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MNT Medical Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| AAA | abdominal aortic aneurysm |
| ABG | arterial blood gas |
| ABW | adjusted body weight |
| ABX | antibiotics |
| ac | before meal |
| ADL | activities of daily living |
| ad lib | at pleasure |
| ADI | acceptable daily intakes |
| AEB | as evidenced by |
| AKA | above the knee amputation |
| Alb | albumin |
| AMA | against medical advice |
| AODM | adult onset diabetes mellitus |
| ARDS | acute respiratory distress syndrome |
| ARF | acute renal failure |
| BCAA | branch chain amino acids |
| BID | 2x/d |
| BKA | below the knee amputation |
| BM | bowel movement |
| BMI | body mass index |
| BMP | basic metabolic panel |
| BP | blood pressure |
| BPM | beats per minute |
| BS | bowel sounds |
| BUN | blood urea nitrogen |
| BW | body weight |
| Bx | biopsy |
| c with a line over it | with |
| CABG | coronary artery bypass graft |
| cc | cubic centimeter |
| CC | chief complaint |
| CA | cancer |
| CAD | coronary artery disease |
| CCU | coronary care or critical care unit |
| CBC | complete blood count |
| CBR | complete bed rest |
| CHF | congestive heart failure |
| CHI | closed head injury |
| CKD | chronic kidney disease |
| c/o | complains of |
| COPD | chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| CRF | chronic renal failure |
| CRP | C-reactive protein |
| CV | cardiovascular |
| CVA | cerebrovascular accident (stroke) |
| CVD | cardiovascular disease |
| D/C or DC | discontinue or discharge |
| DM | diabetes mellitus |
| D&C or DNC | dilation and curettage of cervix of uterus |
| DNR | do not resuscitate |
| DOE | dyspnea on exertion |
| DPT | diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus |
| DVT | deep vein thrombosis |
| Dx | diagnosis |
| ECG | electrocardiogram |
| ENT | ear, nose, throat |
| ETOH | alcohol |
| FBS | fasting blood sugar |
| FPG | fasting plasma glucose |
| FTT | failure to thrive |
| Fx | fracture |
| GERD | gastro-esophageal reflux disease |
| GI | gastrointestinal |
| GFR | glomerular filtration rate |
| gravida | number of pregnancies |
| GSW | gunshot wound |
| Hct | hematocrit |
| HEENT | head, eye, ear, nose, throat |
| Hgb | hemoglobin |
| HIPAA | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act |
| H/o | history of |
| HOB | head of bed |
| H&P | history and physical examination |
| HR | heart rate |
| HS | hours of sleep (before bed) |
| HTN | hypertension |
| Hx | history |
| IBW | ideal body weight |
| IDDM | insulin dependent diabetes mellitus |
| IM | intramuscular |
| IMP | impression (summary of pt's condition) |
| I&O | intake and output |
| IU | international units *do not use* |
| IV | intravenous |
| KVO | keep vein open |
| lb | pounds |
| LFT | liver function test |
| LOS | length of stay |
| M&E | monitoring and evaluation |
| M&M | morbidity and mortality |
| MCO | managed care organization |
| MI | myocardial infarction |
| MMR | measles, mumps, rubella |
| MRSA | methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus |
| MVA | motor vehicle accident |
| MVI | multivitamin |
| NAS | no added salt |
| NG | nasogastric |
| NIDDM | non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus |
| NKA | no known allergies |
| NKDA | no known drug allergies |
| NPI | national provider identifier |
| NPO | no food by mouth |
| NS | normal saline |
| N/V | nausea and vomiting |
| OG | orogastric |
| OGTT | oral glucose tolerance test |
| OOB | out of bed |
| O.D. | right eye "oculus dexter" |
| O.S. | left eye "oculus sinister" |
| O.U. | both eyes "oculus uterque" |
| OT | occupational therapy |
| P | pulse |
| p with a line over it | after |
| PAB | prealbumin test |
| para | number of births |
| PCM | protein calorie malnutrition |
| PES | problem-etiology-signs and symptoms |
| PNA | pneumonia |
| wt | weight |
| x with a line over it | except |
| PO | by mouth, per os |
| POD | post-op days |
| prn | as needed or requested; pro re nata |
| PTA | prior to admission |
| Pt | patient |
| PUD | peptic ulcer disease |
| q | every |
| qd | every day *do not use* |
| qod | every other day *do not use* |
| RBC | red blood cell |
| REE | resting energy expenditure |
| R/O | rule out |
| ROM | range of motion |
| ROS | review of systems |
| RQ | respiratory quotient |
| r/t | related to |
| Rx | prescription |
| s with a line over it | without |
| SBO | small bowel obstruction |
| SLP | speech language pathologist |
| SQ | subcutaneous |
| SOB | shortness of breath |
| s/p | status-post |
| s/s | signs and symptoms |
| T | temperature |
| T&A | tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy |
| TF | tube feed |
| TIA | transient ischemic attack (mini stroke) |
| TID | 3x/d |
| TJC | The Joint Commission |
| TLC | total lung capacity |
| TPN | total parenteral nutrition |
| Tx | treatment |
| U, u | units *do not use* |
| UA | urinalysis |
| UTI | urinary tract infection |
| UUN | urine urea nitrogen |
| VSS | vital signs are stable |
| WBC | white blood cell |
| WNL | within normal limits |
| upward arrow | increased (high) |
| downward arrow | decreased (low) |
| a/an- | no, not, without |
