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aden/o

gland
append/o, appendic/o

appendix
arteri/o

artery
arthr/o

joint
bi/o

living thing, life
cardi/o

heart, upper part of stomach
col/o, colon/o

large intestine, colon
crani/o

skull
cyst/o

sac of fluid, bladder
cyt/o

cell
derm/o, dremat/o

skin
duct/o

carry
enter/o

small intestine
gastr/o

stomach
gen/o

giving rise to, creating
gloss/o

tongue
glyc/o

sugar
hem/o, hemat/o

blood
hepat/o

liver
hist/o

tissue
hydr/o

water, fluid
leuk/o

white
lith/o

stone
muc/o

mucus
my/o

muscle
myel/o

bone marrow, spinal cord
neur/o

nerve
norm/o

proper, rule
oste/o

bone
path/o

disease
ped/o

child, infant, foot
pulmon/o

lung
ren/o

kidney
secti/o

cut into
splen/o

spleen
tens/o

pressure
the/o

put
therm/o

heat
thorac/o

chest
thromb/o

clot
ven/o

vein
acr/o

extremity, tip
a/, an/

without, absent
ab/

away from
ac/

toward, near
ad/

toward, near
anti/

against, opposed
brady/

slower than usual
de/

lessened, removed
dia/

through
ec/, ex/

outside, outer
ecto/, exo/

outside, outer
en/, endo/

within
intra/

within
epi/

upon, in addition
hemi/

half
hyper/

increased, above
hypo/

decreased, below
cata/

negative, down
in/

into, not
infra/

inferior to, below
inter/

between
macro/

gross, large
micro/

small, tiny
pan/

all, every
para/

beside, beyond
per/

through
peri/

around, surrounding
post/

after, past
pre/

before
re/

again, back
retro/

behind, back
sub/

under, inferior to
tachy/

faster than usual
/algia (noun)

pain
/centesis (noun)
/centeses

withdrawing fluid
/cyte (noun)

cell
/ectomy (noun)

removal
/emia or /hemia (noun)

throughout the blood
/grade (adj)

go
/gram (noun)

picture, record, tracing
/graph (noun)

instrument that creates a picture or recording
/graphy (noun)

process of creating a picture, record, tracing
/ia (noun)

condition
/ism (noun)

situation, process, condition
/ist (noun)

one who does, one who specializes in
/itis (noun)
/itic (adj)
/itid/es

inflamation
/ium, /um (noun)
/ia, /a

structure
/logy (noun)

study of
/megaly (noun)

enlargement
/meter (noun)

distance measure, instrument to measure
/opsy (noun)

look at
/osis, /sis (noun)
/oses
/otic, /tic (adj)

pathologic condition, relating to a condition
/pathy (noun)

disease process
/scope (noun)

instrument to see through or with
/stasis (noun)
/stases

control, hold in
/y (noun)

process of
/ac (adj)

relating to
/al (adj)

relating to
/ar (adj)

relating to
/ary (adj)

relating to
/eal (adj)

relating to
/iac (adj)

relating to
/ic (adj)

relating to
/ior (adj)

relating to
/oid (adj)

like
/ose (adj)

like, relating to (also chemical name for sugar)
/ous (adj)

relating to
/tic (adj)

relating to
abdomin/o

abdomen
acu/o

sudden, sharp
adip/o

fat tissues
angi/o

vessel containing fluid
axill/o

armpit
carcin/o

cancer of gland tissue
cerebr/o

brain
chem/o

chemical, drug
cis/o

cut
cost/o

rib
electr/o

electrical activity
gynec/o

female
iatr/o

treatment
klept/o

steal
laryng/o

voicebox, larynx
mandibul/o

lower jaw
maxill/o

upper jaw
nat/o

birth, born
nect/o

bind
ox/o

oxygen
sarc/o

nongland tissue, flesh
son/o

sound, ultrasound
vit/o

living, alive
auto/

self
bi/

two
con/

with
contra/

opposite, against
meta/

change, beyond
poly/

many
syn/

together with
sym/

together with
trans/

across
ultra/

beyond, higher than
/blast (noun)

undifferentiated, original
/drome (noun)

run
/fusion (noun)

