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CMA/RMA Terms
STUDY THESES!
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a- | Without Aphonia (inability to produce sound) |
| ab- | From, away from Abduct (to move away from the midline of the body) |
| alb- | White |
| ambi- | Both Ambidextrous (able to use both hands effectively) |
| ana- | Up, upward Anaphylactic (exaggerated reaction to an antigen or toxin) |
| ante- | Before Antepartum (before childbrith) |
| bi- | Two, both Bilateral (pertaining to both sides) |
| bio- | Life |
| broncho- | Bronchous, bronchi |
| circum- | Around Circumcision (removal of the skin around the tip of the penis) |
| con- col- com- cor- | Together, with Congenital (accompanying birth, present at birth) |
| contra- | Against Contraceptive |
| de- | away from, down, not |
| dia- | Through Diagnosis (knownledge through testin) |
| dys- | Bad, diffcult, painful, poor Dysuria (painful urination) |
| ec- | out, away ectopic |
| en- em- | In Endemic |
| endo- | within |
| epi- | upon, over |
| eu- | good Eupnea |
| ex- e- | out, away Exhale |
| hemi- | half |
| hyper- | excessive beyond |
| hypo- | below under |
| in- il- im- ir- | Not impotence |
| infra- | below under beneath |
| iso- | equal isometric (of equal dimension) |
| inter- | Between Intercellular (between cells) |
| intra- | within intravenouse |
| juxta- | near beside |
| mal- | Bad Malaise (discomfort) |
| mega- megal-/o | Large |
| mes-/o | middle |
| meta- | beyond after |
| micro- | Small |
| milli- | one-thousandth |
| mono- | one single |
| multi- | Many |
| neo- | new recent |
| non- | Not Noninvasive |
| para- | Near beside byond opposite abnormal |
| per- | Through |
| peri- | Around urounding |
| poly- | Many Polyarthritis (Inflammation of many joints) |
| post- | After Postmortem |
| pre- | Before |
| primi- | First |
| re- | again back |
| retro- | Back backward behind |
| rube- | Red |
| sacro- | sacrum |
| sacro- | flesh |
| semi- | half |
| sub- | under below |
| Super- | above exxcessive |
| supra- | above over |
| syn- sym- | together |
| tri- | three |
| ultra- | beyond excessive |
| uni- | one Unicellular (one-celled) |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -adl | toward |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -desis | binding |
| -e | Noun marker Dermatome |
| -ectomy | Excision Removal |
| -form | Resembling like Vermiform (Excessive vomiting) |
| -genic | Beginning Originating Producing Toxigenic (producing toxins) |
| -gram | Record Electrocardiogram (Record of the variations in electrical potential caused by the heart muscle) |
| -graph | Instrument for recording Electrocardiograph (Instrument for making electrocardiograms) |
| -graphy | Process of recording Electrocystography (Process of recording the changes of electric potential in the urinary bladder) |
| -iasis | Condition Formation Lithiasis (formation or presences of stones) |
| -iatric | Pertaining to medical treatment Pediatric (pertaining to the treat of children) |
| -iatry | Study or field of medicine Psychiatry (Study of the human psyche) |
| -ic | Pertaining to |
| -ical | Pertaining to |
| -ism | Condition |
| -ist | Specialist |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| -logist | Specialist in the study of |
| -logy | Study of |
| -lysis | Destruction Breaking down |
| -megaly | Enlargement |
| -meter | Instrument used to measure |
| -oma | Tumor |
| -ory | Pertaining to |
| -osis | Condition Disease |
| -pathy | Disease |
| -penia | Deficiency |
| -pexy | Surgical fixation |
| -phagia | Swallowing |
| -philia | Attraction |
| -phobia | Abnormal fear |
| -plasia | Development |
| -plasty | Molding Surgical repair |
| -plegia | Paralysis |
| -pnea | Breathing |
| -ptosis | Drooping Prolapse falling |
| -ptysis | Spitting |
| -rrhage -rrhagia | Excessive flow Discharge |
| -rrhea | Discharge |
| -rrhexis | Rupture Cardiorrhexis (Rupture of the heart) |
| -scope | Instrument used to view |
| -scopy | Process of viewing with a scope |
| -stasis | Stoppage Balance Control |
| -stomy | Surgical creation of a new opening |
| -tomy | Incision cutting |
| Misspelled | Abscess |
| Misspelled | Accessible |
| Misspelled | Aerobic |
| Misspelled | Agglutinate |
| Misspelled | Analyses |
| Misspelled | Analysis |
| Misspelled | Aneurysm |
| Misspelled | Asepsis |
| Misspelled | Asthma |
| Misspelled | Auxiliary |
| Misspelled | Benign |
| Misspelled | Capillary |
| Misspelled | Chancre |
| Misspelled | Changeable |
| Misspelled | Clavicle |
| Misspelled | Conscious |
| Misspelled | Defibrillator |
| Misspelled | Desiccation |
| Misspelled | Dissect |
| Misspelled | Epididymis |