| ab- | away from |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| acu/o | sharp, severe, sudden |
| ad | towards |
| adip/o | fat |
| aer/o | air |
| -algia | pain |
| ambi- | around, on both sides, about |
| angi/o- | vessel (blood vessel) |
| ante- | before, forward |
| anti- | agaisnt |
| athero | fatty deposit |
| aspir/o | removal |
| -assay | to examine, analyze |
| -ation | process, condition |
| azygos | occurring singly, not in pairs |
| bacteri/o | bacteria |
| brady- | slow |
| cardia | heart |
| celio | belly, abdomen |
| cephal/p | head |
| cheil/o | lip |
| chlor- | green |
| chol/o | bile, gall |
| contra- | against, opposite |
| cranial | refers to the brain/head |
| -cyte | cell |
| derm/o, -derma | skin |
| -desis | to bind or tie together |
| dia- | complete, through |
| -dilation | widening, stretching, expanding |
| -dontal | related to teeth |
| dys- | bad, painful, difficult, abnormal |
| -ectomy | removal, excision, resection |
| edema | swelling |
| -ema | a condition |
| emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood condition |
| endo- | within |
| entero | intestines (typically small intestines) |
| epi- | above, beyond |
| erythro- | red |
| ex- | outside of |
| febr/i | fever |
| gastr- | stomach |
| -geusia | taste |
| glossal | tongue |
| glyco- | glucose, sugar |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| hemato- | blood |
| heme- | blood |
| hepat- | liver |
| hyper- | above, excessive |
| hypo- | below, deficient, less than normal |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| ile/o | ileum |
| inter- | between |
| -itis | inflammation |
| laparo- | abdominal wall |
| leuko- | white |
| lingual | relating to speech, language, tongue |
| lith/o | stone, calculus |
| -lysis | to split/break apart |
| -malacia | softening |
| mast/o | breast |
| narco- | numbness, sleep |
| nare | nostril |
| natr/o | sodium |
| necro- | relating to death |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neuro- | nerve |
| -o/logy | study (process of) |
| oculo- | eye |
| -oma | type of growth |
| -orexia | appetite |
| -osis | condition, usually abnormal |
| -osmia | smell |
| osteo- | bone |
| pan | all |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| -paresis | weakness, paralysis |
| path | disease |
| penia | deficiency |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| peri- | surrounding, partial |
| phagia | eating, swallowing |
| phobia | fear |
| pimel | fat, fatty |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -pnea | breathing |
| pneumo- | lung, air, gas |
| -poiesis | to make |
| post | after, behind |
| -prandial | meal |
| pre- | before, in front of |
| ren/reno- | kidney |
| reticulo- | network |
| rhino | nose |
| -rrhapy | suture |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -sect | to cut |
| -sis | state of condition |
| steato- | denoting fat |
| sten/o- | narrowed, constricted |
| stoma | mouth |
| -stomy | new opening |
| -tachy | fast |
| tendo- | tendon |
| -tomy | process of cutting |
| toxico- | toxic, poison |
| tub/o | tube |
| -uria | urination, condition of urine |
| -us | structure, thing |
| volemia | blood volume |
| xer/o | dry, dryness |
| anterior | front |
| A-P | anterior-posterior |
| dextro- | to the right |
| distal | situated away from the body, away from the origin |
| dorsal | backside |
| endo | internal |
| inferior | towards the feet |
| intra | within |
| LL | left lower |
| lateral | to the side |
| levo- | to the left |
| LLQ | lower left quadrant |
| LUQ | left upper quadrant |
| medial | midline |
| posterior | towards back |
| prone | lying face downward |
| RLQ | right lower quadrant |
| RU | right upper |
| RUQ | right upper quadrant |
| superior | towards the head |
| supine | lying on back |
| ventral | front |
| removal or destruction, especially by cutting | ablate |
| one of two masses of lymphatic tissue situated on the posterior wall of the nasopharynx behind the posterior nares | adenoid |
| fibrous bands that form between tissues and organs, often as a result of injury during surgery | adhesion |
| hair loss | alopecia |
| breathing in a foreign object (such as sucking food into the airway), this term can also refer to a medical procedure that removes something from an area of the body | aspiration |
| urea in blood, abnormal condition of reduced alkalinity of the blood and tissues that is marked by sickly sweet breath, headache, nausea and vomiting, and visual disturbances and is usually a result of excessive acid production | azotosis |
| a mass of masticated food ready to be swallowed, dose of tube feeding | bolus |
| of or relating to the mouth cavity | buccal |
| removal of dead tissue (necrotic tissue) | debridement |
| swelling caused by excess fluid trapped in your body's tissues, can affect any part of your body but most commonly noticed in hands, arms, feet, ankles, legs | edema |
| feeding or drug administration by the digestion process of a gastrointestinal tract | enteral |
| scab formed when a wound or skin is sealed by the heat of cautery or burning (necrotic tissue) | eschar |
