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Medical Terminology

Question	Answer
Medical language comes mostly from two ancient languages	Greek and Latin
eponyms	to put your name on something
modern languages used in medical terminology	English, German and French
Ultima (syllable)	last syllable
penult (syllable)	the almost last syllable
antepenult	before the penult
arthr/o	joint
cardi/o	heart
enter/o	small intestine
gastr/o	stomach
neur/o	nerve
hem/o	blood
hemat/o	blood
my/o	muscle
muscul/o	muscle
angi/o	vessel
vas/o	vessel
vascul/o	vessel
derm/o	skin
dermat/o	skin
cutane/o	skin
pneum/o	lung
pneumon/o	lung
pulmon/o	lung
gen/o	creation or cause
Hydr/o	water
morph/o	shape or form
myc/o	fungus
-ist	specialist
-logy	study of
-dynia	pain
-emia	blood condition
-itis	inflammation
-malacia	abnormal softening
-oid	resembling
-osis	condition
-penia	deficiency
-rrhage	excessive flow
-rrhea	flow
-spasm	involuntary contraction
-gram	written record
-graphy	writing process
-metry	process of measuring
-scopy	process of looking
-ectomy	removal
-plasty	reconstruction
-stomy	creation of an opening
a- (prefix)	not
anti-	against
de-	Down or away from
pre-	before
brady-	slow
post-	after
ab-	away
circum-	around
dia-	through
e-	out
ec-	out
ex-	out
ecto-	outside
exo-	outside
extra-	outside
en-	inside
endo-	inside
endo-	inside
intra-	inside
epi-	upon
sub-	beneath
inter-	between
bi-	two
hemi-	half
semi-	half
hyper-	over
hypo-	under
macro-	large
micro-	small
mono-	one
Uni-	one
oligo-	few
pan-	all
poly-	many
multi-	many
con-	with or together
syn-	with or together
sym-	with or together
dys-	bad
eu-	good
EHR	Electronic Health Record
use a combining vowel	1. Join a root to any suffix beginning with a consonant 2.to join two roots 3. join two roots when the second starts with a vowel
donât use a combining vowel	to join a root to a suffix that begins with a vowel
S.O.A.P. Method	S.ubjective: patient reports O.bjective: what you can see, test results, vitals A.ssessment: diagnosis or differential diagnosis P.lan: the plan of care or treatment
acute	started suddenly or is a sharp or severe symptom
chronic	ongoing
abrupt	all of a sudden
febrile	fever
afebrile	no fever
malaise	not feeling well
progressive	more and more
symptom	what the patient feels
lethargic	a decrease in level of consciousness
genetic/hereditary	runs in family
alert	can answer questions, responsive, interactive
orientated	aware of who one is aware of where one is aware of current time
marked	stands out
unremarkable	normal
auscultation	to listen
percussion	to hit something and listen yo the resulting sound or feeling the resulting vibration
palpations	to feel
impression	assessment
diagnosis	what the patient has
differential diagnosis	list of possible conditions
benign	safe
malignant	dangerous
degeneration	to be getting worse
remission	to get better or improve
idiopathic	no known cause
localized	stays in a certain part of the body
systemic/generalized	all over body or most of it
prognosis	chances of getting worse or better
occult	hidden
lesion	diseased tissue
recurrent	to have again
sequela	a problem resulting from a disease or injury
pending	waiting for
pathogen	organism that causes the problem
morbidity	the risk for being sick
mortality	risk for dying
etiology	the cause
lateral	out to the side
medial	toward the middle
ventral/antral/anterior	the front
dorsal/posterior	the back
cranial	toward the top
caudal	toward the bottom
superior	above
inferior	below
prone	lying on stomach
supine	lying on back
contralateral	opposite sides
ipsilateral	same side
unilateral	one side
bilateral	both sides
dorsum	top of hand or foot
plantar	sole of foot
palmar	palm of hand
Sagittal	vertical, divides the body into left and right
coronal	vertical, divides body from front to back
transverse	horizontal, divides the body top to bottom
SOAP Method Colors	S: Orange O: blue A: red P: green A/P combo: Purple
CCU	Coronary Care Unit
ECU	Emergency Care Unit
ER	Emergency Room
ED	Emergency Department
ICU	Intensive Care Unit
PICU	Pediatric Care Unit
NICU	Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
SICU	Surgical Intensive Care Unit
PACU	Post-Anesthesia Care Unit
L&D	Labour and Delivery
OR	Operating Room
(R)	Right
(L)	Left
(B)	Bilateral
VS	Vital Signs
T	Temperature
HR	Heart Rate
BP	Blood Pressure
RR	Respiratory Rate
Ht	height
Wt	weight
BMI	Body Mass Index
I/O	Intake and Output
Dx	Diagnosis
DDx	Differential Diagnosis
Tx	treatment
Rx	prescription
H&P	History and Physical
Hx	History
CC	Chief Complaint
HPI	History of Present Illness
ROS	Review of Symptoms
PMHx	Past Medical History
FHx	Family History
NKDA	No Known Drug Allergies
PE	Physical Exam
h/o	history of
f/u	follow up
SOB	Shortness of Breath
HEENT	Head, Eyes, Ears, and Throat
PERRLA	Pupils are equal round and reactive to light and accommodation
NAD	No Acute Distress
CV	Cardiovascular
RRR	Regular Rate and Rythm (normal heart)
CTA	Clear to auscultation (normal sounding lungs)
WDWN	Well Developed, Well Nourished
A&O	Alert and Orientated
WNL	Within Normal Limits
NOS	Not Otherwise Specified
NEC	Not Elsewhere Classified
PO	Per os/by mouth
NPO	Nil per os/nothing by mouth
PR	Per Rectum
IM	Intramuscular
IV	Intravenous
CVL	Central Venous Line
PICC	Peripherally Insterted Central Catheter
Sig	Instructions
BID	Twice a day
TID	Three times a day
Q	Every x
QD	Daily
QID	four times a day
QHS	at night
AC	before meals
PC	after meals
prn	as needed
ad lib	as desired

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