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Crank Med Terms
Crank Health Core Medical terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| to separate | -crit |
| hardening | -sclerosis |
| used for visual examination | -scope |
| instrument used to measure | -meter |
| one who studies or practices | -ologist |
| involuntary muscle traction | -spasm |
| broken | -clast |
| to undo; free from | dis- |
| after | meta- |
| surrounding | peri- |
| through, across, beyond | trans- |
| over or above | super- |
| bad | mal- |
| sweet | glyc- |
| beside | para- |
| twice a day | BID, b.i.d., bid |
| do not resuscitate | DNR |
| discontinue | disc, DC, d.c. |
| gram | g, gm |
| intravenous | IV |
| temperature, pulse, and respirations | TPR |
| power of hydrogen concentration | pH |
| nothing by mouth past midnight | NPO p MN |
| ointment | oint., ung |
| Alcoholics Anonymous | AA |
| freely, as often as desired | ad lib |
| calcium | Ca |
| computed tomography | CT |
| electromyography | EMG |
| multiple sclerosis | MS |
| oculus dexter (right eye) | OD |
| electroencephalogram | EEG |
| electrocardigram | ECG, EKG |
| hodgkin's disease | HD |
| herpes simplex virus | HSV |
| arterisclerotic heart disease | ASHD |
| chest x-ray | CXR |
| basal metabolic rate | BMR |
| fasting blood sugar | FBS |
| sexually - transmitted disease | STD |
| cesarean section | C-section, CS |
| expected date of confinement (birth) | EDC |
| Skin | cutane, dermat, derm |
| hair | pil |
| eyes | ocul, opthalm |
| capillaries | capill |
| lungs | pneum, pneumon |
| ovaries | oophor, ovari |
| uterus | hyster, metr, metri, uter |
| pharynx | pharying |
| urinary bladder | cyst, vesic |
| back, behind | retro |
| four | tetra |
| large | macro |
| not | im |
| below | hypo |
| before | pre |
| many | poly |
| change | mul |
| to hand something | appedn |
| to or towards | ad |
| from or away | ad |
| Alcoholics Anonymous | AA |
| syrup | syr |
| immediately | stat |
| every morning | q am |
| after meals | p.c. |
| out of bed | OOB |
| emergency room | er |
| biopsy | Bx |
| hour | h |
| intravenous | IV |
| with | c |
| left ear | AS, a.s. |
| quantity sufficient | q.s. |
| rupture | orrhexis |
| smell | odia |
| vomiting | emisis |
| cell | cyte |
| killing | cidal |
| surgical procedure | centesis |
| pertaining to | al |
| visual examination | scopy |
| control or stop | stasis |
| influencing | tropic |
| inflammantion | itia, itis |
| fast | tachy |
| beside | para |
| not | im |
| bad | mal |
| slow | brady |
| against | anti |
| between | inter |
| before | pre |
| half | semi |
| under or below | sub |
| from or away | ab |