pour, bond
/genesis (noun)

creating
/malacia (noun)

softening
/mania (noun), maniac (adj)

excessive preoccupation or obsession
/oma (noun)
/omata

tumor, mass
/partum (noun)

labor, delivery
/penia (noun)

lack of, decrease, poor
/plasty (noun)

restore by surgery
/stoma (noun)
/stomata

body opening (to the outside)
/stomy (noun)

surgically created body opening
/therapy (noun)

treatment
/tome (noun)

cutting instrument
/tomy (noun)

cut into or slice
/trophy (noun)

growth, development by size or nourishment
/trophic (adj)

relating to growth, development
bronch/o

airway tubes in lung
cephal/o

head
cervic/o

neck
chrondr/o

cartilage
crin/o

to separate from blood, secrete
cutane/o

skin surface
dactyl/o

digits, fingers, toes
eosin/o

rose colored
erythr/o

red
furc/o

brach, fork
gnos/o

knowledge, understanding
lapar/o

abdomen
lymph/o

watery fluid
morph/o

form, structure
mort/o

death
necr/o

dead
nephr/o

kidney
ophthalm/o

eye
ot/o

ear
phag/o, /phage

eat, swallow, engulf
phob/o

fear
physi/o

nature, natural
plasm/o

plasma, cell substance
pneum/o, pneumon/o

air, gas, lung air sacs
psych/o

mind
radi/o

rays or waves, x-ray, radius, forearm
rect/o

upright, rectum
rhin/o

nose
seps/o, sept/i

infection, bacteria
thyr/o

shield, thyroid
tom/o

cut, slice or a hole
tonsill/o

tinsils
top/o

location
tox/o

poison, damaging
trache/o

windpipe
vertebr/o

back bones
ana/

positive, up
ante/

before
dys/

bad, labored
eu/

normal, even, good
mal/

bad, abnormal
meso/

middle
pro/

before
pseudo/

false
semi/

half
supra/, super/

above, superior to
/cele (noun)

sac protruding, hernia
/crine (adj)

secrete
/cyesis (noun)

pregnancy
/dynia (noun)

pain
/lysis (noun), /lytic (adj)

break down or apart, dissolve
/pexy (noun)

affix, attach into place
/phobia (noun)

fear
/phoria (noun)

bear
/physis (noun)
/physes

grow
/plasia (noun)

growth, development
/pnea (noun)

breathing
/poiesis (noun)

formation
/ptosis (noun)

drooped, slipped down
/rrhea (noun)

flow
/sclerosis (noun), /sclerotic (adj)

