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medical termonology

Inspection Visual Exams
Percussion  Tapping to hear sounds
Medial Toward the midline of the body
registered nurse (RN) often assists with patient care planning and patient education
"T " Temperature
SpO2 Oxygenation
Wt Weight
AC Before Meals
QHS 2x a day
QID As Needed
CVl Per os (by mouth)
RRR no acute distress
NOS Regular Rate and Rythm
PCP Primary Care Provider
I/O Input/Out PuT
Mono/Uni one -example, Unicycle
Bi Two-Example, Bicycle
Tri Three-Example, Tricycle
Ab Away from- Example, Absent
Ad Near-Example, Adjoin
Ecto, Exo Outside-Example, Ectoparasite
Endo Inner,Within-Example, Endoscopy
Epi Upon-Example, Epidermis
Anterior or Ventral Toward the front
Posterior or Dorsal Toward the back
Superior Toward the head
Inferior Away from the head
lateral Toward the side from the midline
Distal further to the point of attachment
Proximal to the point of attachment to the trunk
Ambi both-Example, Ambidextrous
Dys Difficult-Example, Dysfunction
Eu Normal-Example, Euphoria
Homo Same-Example, Homosexual
Iso Equal-Example, Isometric
Mal Poor-Example, Malnourished
Algia Pain-Example, Nueralgia
Emia Blood condition-Example, Anemia
Itis Inflammation-Example, Arthritis
Lysis Breakdown-Example, Dyalysis
Oid Resembling-Example, Fibroid
Opathy Disease-Example, Myopathy
Pnea Breathing-Example, Apnea
Centesis Surgical puncture to remove fluid
Ectomy Surgical Removal, Incision- Example, Hysterectomy
Ostomy Surgically creating a new permanent opening
Otomy Surgical incision or cutting into
Orraphy Surgical suturing repair, or swing
Opexy Surgical fixation or suspension
Oplasty Surgical repair
Otrispy Crushing or destroying
Created by: janiahjones2
 

 



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