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chap 3 integumentary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| y/o | year old |
| c with line on top | with |
| Hx | history |
| AIDS | acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
| c/o | complaining of |
| fatigue | an overwhelming, sustained sense of exhaustion |
| HEENT | head, eyes, ears, nose, and throat |
| thoracic | relating to, located within, or involving the thorax |
| Bx | Biopsy |
| CBC | Complete blood count |
| CXR | chest x-ray |
| pathologist | a medical doctor who diagnoses diseases by examining body tissues, cells, and fluids under a microscope |
| Dx | diagnosis |
| Kaposi’s sarcoma | a type of cancer that forms in the lining of blood vessels and lymph vessels, resulting in abnormal purple, red, or brown growths called lesions |
| Aden | gland |
| adip | fat |
| albin | white |
| aut | self |
| bi | life |
| blephar | eyelid |
| carcin | cancer |
| caus | burn, burning, heat, |
| cauter | heat, burn |
| chrom | color |
| cis | to cut |
| cry | cold |
| crypt | hidden |
| cutane | skin |
| cyan | blue |
| cyt | cell |
| derm, dermat | skin |
| diaphor | profuse sweating |
| ecchym | blood in the tissues |
| erythem, erythemat | redness |