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-ITIS
INFLAMMATION
as in ARTHRITIS
-OSIS
ABNORMAL CONDITION
as in CYANOSIS
-ECTOMY
CUT OUT; REMOVE
-OTOMY
CUT INTO
as in TRACHEOTOMY
-OSTOMY
MAKE A MOUTH
A-/ AN-
WITHOUT
as in ANEMIA
MICRO-
SMALL
MACRO-
LARGE
MEGA-/ -MEGALY
ENLARGED
as in MEGACEPHALY or HEPATOMEGALY
-SCOPY/ -SCOPIC
TO LOOK OR OBSERVE
-GRAPHY/ -GRAPH
RECORDING AN IMAGE
as in MAMMOGRAPHY
-GRAM
IMAGE
as in MAMMOGRAM
-OLOGIST/ -OLOGY
THE STUDY OF; SPECIALIZING IN
as in CARDIOLOGIST
STOMATO-
MOUTH
as in STOMATITIS
DENTO-
TEETH
GLOSSO- / LINGUO-
TONGUE
GINGIVO-
GUMS
ENCEPHALO-
BRAIN
GASTRO-
STOMACH
ENTERO-
INTESTINE
usually refers to the SMALL INTESTINE
COLO-
LARGE INTESTINE
PROCTO-
ANUS; RECTUM
HEPATO-
LIVER
NEPHRO- / -RENE
KIDNEY
ORCHIDO-
TESTES
OOPHORO-
OVARY
as in OOPHORECTOMY
HYSTERO-
UTERUS
SALPINGO-
UTERINE TUBES
DERMO-
SKIN
MASTO- / MAMMO-
BREASTS
OSTEO-
BONE
CARDIO-
HEART
CYSTO-
BLADDER
RHINO-
NOSE
PHLEBO- / VENO-
VEINS
PNEUMO- / PULMO-
LUNGS
HEMO- / -EMIA
BLOOD
LEUK/O-
WHITE
MELAN/O-
BLACK
CYAN/O-
BLUE
XANTH/O-
YELLOW
as in XANTHOMA (yellow tumor)
-OMA
SWELLING
ADEN/O-
GLAND
LIP/O-
FAT
MY/O-
MUSCLE
LYMPH/O-
LYMPH TISSUE
CARCIN/O-
MALIGNANT
OSTEO/O-
BONE
ENDO-
INSIDE
PERI-
AROUND
as in PERIORAL
CIRCUM-
AROUND
as in CIRCUMCISE
RETRO-
BEHIND
as in RETROSTERNAL
EPI-
ON TOP
as in EPIDERMIS
TRANS-
THROUGH
as in TRANSECTIONAL or TRANSURETHRAL
INTRA-
WITHIN
as in INTRAVENOUS
SUB-
BELOW
SIGN
SOMETHING YOU CAN MEASURE; OBJECTIVE
SYMPTOM
SOMETHING OBSERVED; SUBJECTIVE
ABD
ABDOMINAL; ABDOMEN
ABG
ARTERIAL BLOOD GAS
AIDS
ACQUIRED IMMUNE DIFFICIENCY SYNDROME
AKA
ABOVE THE KNEE AMPUTATION
ALS
AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS (MUSCULAR DISEASE)
BID
TWICE A DAY
BKA
BELOW THE KNEE AMPUTATION
BM
BOWEL MOVEMENT
CARDI/O-
BRADY-
TACHY-
ANGI/O-
VENO- / PHLEBO-
-STASIS
-CYTE
HEM/O- / -EMIA
CARDIOLOGIST
HEMATOLOGIST
ELECTROCARDIOGRAM (ECG/EKG)
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION
CEPHAL/O-
ENCEPHAL/O-
MENING/O-
MYEL/O-
NEUR/O-
DYS-
-CELE
-PATHY
-PLASIA
-PLEGIA
LP
ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY
COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT)
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI)
GASTR/O-
HEPAT/O-
CHOL/E-
CYSTO-
EMES/O-
LITH/O-
LAPAR/O-
-CENTESIS
-TRIPSY
-RRHEA
-IASIS / -OSIS
RHIN/O-
LARYNG/O-
TRACHE/O-
BRONCH/O-
PNEU- / PNEA-
PULMO-
-PTYSIS
-PLASTY
BP
BRP
c
C&S
Ca+
CA
CABG
CAD
CBC
CHF
CNS
CO2
COPD
CPR
CSF
CVA
DJD
DM
Dx
EENT
ESRD
NEPHR/O- ; REN/O-
HYDR/O-
CYST/O-
PYEL/O-
URO- / -URIA
OLIG/O-
-PEXY
NEPHROSIS
ENURESIS
CYSTOSCOPY
IV PYELOGRAM
LITHOTRIPSY
ORCHID/O- ; TEST/O-
BALAN/O-
ANDR/O-
PROSTAT/O-
VAS/O-
-RRHAPHY
HYPOSPADIAS
HYDROCELE
VARICOCELE
CRYPTORCHIDISM
BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERTROPHY (BPH)
TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF THE PROSTATE (TURP)
PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN (PSA)
HYSTER/O-
SALPING/O-
COLP/O-
OOPHOR/O-
MEN/O-
MAMM/O- ; MAST/O-
-PAREUNIA ; COITUS
-GRAVIDA
-PARA
PART/O- ; TOC/O-
ABRUPTIO PLACENTAE
PLACENTA PREVIA
ECLAMPSIA
ECTOPIC PREGNANCY
OSTE/O-
CHONDR/O-
ARTHR/O-
MYEL/O-
TEN/O- ; TENDIN/O-
LIGAMENT/O-
BURS/O-
MY/O- ; MYOS/O-
-MALACIA
-POROSIS
-ASTHENIA
-TROPHY
-ALGIA ; ALGESIA-
FSBG
Fx
FeSO4
GERD
GI
G Tube
GTT
GU
GYN
HTN
IBS
IDDM
IM
IV
IVP
K+
KUB
LV
MI
MS
MVI
N&V
Na+
NG Tube
NIDDM
Noc
NPO
NS
OD
OS
OTC
OD
OS
PE
PERRLA
PID
PMS
PO
PR
PT
PTT
ROM
s
SC (SQ)
SOB
STAT
STD/STI
Sx
TB
TSH
Tx
UA
URI
UTI
D/C
Disp
et
NKA
NPO
p
q
Sig
gtt
MDI
Supp
PR
PO
SL
Top
AC
BID
H
HS
LOS
PC
a
L
MCG
MG
mEq
TKO
KVO
D10
D5W
LR
NS
1/2 NS
D5 1/2 NS
KCL
PCA
PICC
PRN
QAM
QHS
QID
STAT
TID
ML
CC
Author
jaguilarrr
ID
61072
Card Set
Intro to Nursing
Description
Nursing Vocabulary
Updated
2011-01-21T05:18:23Z
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