| Misspelled | Fissure |
| Misspelled | Glaucoma |
| Misspelled | Hemorrhoid |
| Misspelled | Homeostasis |
| Misspelled | Humerus |
| Misspelled | Hyperglycemia |
| Misspelled | Hypoglycemia |
| Misspelled | Irrelevant |
| Misspelled | Ischium |
| Misspelled | Occlusion |
| Misspelled | Osseous |
| Misspelled | Pamphlet |
| Misspelled | Parenteral |
| Misspelled | Parietal |
| Misspelled | Perineum |
| Misspelled | Perseverance |
| Misspelled | Precede |
| Misspelled | Predictable |
| Misspelled | Principle |
| Misspelled | Pruritus |
| Misspelled | Sizable |
| Misspelled | Specimen |
| Misspelled | Surgeon |
| Misspelled | Tranquility |
| Misspelled | Vaccine |
| Misspelled | Vacuum |
| CCU | Coronary care unit |
| PAR | Postanesthetic Recovery |
| IP | Inpatient |
| OP | Outpatient |
| RTC | Return to clinic |
| RTO | Return to office |
| OPD | Outpatient department |
| H&P | History and physical |
| C | Celsius Centigrade |
| C.C. | Chief complaint |
| inj | Injection |
| CPE | Complete physical examination |
| L & W | Living and well |
| D & C | Dilation and curettage |
| MM | Mucous membrane |
| N & V | Nausea and vomiting |
| Pap | Pap smear |
| FH | Family history |
| Fl/fl | Fluid |
| GBS | Gallbladder series |
| PI | Present illness |
| GI | Gastrointestinal |
| PMH | Past medical history |
| GU | Genitourinary |
| PMS | Premenstrual sydrome |
| PNS | Peripheral nervous system |
| Px | Physical examination |
| TPR | Temperature, pulse, respirations |
| re(w/check) | Recheck |
| UCHD | Usual childhood diseases |
| R/O | Rule out |
| ROS/SR | Review of systems/systems review |
| Rx | Prescription |
| WDWN | Well-developed and well-nourished |
| WNL | Within normal limits |
| sig | Sigmoidoscopy |
| y.o. | Year old |
| S/R | Suture removal |
| cm | centimeter |
| km | Kilometer |
| mL | milliliter |
| mm | millimeter |
| g, gm | gram |
| kg | kilogram |
| L or l | Liter |
| deca- | x10 |
| hect- | x100 |
| kilo- | x1000 |
| deci- | /10 |
| centi- | /100 |
| milli | /1000 |
| micro- | /1000000 |
| a | before |
| a.c. | Before meals |
| aq | water |
| BID/b.i.d. | twice a day |
| buc | buccal |
| cap | capsule |
| h.s. | At bedtime, at the hour of sleep |
| noc., n. | night |
| oint., ung. | ointment |
| p.c. | After meals |
| PR | throught the rectum |
| QID,q.i.d | Four times a day |
| qm | every month |
| QOD, q.o.d | Every other day |
| soln. | Solution |
| sp. | Spirits |
| t.i.d, TID | Three times a day |
| x | times, for |
| convalescent | The period of recovery after an illness, injury, or surgery |
| Degeneration | Change of tissure to a less functionally active form |
| Prodromal | Pertaining to early symptoms that may amrk the onset of a disease |
| Prophylaxis | Protection against disease |
| Remission | Cessation of signs and symptoms |
| albin/o | white |
| cry/o | cold |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| onych/o | nail |
| pachy/o | thick |
| squam/o | scale |
| trich/o | hair |
| xanth | Yellow |
| xer | Dry |
| -malacia | softening |
| -phagia | eating swallowing |
| ankly/o | stiff |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| calc/o | calcium |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| fasci/o | band of fibrous tissue |
| kyph/o | hump |
| lei/o | smooth muscle |
| Lord/o | curve |
| rhabd/o | striated, skeletal muscle |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -clasia | breaking |
| -desis | binding |
| -schisis | splitting |
| -trophy | development |
| Ca | calcium |
| CTS | carpal tunnel syndrome |
| EMG | Electromyography |
| fx | Fracture |
| SLE | Systemic lupus erythematosus |
| Circumduction | movement in a circular motion |
| Depression | Act of lowering a body part from a joint |
| Dorsiflexion | Act of pointing the foot upward |
| Elevation | Act of raising a body part from a joint |
| Eversion | Act of turning outward |
| Extension | Increase in the angle of a joint |
| flexion | decrease in the angle of a joint |
| Hyperextension | Increase in the angle of a joint beyond what is normal |
| Inversion | Act of turning inward |
| Plantar flexion | Act of point the foot downward |
| Pronation | Act of turning downward or inward |
| Protraction | Movement of a body part anteriorly |
| Retraction | Movement of a body part posteriorly |
| Rotation | Act or process of turning on an axis |
| Supination | Act of turning upward or outward |
| Cerebell/o | Cerebellum |
| cerebr/o | Cerebru, |
| dur/o | Dura mater |
| encephal/o | brain |
| meaning/o | Membrane |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| neur/o | nerve |
| poli/o | Gray matter |
| psych/o | mind |
| Tetra- | Four |
| -algesia | Excessive sensitivity to pain |
