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HTH101
Terminology
Question | Answer |
---|---|
AD | RIGHT EAR |
ADD | ATTENTION DEFICIET DISORDER |
BDT | BONE DENSITY TEST |
BX | BIOPSY |
CMA | CERTIFIED MEDICAL ASSISTANT |
CNS | CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM |
CSF | CEREBRAL SPINAL FLUID |
CVA | CERBRAL VASCULAR ACCIDENT |
EEG | ELECTROENCEPHOGRAM |
EENT | EAR, EYE, NOSE AND THROAT |
FX | FRACTURE |
HA | HEADACHES |
I&D | INCISION AND DRAINAGE |
LP | LUMBAR PUNCTURE |
LVN | LICENCED VOCAL NURSE |
MD | MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY |
MS | MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS |
N&V | NAUSEA AND VOMITING |
OCD | OBSESSIVE COMPLUSIVE DISORDER |
PNS | PERPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM |
PT | PHYSICAL THERAPY |
PTSD | POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER |
PX | PROGNOSIS |
RN | REGISTERED NURSE |
ROM | RANGE OF MOTION |
SX | SYMPTOMS |
TIA | TRANSCIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK |
TX | TREATMENT |
-malacia | softening |
melano- | black |
derma- | skin |
ecto- | out |
ectomy | surgical removal |
encephalo- | head |
gloss- | tongue |
hist- | tissue |
itis- | inflammation |
lipo- | fat |
myco- | fungus |
adipo | fat |
arthro- | joint |
bursa- | bursa |
-cele | hernia |
cephalo-/capito- | head |
cheilo- | lip |
chondro- | cartilage |
costo- | rib |
-cusis | hearing |
dent- | teeth |
myeol- | |
-necrosis | tissue death |
-ologist | specialist |
-oma | tumor, neoplasm |
onc- | tumor |
ophthalmo- | vision, eyesite |
osteo- | bone |
-ostomy | surgically creating an opening |
oto- | ear |
-otomy | surgical incision |
-pathy | disease |
poly- | many |
presby- | old age |
rhino- | nose |
somato- | body |
tympano-/ myringo | tympanic membrane eardurm |
term | def |
term | def |
term | def |