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Chapter 1
Medical terminology chapter 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -iatric | pertaining to medicine, a physician, or healer |
| -iatry | treatment |
| -logy | study |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -statis | stop or stand |
| melan/o | black |
| py/o | pus |
| angi/o | vessel |
| acr/o | extremity or topmost |
| cutane/o | skin |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| pneum/o | air or lung |
| crin/o | to secrete |
| necr/o | death |
| orth/o | straight, normal, correct |
| phas/o | speech |
| scler/o | hard |
| sten/o | narrow |
| A&W | alive and well |
| CC | chief complaint |
| c/o | complains of |
| CP | chest pain |
| PI | present illness |
| IMP | impression |
| L&W | living and well |
| NAD | no acute distress |
| NKA | no known allergies |
| NKDA | no known drug allergies |
| O | objective information |
| PE | Physical examination |
| PH | past history |
| cerebral arteriosclerosis | hardening of the arteries of the brain |
| cerebral aneurysm | dilation of a blood vessel in the brain (aneurysm = dilation or widening) |
| cerebral thrombosis | presence of a stationary clot in a blood vessel of the brain |