| -ethesia | feeling sensation |
| -kinesia | movement |
| -kinesis | Movement |
| -lepsy | Seizure |
| -paresis | slight paralysis |
| -praxia | action |
| ALS | Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
| CAT | Computed axial tomography |
| CNS | Central nervous system |
| CP | Cerebral palsy |
| CSF | Cerebrospinal fluid |
| CT | Computered tomography |
| CVA | Cerebrovascular accident (stroke) |
| EEG | Electroenecephalogram |
| LP | Lumbar puncture |
| MS | Multiple sclerosis |
| TIA | Transient ischemic attack |
| atri/o | atrium |
| bas/o | Base |
| cyt/o | cell |
| hem/o hemat/o hem/a | Blood |
| is/o | same equal |
| Kary/o | nucleus |
| -apharesis | removal |
| -blast | immature stage, germ, bud |
| -clast | breakdown |
| -crit | separation |
| -cytosis | Abnormal condition of cells |
| -globin | protein |
| AS | aortic stenosis |
| ASD | Atrial septal defect |
| CHD | Coronary heart disease |
| ECHO | Echocardiography |
| MVP | Mitral valve prolaspe |
| PDA | Patent ductus arteriosus |
| adenoid/o | adenoid |
| alveol/o | Air sac |
| bronch/i bronch/o | bronchus |
| capn/o | carbon dioxide |
| coni/o | dust |
| lob/o | lobe of the lung |
| nas/o | nose |
| ox/o, ox/i | oxygen |
| phon/o | voice, sound |
| phren/o | diaphragm |
| rhin/o | nose |
| -ema | condition |
| -oxia | oxygen |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -sphyxia | pulse |
| ARDS | acute respiratory distress syndrome |
| CXR | Chest X-ray |
| pCO2 | Partial pressure of carbon dioxide |
| PFT | Pulmonary function test |
| TB | Tuberculosis |
| an/o | Anus |
| append/o | appendix |
| cec/o | cecum |
| cheil/o | lip |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| col/o | colon |
| enter/o | intestine |
| epigastr/o | Above the stomach |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| or/o | mouth |
| peritone/o | pertioneum |
| rect/o | rectum |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -chezia | defecation |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -prandial | meal |
| -rrhaphy | repair or suture |
| BE | Barium enama |
| EGD | esophagogastroduodenoscopy |
| EUS | Endoscopic ultrasound |
| andr/o | male |
| cortic/o | cortex, outer region |
| crin/o | secretion |
| dips/o | thirst |
| epinephr/o | adrenal glands |
| home/o | like, same |
| kal/i | potassium |
| natri/o | sodium |
| somat/o | body |
| ster/o | solid strucutre |
| oxy- | rapid, sharp |
| pan- | all |
| -agon | assemblage, a gathering together |
| -in -ine | A substance |
| -uria | urine condition |
| ACTH | Adrenocorticotrophic hormone |
| BMR | Basal metabolic rate |
| DI | Diabetes insispidus |
| DM | Diabetes mellitus |
| FBS | Fasting blood sugar |
| FSH | Follicle-stimulating hormone |
| GTT | Glucose tolerance test |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| cor/o, core/o | pupil |
| dacry/o | tear, tear duct |
| dipl/o | double |
| palperb/o | eyelid |
| presby/o | old age |
| scot/o | darkness |
| uve/o | Vascular layer of the eye |
| vitre/o | glassy |
| -tropia | a turning |
| IOP | Astigmatism |
| OD | Right eye |
| OS | Left eye |
| OU | Both eyes |
| PERRLA | pupils equal, round, reactive to light and accomodation |
| REM | Rapid eye movement |
| VA | Visual acuity |
| VF | Visual field |
| aur/i | ear |
| myring/o | tympanic membrane |
| ot/o | ear |
| -cusis -acousia | hearing |
| -otia | Ear condition |
| AD | Right eye |
| As | Left eye |
| AU | Both eyes |
| EENT | Eyes, ears, nose, and throat |
| oto | otology |
| albumin/o | protein |
| cali/o | calix |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder |
| ket/o | ketone bodies |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| olig/o | scanty, few |
| vesic/o | urinary bladder |
| ADH | antidiuretic hormon; vasopressin |
| ARF | Acutre renal failure |
| BUN | Blod urea nitrogen |
| ESRD | End-stage renal disease |
| HD | Hemodiaylsis |
| balan/o | Glans penis |
| colp/o | vagina |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| hyster/o, metr/o | Uterus |
| nat/i | birth |
| orchi/o, orchid/o | testis, testicle |
| prostat/o | prostate gland |
| terat/o | monster |
| vert/i, vers/i | a turning |
| -arche | beginning |
| -gravida | pregnant |
| -pexy | fixation, fastening |
| -stomy | opening |
| -tocia | labor, birth |
| AIDS | Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
| BPH | Benign prostatic hyperplasia/benign prostatic hypertrophy |
| ECC | Endocervical curettage |
| EMB | Endometrial biopsy |
| FHT | Fetal heart tones |
| HCG | Human chorionic gonadotropin |
| HIV | Human immunodeficiency virus |
| HSV | Herpes simplex virus |
| Multip | Multipara |
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