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GROUP 1 FELSAPP
MEDICAL TERMS
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -algia | pain |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -cele | swelling, herniation |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectasis | dilation expansion |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -gen | producing |
| -ia, -ism | condition |
| -iasis | presence of, formation of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -malacia | weakening of, softening of |
| -mania | obsessive preoccupation |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | seeming like |
| -ole | small |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition, usually abnormal |
| -pathy | disorder, disease |
| -penia | deficiency, decrease |
| -phagia | eating, swallowing |
| -phasia | speech |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plasia | formation of |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -ptosis | drooping, falling |
| -rrhage | bursting forth |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| ICU | INTENSIVE CARE UNIT |
| K | POTASSIUM |
| MRI | MAGNETIC RESONACE IMAGING |
| OR | OPERATING ROOM |
| P | PULSE |
| PE | PHYSICAL EXAMINATION |
| PRE OP | BEFORE OPERATION |
| QNS | QUANTITY NOT SUFFICIENT |
| R/O | RULE OUT |
| TX | TREATMENT |
| URI | UPPER RESPITORY INFECTION |
| WT | WEIGHT |
| VS | VITAL SIGNS |
| WBC | WHITE BLOOD CELL/COUNT |
| WNL | WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS |
| YO ; Y/O | YEARS OLD |
| UTI | URINARY TRACT INFECTION |
| UA | URINALYSIS |
| TB | TUBERCULOSIS |
| STI | SEXUALL TRANSMITTED INFECTION |
| STAT | IMMEDIATLEY |
| SOB | SHORTNESS OF BREATH |
| RX | PRESCRIPTION |
| ROM | RANGE OF MOTION |