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Med 104
Jessica chapter 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| gen/o | creation |
| hydr/o | water |
| morph/o | change |
| myc/o | fungus |
| necr/o | death |
| orth/o | straight |
| path/o | disease |
| plas/o | formation |
| py/o | pus |
| scler/o | hard |
| sten/o | narrowing |
| traph/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 | condition |
| -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 |
| -algia | pain |
| -dynia | pain |
| -cele | hernia |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -iasis | presence of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lysis | loosen,breakdown |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -megaly | enlargment |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -ptosis | drooping |
| -rrhage | excessive flow |
| -rrhagia | excessive flow |
| -rrhea | -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 | instrument used to look |
| -scopy | process of looking |
| -desis | binding,fixation |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | reconstruction |
| -rrhaphy | 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, without |
| an- | not,without |
| anti- | against |
| contra- | against |
| de- | down,away from |
| ante- | before |
| pre- | before |
| pro- | before, on behalf of |
| brody- | slow |
| tachy- | fast |
| post- | after |
| re- | again |
| ab- | away |
| ad- | toward |
| circum- | around |
| peri | around |
| dia | through |
| trans- | through |
| e- | out |
| ex- | out |
| ec- | out |
| ecto- | outside |
| exo- | outside |
| extra- | outside |
| endo- | in,inside |
| en- | 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- | with, together |
| syn- | with, together |
| sym- | with, together |
| dys- | bad |
| eu- | good |
| impression | imprint |
| diagnosis | the art of identifying disease |
| differential diagnosis | different diseases with same signs and symptoms |
| benign | harmless |
| malignant | spreads |
| remission | act or process of remmiting |
| morbidity | rate of illness |
| mortality | quality or state of death |
| prognosis | the prospective recovery as anticipated from the course of disease |
| pathogen | a specific disease |
| lesion | injury |
| sequelae | a after effect of a disease |
| disposition | prevailing tendency, mood,inclination |
| observation | judgement,a record or description obtained |
| reassurance | the action of removing someones doubts or fears |
| superior | upper |
| interior | inner |
| distal | away from |
| proximal | close to |
| anterior | front,foward |
| posterior | behind |
| supine | face up,on back |
| prone | face down on belly |
| unilateral | affected on one side of the body or parts |
| bilateral | affecting right and left side of body part |
| dorsum | (hand or foot) front of the hand and top of foot |
| palmer | (hand or foot) inside, bottom of the foot |
| Transverse plane | separating top half from bottom half of the body |
| coronal plane | frontal plane passes through axis of body |
| Sagital Plane | separating the right half of the body from the left side |
| pre-op | before surgery |
| PACU | post anesthesia care unit |
| post-op | before surgery |
| ICU | intensive care unit |
| CCU | critical care unit |
| SICU | surgical intensive care unite |
| PICU | Pediatrics intensive care unit |
| NICU | newborn intensive care unit |
| ER | emergency room |
| ED | emergency department |
| ECU | extended care unit |
| L&D | labor and delivery |
| circle with arrow pointing up | male |
| circle with cross | female |
| (r) | right |
| (l) | left |
| (b) | bilateral |
| arrow point up | increase |
| arrow pointing down | decrease |
| VS | Vital signs |
| HR | heart rate |
| RR | respiratory rate |
| BP | blood pressure |
| T | temperature |
| I/O | Input/output |
| Dx | Diagnosis |
| ddx | differential diagnosis |
| Tx | treatment |
| Rx | prescription |
| Hx | history of |
| PMHx | patient medical history |
| FHx | family history |
| H&P | history and physical |
| CC | Chief complaint |
| HPI | history of present illness |
| ROS | review of systems |
| PE | Physical examination |
| PCP | primary care provider |
| PO | by mouth |
| IV | intraveneous |
| Sc | Subcutaneous |
| CVL | central venous line |
| PR | PER rectum |
| NPO | nothing by mouth |
| PRN | as needed |
| QID | 4 times a day |
| QD | everyday |
| AC | before meals |
| TID | 3 times a day |
| BID | twice daily |
| PC | after meal |
| QHS | At night |
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