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FINALTERM
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a-, an- | Without |
| ACTH | Adrenocorticotropic Hormone |
| ADH | Antidiuretic Hormone |
| ad- | Toward |
| AIDS | Acquired immune deficiency syndrome |
| amni/o | Amnion |
| andr/o | Male |
| ante- | Before, in front of |
| anti- | Against |
| an/o | Anus |
| ASAP | As Soon As Possible |
| -asthenia | Weakness, debility |
| BaE | Barium |
| bi- | Two |
| melan/o | Black, Dark |
| Hemat/o, hem/o | Blood |
| cyan/o | Blue |
| BM | Bowel Movement |
| oste/o | Bone |
| brady- | Slow |
| encephal/o | Brain |
| CAD | Coronary Artery Disease |
| cardi/o | Heart |
| chondr/o | Cartilage |
| CBC | Complete Blood Count |
| -cele | Hernia, Swelling |
| cyt/o, -cyte | Cell |
| CHF | Congestive Heart Failure |
| chlor/o | Green |
| choledoch/o | Bile Duct |
| -clasis | To break, surgical |
| -esis,-ia, -ism, -y | Condition of |
| contra- | Against, opposite |
| COPD | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
| core/o | Pupil |
| CPR | Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation |
| crani/o | Cranium |
| crin/o | Secrete |
| cry/o | Cold |
| CSF | Cerebrospinal Fluid |
| CT | Computed Tomography |
| CVA | Cerebrovascular Accident |
| D | Dilatation & Curettage |
| -dacry/o | Tear |
| necr/o | Death, necrosis |
| -penia | Decrease |
| den/o | Teeth |
| di- | Double |
| dia- | Through, across |
| -ectasis | Dilation, Expansion |
| dys- | Bad, Painful, Difficult |
| aur/o, or/o, auricul/o | Ear |
| phag/o, -phagia | Eating, swallowing |
| ECG | Electrocariogram |
| ect/o | Outside, outward |
| -ectomy | Excision, Removal |
| -edema | Swelling |
| EEG | Electroencephalography |
| -emesis | Vomiting |
| -emia | Blood condition |
| mega-, -megaly | Enlargement |
| eosin/o | Dawn (rose coloured) |
| epi- | Above, upon |
| ER | Emergancy Room |
| -esthesia | feeling |
| eu- | Good, normal |
| Hyper- | Excessive |
| exo- | Outside, Outward |
| ocul/o, opthalm/o | Eye |
| pseudo- | False |
| primi- | First |
| -poesis | Forming, Producing |
| FSH | Follicle-Stimulating Hormone |
| Fx | Fracture |
| gastr/o | Stomach |
| GI | Gastrointestinal |
| aden/o | Glands |
| gluc/o | Sugar, Sweetness |
| glyc/o | Sugar, Sweetness |
| GP | General Practitioner |
| -gram | Record |
| -graph | Instrument to record |
| -graphy | Process of recording |
| glauc/o, poli/o | Gray matter, gray |
| Hbg | Hemoglobin |
| acous/o, -acusis, audit/o, audi/o | Hearing |
| HEENT | Head, Ears, Eyes, Nose & Throat |
| hemi- | One half |
| histo- | Tissue |
| Hx | History |
| Hypo- | Below, Deficient |
| -iasis | Abnormal condition |
| ichthy/o | Dry, Scaly |
| ICU | Intesive Care Unit |
| IDDM | Insulin-Dependent Diabtetes Mellitus |
| ili/o | Ilium |
| -ism | Condition |
| -tomy | Incision |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| infra- | Below, under |
| irid/o | Iris |
| kal- | Potassium |
| kary/o | Nucleus |
| keton/o, nephr/o | Kidney |
| kinese/o | Movement |
| KUB | Kidney, Ureter, Bladder |
| later/o | Side, To the side |
| -lith/o | Stone |
| -lysis | Seperation; destruction; loosening |
| -malacia | Softening |
| metr/o | Measuring |
| men/o | Menses, Menstruation |
| mening/o | Meninges |
| mes/o | Middle |
| meta- | Change, beyond |
