vagina | vagin/o; colp/o |
| valvul/o | small valve |
| vesic/o | bladder |
| vision | -opia; -opsia |
| VS | vital signs |
| water | hydr/o |
| within | endo-; intra- |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| xer/o | dry |
| x-ray | radi/o |
| yellow | xanth/o; lute/o; jaund/o |
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