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Young 1&2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Gen/o | Creation /cause |
| Hydr/o | Water |
| Morph/o | Cahange |
| Myc/o | Fungus |
| Necr/o | Death |
| Orth/o | Straight |
| Path/o | Suffering/Disease |
| Phag/o | Eat |
| Plas/o | Formation |
| Py/o | Pus |
| Scler/o | Hard |
| Sten/o | Narrowing |
| Troph/o | Nourishment/development |
| Xen/o | Foreign |
| Xer/o | Dry |
| -ac | Pertaining to |
| -al | Pertaining to |
| -ar | Pertaining to |
| -ary | Pertaining to |
| -eal | Pertaining to |
| -ic | Pertaining to |
| -tic | Pertaining to |
| -ous | Pertaining to |
| -ia / -ism | Condition |
| -ium | Tissue/Structure |
| -y | Condition, procedure |
| -icle | small |
| -ole | small |
| -ule | small |
| -ula | small |
| -iatrics | medical science |
| -iatry | medical science |
| -iatrist | specialist in medicine of |
| -ist | specialist |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -olgia | pain |
| -dynia | pain |
| -cele | hernia |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -iasis | presence of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lysis | loosen, break down |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiancy |
| -ptosis | dropping |
| -rrhage | excessive flow |
| -rrhagia | excessive flow |
| -rrhea | excessive flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| -centesis | puncture |
| -gram | written record |
| -graph | instrument used to produce a record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -scope | instument used to look |
| -scopy | process of looking |
| -desis | binding,fixation |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | reconstruction |
| -rraphy | suture |
| -stomy | creation of an opening |
| -tomy | incision |
| -a | -ae |
| -ax | -aces |
| -ex | -ices |
| -ix | -ices |
| -is | -es |
| -ma | -mata |
| -on | -a |
| -um | -a |
| -us | -i |
| -y | -ies |
| a- | not |
| an- | not |
| anti- | against |
| contra- | against |
| de- | down, away from |
| ante- | before |
| pre- | before |
| pro- | before/on behalf of |
| brady- | slow |
| tachy- | fast |
| post- | after |
| re- | again |
| ab- | away |
| ad- | toward |
| circum- | around |
| peri- | around |
| dia- | through |
| trans- | through |
| e- | out |
| ec- | out |
| ex- | out |
| ecto- | outside |
| exo- | outside |
| extra- | outside |
| en- | in, inside |
| endo- | in, inside |
| intra- | in, inside |
| epi- | upon |
| sub- | beneath |
| inter- | between |
| bi- | two |
| hemi- | half |
| semi- | half |
| hyper- | over |
| hypo- | under |
| macro- | large |
| micro- | small |
| mono- | one |
| uni- | one |
| oligo- | few |
| pan- | all |
| poly- | many |
| multi- | many |
| con- | win together |
| syn- | win togther |
| sym- | win together |
| dys- | bad |
| eu- | good |
| Combining vowels are used to | join two roots togther |
| impression | another word for assesment |
| diagnosis | using subjective+objective to determine patients condition |
| differential diagnosis | based on subjective+objective the healthcare proffesional cannot determine diagnosis |
| etiology | the cause |
| idiopathic | no known cause |
| benign | not cancerous |
| malignant | cancerous |
| remission | no longer having the symptoms of a disese |
| morbidity | risk of being sick or diseased |
| mortaity | risk for dying |
| prognosis | chance of getting better |
| localized | one area |
| systemic/Generalized | over a large area or body system |
| pathogen | organism that causes the disease |
| lesion | diseased tissue |
| sequelae | result of disease or injury |
| disposition | where the patient went at the conclusion of the visit |
| observation | to watch |
| reassurance | actions that make the patient feel better |
| supportive care | Treat symptoms to make the patient feel better |
| palliative | relieve symptoms, but not cure |
| proximal vs distal | refers to attachment to the trunk, used when describing the upper extremities |
| anterior/antral/ventral | all means front when reffering to a human |
| posterior/ dorsal | all means back when reffering to a human |
| Suprerior vs Inferior | top and bottom |
| supine | llying on the spine |
| prone | lying on the belly |
| ipsilateral | same side |
| Contralateral | opposite side |
| unilateral | one side |
| bilateral | two sides |
| coronal plane | divides body into anterior/ posterior |
| sagittal plane | divides body into right/ left |
| transversal plane | divides body into suprierior/ inferior (top/Bottom) |
| CCU | coronary care unit |
| SICU | surgical ICU |
| PICU | Pediatric ICU |
| NICU | Neonatal ICU |
| ER | Emergency Room |
| ED | Emergency department |
| ECU | Emergency Care Unit |
| L & D | labor and delivery |
| VS | Vital signs |
| HR | Heart rate |
| RR | respitory rate |
| BP | blood pressure |
| T | temperature |
| I/O | input/output |
| Dx | diagnosis |
| DDx | differential diagnosis is a list of symptoms that could be causing the problem |
| Tx | treatment |
| Rx | pescription |
| Hx | history |
| H & P | the history and physical |
| PMHx | past medical history |
| FHx | family history |
| CC | the patients chief complaint |
| HPI | history of present illness |
| ROS | review of systems |
| PE | physical exam |
| PCP | Primary care provider |
| PO | by mouth |
| Iv | intravenous |
| SC | subcutaneous |
| CVL | central venous line |
| IM | intramuscular |
| PR | per rectum |
| NPL | nothing by mouth |
| PRN | as needed |
| QID | four times daily |
| QD | everyday |
| AC | before meals |
| TID | three times daily |
| BID | twice daily |
| PC | after meals |
| QHS | every night |
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