| removal of a tube from an organ, structure, or orifice, specifically removal of the endotracheal tube after intubation (taken off ventilator) | extubated |
| abnormal passage between two structures | fistula |
| paralyzed intestine | ileus |
| oral cavity, linings of mostly endodermal origin, covered in epithelium, which are involved in absorption and secretion | mucosa |
| pale color of the skin | pallor |
| open | patency |
| highly injurious or desctructive | pernicious |
| white of the eye | sclera |
| the presence of bacteria (bacteremia), other infectious organisms, or toxins created by infectious organisms in the bloodstream with spread throughout the body | sepsis |
| chronic form of malabsorption syndrome | sprue |
| blood clot that adheres to the wall of a blood vessel or organ | thrombus |
| involuntary movement | tremor |
| area of tissue erosion | ulcer |
| 10th cranial nerve, supplies nerve fibers to the pharynx (throat), larynx (voice box), trachea (windpipe), lungs, heart, esophagus, and intestinal tract as far as the transverse portion of the colon | vagus |
| taste of acid in mouth | acidogeusia |
| without fever | afebrile |
| in front and away from the midline | anterolateral |
| absence of urine production | anuria |
| presence of bacteria in the blood | bacteremia |
| slow heart rate | bradycardia |
| slow speech due to mental impairment | bradylogia |
| wasting syndrome is loss of weight, muscle atrophy, fatigue, weakness, and significant loss of appetite | cachexia |
| relating to the circulatory system, which comprises the heart and blood vessels and carries nutrients and oxygen to the tissues of the body and removes carbon dioxide and other wastes from them | cardiovascular |
| inflammation of the lips | cheilitis |
| surgical removal of gallbladder | cholecystectomy |
| presence of gallstones | cholelithiasis |
| condition in which the flow of bile from the liver is slowed or blocked | cholestasis |
| visual inspection of the colon | colonoscopy |
| opposite side | contralateral |
| sore/wound | decubitus |
| skin disease, especially characterized by inflammation | dermatosis |
| difficulty speaking, altered speach | dysarthria |
| dysfunction of sense of taste | dysgeusia |
| upper abdominal pain, indigestion | dyspepsia |
| inability to swallow or difficulty in swallowing | dysphagia |
| non-raised skin discoloration cause by the escape of blood into the tissues from ruptured blood vessels | ecchymosis |
| red blood cell | erythrocyte |
| formation and production of red blood cells | erythropoiesis |
| the upper or outer layer of the two main layers of cells that make up the skin | epidermis |
| partial or full removal of the stomach | gastrectomy |
| inflammation of the stomach | gastritis |
| paralysis of the stomach | gastroparesis |
| high levels of glucose in the blood | hyperglycemia |
| elevated blood lipids | hyperlipidemia |
| physiological state of increased rate of metabolic activity and is characterized by an abnormal increase in the body's BMR | hypermetabolic |
| increase in the volume of an organ or tissue due to the enlargement of its component cells | hypertrophy |
| refers to states where the production of gastric acid in the stomach is absent or low, respectively | hypochlorhydria |
| low blood sugar | hypoglycemia |
| low level of sodium in the blood | hyponatremia |
| decreased blood volume | hypovolemic |
| low oxygen | hypoxia |
| inflammation of the liver | hepatitis |
| excessive vomiting | hyperemesis |
| 12th cranial nerve, innervates muscles of the tongue, nerve under tongue | hypoglossal |
| construction of an artificial opening from the ileum through the abdominal wall, permitting drainage of small intestine contents, | illeostomy |
| same side | ipsilateral |
| towards the left | levoversion |
| surgery to remove a breast | mastectomy |
| disease of the muscles, characterized by muscle weakness | myopathy |
| being or performed by intubation of the stomach through the nasal passages | nasogastric |
| a developmental defect characterized by abnormal smallness of the head | nanocephalia |
| surgical removal of the kidney | nephrectomy |
| disorders of dysfunction of the kidneys | nephritic |
| surgical repair of the eye | oculoplasty |
| urinary output of less than 400 ml/day | oliguria |
| softening of the bones | osteomalacia |
| inflammation of the pancreas | pancreatitis |
| accumulation or proliferation of fatty tissue | pimelosis |
| neuritis of several nerves at the same time | polyneuritis |
| after meals | postprandial |
| occurring after a sudden attack: altered state of consciousness after an epileptic seizure: characterized by drowsiness, confusion, nausea, hypertension, headache or migraine and other disorienting symptoms | postictal |
| the hydrolysis of proteins or peptides with formation of simpler and soluble products | proteolysis |
| near to point of attachment (or origin) | proximal |
| narrowing | stenosis |
| towards the surface | superficial |
| blood cells that function to stop bleeding | thrombocyte |
| entrance | vestibular |
| dry mouth (usually related to radiation) | xerostomia |
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