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Medical Language C2
words and abbreviations
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| febrile | to have a fever |
| afebrile | to NOT have a fever |
| ausultation | to listen |
| RR | respiratory rate |
| H&P | history and physical |
| WNL | within normal limits |
| sig | instructions-(Latin for 'label') |
| QHS | every night (at bedtime) |
| CVL | central venous line |
| CTA | clear to ausultation-(listen) |
| ante- | before |
| anti- | against |
| brady- | slow |
| contra- | against |
| ecto- | outside |
| endo- | inside |
| hemi- | half |
| angl/0 | blood vessel |
| arthr/o | joint |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| hepat/o | liver |
| myc/o | fungus |
| phag/o | eat |
| plas/o | formation |
| scler/o | hard |
| xen/o | foreign |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -cele | hernia |
| -centesis | puncture |
| -desis | binding |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -gram | written record |
| -graph | instrument used to produce a record |
| -graphy | writing procedure |
| -ia | condition |
| -iasis | presence of |
| -iatrics | medical science |
| -iatrist | specialist in medicine of |
| -iatry | medical science |
| -icle | small |
| -ism | condition |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ium | tissue,structure |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | loosen,break down |