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Med Term
unit 1 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| bi/o | life |
| cardi/o | heart |
| col/o, colon/o | large intestine;colon |
| cyt/o | cell |
| enter/o | intestines (usually small intestine) |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hist/o | tissue |
| lip/o | at |
| my/o | muscle |
| path/o | disease |
| sarc/o | flesh;connective tissue |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| a-, an- | not;without |
| brady- | slow |
| hyper- | above normal;excessive |
| hypo- | below;below normal;deficient |
| peri- | around;surrounding |
| tachy- | fast |
| -iac | pertaining to |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -ectomy | surgical |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -ia | condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logist | specialist (one who studies) |
| -logy | study of |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor;mass |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -tomy | process of cutting;incision |
| ECG/EKG | electrocardiogram |
| NKDA | no known drug allergies |
| NPO | nothing by mouth (from the latin nil per os) |
| Postop | after surgery; postoperative |
| Pro. time | prothrombin time (blood clotting test) |
| Pt, pt | patient |
| VS, V/S | vital signs |
| superior | upper half of the body with transverse plane |
| interior | lower half of the body with transverse plane |
| anterior (ventral) | front of the body with coronal plane |
| posterior (dorsal) | back of the body with coronal plane |
| lateral | the patients right side with sagittal plane |
| medial | the patients left side with the sagittal plane |
| midline | median line, or line of bilateral symmetry |
| proximal | nearer to center of body or point of attachment |
| distal | away from center of body or point of attachment |
| cranial cavity | anterior part of dorsal cavity that contains the space inside the skull |
| dorsal cavity | lies close to the spine in the posterior of the body and contains spine, and central nervous system (brain, spinal cord) |
| spinal cavity | runs from the brain stem to lower back and contains integral portion of spinal cord |
| pelvic cavity | sits below the abdominal cavity and contains the reproductive organs and some digestive organs (colon and intestines) some excretory organs (bladder, urethra) |
| thoracic cavity | inside the chest, and contains the heart and lungs |
| ventral cavity | anterior portion of the body and contains the thoracic, pelvic, and abdominal cavities |
| abdominal cavity | largest hollow space of the body, and contains stomach, small intestine, and some reproductive organs, and more excretory organs |
| abdominopelvic cavity | cavity consists of both the abdominal and pelvic cavities |
| 4 abdominal quadrants (names) | right upper quadrant, left upper quadrant, right lowr quadrant, and left lower quadrant |
| right hypochondriac region (top row) | contains right kidney, liver |
| epigastric region (top row) | contains stomach, liver, part of both kidneys |
| left hypochondrias region (top row) | contains part of liver, left kidney, stomach |
| right lumbar region (middle row) | contains part of liver, small intestines, right kidney, part of colon |
| umbilical region (middle row) | contains stomach, small intestines, part of colon |
| left lumbar region (middle row) | contains small intestines part of colon, part of left kidney |
| right iliac region (bottom row) | contains small intestines, appendix, part of colon |
| hypogastric region (bottom row) | contains small intestines, part of colon, bladder |
| left iliac region (bottom row) | contains small intestines, parts of colon |
| PRN | as needed |
| t.i.d | three times a day |
| b.i.d | twice a day |
| arthr/o | joint |
| WNL | within normal limits |
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