hardening
medium

media
calculus

calculi
lamina

laminae
diagnosis

diagnoses
arthritis

arthritides
criterion

criteria
thorax

thoraces
cervix

cerices
index

indices
calyx

calyces
larynx

larynges
lumen

lumina
sarcoma

sarcomata
synthesis

syntheses
carcinoma

carcinomata
cardium

cardia
cranium

crania
mucus

muci
virus

viri
ganglion

ganglia
reflex

Babinski's, Gordon's, Babkin, Barkman's, Brudzinski's
point

McBurney, Brewer's, Addison's, Pauly's, Mackenzie's
syndrome

Cushing's, Curtius', Charcot's, Cornelia de Lange's, Leriche's
fracture

Pott's, Colles', Monteggia's, Galeazzi's, Jefferson's
cirrhosis

Laënnec('s), Hanot's, Budd's, Charcot's, Todd's
palsy

Bell's, Erb's, Klumpke's, Todd's
respiration

Corrigan's, Cheyne-Stokes, Austin Flint, Kussmaul's
sarcoma

Hodgkin's, Kaposi's, Kupffer cell, Abernethy's, pseudo-Kaposi
disease

Alzheimer's, Hodgkin's, Hodgson's, Hirschsprung's, Legg's
tube

Miller-Abbott, Kelly's, Mueller-Frazier, Ochsner's, Cantor
incision

Roux-en-Y, Pfannenstiel's, Halsted's, Rollet's, McBurney
anemia

Cooley's, Lederer's, Dresbach's, Chvostek's
virus

Epstein-Barr, Brunhilde, West Nile, Powassan, Mengo
AV

arteriovenous
BKA

Below Knee Amputation
BUN

Blood Urea Nitrogen
EEG

Electroencephalogram
HEENT

head, eyes, ears, nose (and) throat
FYI

for your information
HBP

High Blood Preasure
HIV

Human Immunodeficiency Virus
ICU

Intensive Care Unit
IM

intramuscular
LOA

Leave of absence
LRS

Lactated Ringer's Solution
MD

Muscular Dystrophy
MOM

milk of magnesia
MS

Multiple Sclerosis
NBM

Nothing by mouth
NPO
- mil per so
- (Means nothing by mouth)
NSD

no significant disease
PDR

Physician's Desk Reference
PERRLA

(The) pupils (are) equal, round (and) reactive (to) light (and) accommodation
RA

Rheumatoid Arthritis
STD

Sexually Transmitted Disease
VDRL

Venereal Disease Research Laboratory
WBC

White Blood Count
HTN

hypertension
a.c., ante cibum

before meals
ABO

blood type system
ad lib., ad libitum

as desired
aq., aqueous

water-based
blasts

blast cells
BUN

blood urea nitrogen
CBC

complete blood count
cm

centimeter, centimeters
CO₂

carbon dioxide
Ca

calcium
D5W
- 5% dextrose in water
- (IV fluid)
b.i.d., bis in die

two times a day
DOA

dead on arrival
DOB

date of birth
DTR

deep tendon reflexes
Dx

diagnosis, diagnoses
E. coli
- Escherichia coli
- (bacteria in bowel)
EBV

Epstein-Barr virus
ECG, EKG

electrocardiogram
EEG

electroencephalogram
EM

electron microscope
Fr

French (a kind of catheter or tube)
FUO

fever of unknown origin
GB

gallbladder
gm

gram, grams
gr

grains
H₂O

water
ID

intradermal
IM

intramuscular
IU

international unit(s)
IV

intravenous
kg

kilogram, kilograms
L, l

liter, liters
LMD

local medical doctor
lymphs

lymphocytes
mcg

microgram, micrograms
mEq

milliequivalent, milliequivalents
mg%

milligram per cent, milligrams per cent
mg

milligram, milligrams
midnoc

midnight
ml

milliliter, millileters
mmHg

millimeters of mercury
mm

millimeter, millimeters
monos

monocytes
n.p.o., nil per so, NBM

nothing by mouth
NBS

normal bowel sounds
NF

none found, not found
NG

nasogastric
NSD
- no serious disease
- (defect)
O₂

oxygen (gas)
O

oxygen (chemical element)
p.o., per os

by mouth
p.r.n., pro re nata

as needed, as required
per cent

for every one hundred
pH

hydrogen ion concentration
polys

polymorphonuclear leukocytes
PTA

prior to admission
q.( ) h., quaque ( ) hora

every ( ) hours
q.a.m., quaque ante meridian

every morning
q.d., quaque die
- daily
- (Always write out, never use abbreviation)
q., quaque

every
q.h.s.

every hour of sleep, every bedtime
q.i.d., quater in die

four times a day
q.n.s.

quantity not sufficient
R/O, RO

rule out
RBC

red blood cells, red blood count
Rx

treatment, prescribe
sed rate

sedimentation rate
segs

segmented neutrophils
sp. gr.

specific gravity
stabs

stab cells
stat, statim

at once
Subcu., SubQ

subcutaneous
Sx

symptoms
TBC, TB

tuberculosis
TPR

temperature, pulse and respiration
tsp

teaspoon
t.i.d., ter in die

three times a day
U/A, UA

urinalysis
U
- unit, units
- (Always write out, never use abbreviation)
wbc, WBCs

white blood count, white blood cells
YO

years old
ZnO₂

zinc oxide
ab

abortion
appy

appendectomy, appendicitis
cysto

cystoscopy, cystogram
exam

examination
flat plate

abdomen x-ray
kilos

kilograms
lab

laboratory
meds

medications
nullip

nullipara, woman with no deliveries
path

pathology
polio

poliomyelitis
prep

preparation
primip

primipara, woman with one previous birth
temp

temperature
sibs

siblings, brothers and sisters
subcue

subcutaneous

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