| -meter | Instrument for measuring |
| -metry | Act of measuring |
| mmHg | millimeters of mercury |
| MRI | Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| morph/o | Form, Shape, Structure |
| MS | Mutiple Sclerosis |
| my/o, myos/o | Muscle |
| myel/o | Bone marrow |
| narc/o | Stupor, numbness, sleep |
| NIDDM | Non-insulin-dependent Diabtetes Mellitus |
| NPO | Nothing by mouth |
| NSAIDS | Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory Drugs |
| nyct/o | Night |
| OB-GYN | Obstetrics & Gynaecology |
| OD | Overdose, Right Eye |
| -oid | Resembling |
| -ologist | Specialist |
| -ology | Study of |
| -oma | Tumor |
| onych/o | Nail |
| oophor/o | Ovary |
| -osis | Abnormal Condition |
| -algia, -algesia | Pain |
| PERRLA | Pupils equal, round & reactive to light & accommodation |
| PAP | Papanicolaou (test) |
| para- | Near,Beyond, Beside |
| -plegia | Paralysis |
| parathyroid/o | Parathyroid |
| -pathy | Disease |
| -penia | Decrease, Deficiency |
| -pepsia | Digestion |
| per- | Through |
| peri- | Around |
| -phasia | Speech |
| -phonia | Voice |
| -physis | Growth |
| pil/o | Hair |
| -plasty | Surgical Repair |
| pod/o | Foot |
| poli- | Gray, Gray matter |
| poly- | Many, Much |
| pre- | Before, In front of |
| -cyesis, gest/o | Pregnancy |
| pro- | Before, Infront of |
| -prostat/o | Prostate Gland |
| pt. | Patient |
| -ptosis | Prolapse, Downward displacement |
| -ptysis | Spitting |
| pulmon/o | Lung |
| pyel/o | Renal pelvis |
| R/O | Rule Out |
| MI | Myocardial Infarction |
| RA | Rheumatoid Arthritis |
| RBC | Red Blood Count, Red Blood Cells |
| Rect/o | Rectum |
| erythr/o, erythem/o | Red |
| Retro- | Backward, Behind |
| ROM | Range Of Motion |
| -rrhagia | Bursting Forth |
| -rrhapy | Suture |
| -rrhea | Discharge, Flow |
| -rrhexis | Rupture |
| RUQ | Right Upper Quadrant |
| salping/o | Tube |
| sacroma | Malignant tumor of connective tissue |
| scoli/o | Crooked, Bent |
| schist/o | |
| -scope | Instrument for examining |
| -scopy | Visual examination |
| seb/o | Sebum, Sebaceous |
| sial/o | Saliva, Salivary Gland |
| derm/o | Skin |
| SOB | Shortness Of Breath |
| somat/o | Body |
| -phasia | Speech |
| myel/o | Spinal Cord |
| spin/o | Spine |
| splen/o | Spleen |
| -stasis | Standing still |
| STAT | Immediatly |
| STD | Sexually Transmitted Disease |
| sub- | Under, Below |
| gluc/o | Sugar |
| supra- | Above, Excessive, Superior |
| sudor/o | Sweat |
| T | Tonsillectomy & Adenoidectomy |
| -tachy | Rapid |
| TB | Tuberculosis |
| dacry/o | Tear, Tear duct |
| thrombo- | Blood Clot |
| TIA | Transient Ischemic Attack |
| -tome | Instrument to cut |
| -tomy | Incision |
| ton/o | Tension |
| -toxic, toxic/o | Toxic |
| trache/o | Trachea |
| trans- | Across, Trhough |
| TSH | Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone |
| TURP | Transuretheral Resection of the prostate |
| UA | Urinalysis |
| ultra- | Excess, Beyond |
| uni- | One |
| ur/o | Urine, Urinary tract |
| urethr/o | Urethra |
| URI | Upper Respiratory Infection |
| uria | Urine |
| vagin/o | Vagina |
| valvu/o | Valve |
| vesic/o | Bladder |
| hydr/o, aque/o | Water |
| en-, endo-, intra- | Within |
| xanth/o, jaund/o | Yellow |
| xer/o | Dry |
| radi/o | X-ray |
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