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Big review term
Big review terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a/an | without, lack of |
| ACTH | Adrenocorticotropic Hormone |
| ADH | Antidiuretic Hormone |
| ad- | toward, in the direction of |
| AIDS | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| ambul/o | walk |
| amnion | amni/o |
| andr/o | male |
| ante- | before |
| anti- | against |
| anus | an/o |
| ASAP | As soon as possible |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| BaE | Barium Enema |
| bi- | two,double |
| black | melan/o,enthrac/o |
| blood | hemat/o,hem/o |
| blue | cyan/o |
| BM | Bowel movement |
| bone | oste/o |
| brady- | slow |
| brain | encephal/o |
| CAD | Coronary Artery Disease |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cartilage | chondr/o |
| CBC | Complete Blood count |
| -cele | hernia,swelling |
| CHF | Congestive Heart Failure |
| cell | cyt/o,-cyte |
| chlor/o | green |
| choledoch/o | bile duct |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| -clasis | to break, surgical fracture |
| color | chrom/o |
| condition of | -esis, -ia,-ism,-y,-ema,-isy,-sis |
| contra- | against |
| COPD | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| core/o | pupil |
| CPR | Cardiopulmonary Resusitation |
| cranium | crani/o |
| crin/o | secrete |
| cry/o | cold |
| CSF | Cerebrospinal fluid |
| CT | Computed Tomography |
| CVA | Cerebrovascular Accident |
| D&C | Dilation and Curettage |
| dacry/o | tear,tear duct |
| death | -necrosis,necro |
| decrease | penia- |
| dent/o | tooth |
| destruction of | lysis |
| di- | double,two |
| dia- | through,across |
| dilation | -ectasis |
| discharge from | -rrhea |
| double | di-,bi- |
| dys- | bad,painful,difficult |
| ear | aur/o, ot/o, auricul/o |
| eardrum | myring/o, tympan/o |
| eating, swallowing | phag/o, -phage, -phagia |
| ECG | Electrocardiogram |
| ect/o | outside |
| -ectasis | dilation |
| -ectomy | excision, surgical removal |
| -edema | swelling |
| EEG | Electroencephalography |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood condition |
| enlargement | -megaly |
| eosin/o | rose, dawn coloured |
| epi- | upon, on |
| ER | Emergency room |
| -esthesia | feeling, sensation |
| eu- | good |
| excessive | hyper- |
| excision | -ectomy |
| exo- | outward |
| eye | ocul/o, ophthalm/o |
| false | pseudo- |
| first | primi- |
| forming, producing | -genesis, gen/o, -poiesis |
| FSH | Follicle Stimulating Hormone |
| Fx | Fracture |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| GI | Gastrointestinal |
| glands | aden/o |
| gluc/o | sugar, glucose |
| glyc/o | sugar, glucose |
| GP | General Pactitioner |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument to record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| gray | glauc/o |
| gray matter | poli/o, poli- |
| Hgb | Hemoglobin |
| hearing | acous/o, -acusis, audi/o, -cusia, -cusis, audit/o, audi/o |
| heart | cardi/o |
| HEENT | Head, Eyes, Ears, Nose , Throat |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hemi- | one half, half |
| hemorrhage | -rrhagia, -rrhage |
| hernia | -cele |
| hist/o | tissue |
| homeostasis | control of same, internal balance |
| Hx | history |
| hyper- | excessive, above |
| hypo- | below, deficency |
| -iasis, | abnormal condition of |
| -ia | condition of |
| ichthy/o | dry scaly |
| ICU | Intensive care Unit |
| IDDM | Insulin-dependant diabetes mellitus |
| ilium | ili/o |
| -ism | condition |
| incision | -tomy |
| inflammation of | itis |
| infra- | below, under |
| instrument to view | -scope |
| instrument to cut | -tome |
| instrument to record | -graph |
| instrurment to crush | -triptor |
| irid/o | iris |
| -itis | inflammation |
| joint | arthr/o |
| kal- | potassium |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| kidney | nephr/o, ren/o |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| KUB | Kidney, ureter, bladder |
| lack of | -penia |
| later/o | side, side by side |
| lith/o | stone |
| -lysis | destruction, loosening, seperation |
| -malacia | softening |
| measuring | -metry |
| men/o | menses, menstruation, month |
| mening/o | meninges |
| mes/o | middle |
| meta- | change |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -metry | act of measuring, measuring |
| mmHg | millimeters of mercury |
| morph/o | shape, form |
| MRI | Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| MS | Multiple Sclerosis |
| muscle | my/o |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| narc/o | stupor, sleep |
| narrowing | stenosis |
| necr/o | death |
| NIDDM | Non-insulin dependant diabetes mellitus |
| no | non |
| NPO | nothing by mouth |
| NSAIDs | nonsteroid anti-inflammatory drugs |
| nyct/o | night |
| OB-GYN | Obstetric andGynecology |
| OD | right eye |
| -oid | resembling |
| -ologist | specialist in the study of |
| -ology | study of |
| -oma | tumor |
| onych/o | nail |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| -osis | abnormal condition of |
| oste/o | bone |
| pain | -algia, -dynia, -algesia |
| PERRLA | Pupils equal round reactive to light accomadation |
| PAP | papanicolaou smear/test |
| para- | near, beside |
| paralysis | -plegia |
| parathyroid | parathyroid/o |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency, decrease |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| per- | through, across |
| peri- | around, surrounding |
| -phagia | eating, swallowing, digestion |
| -phasia | speech |
| -phonia | voice, sound |
| -physis | growth, development |
| pil/o | hair |
| -plasty | surgical repair of |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| pod/o | foot |
| poli- | gray matter |
| poly- | many, much |
| pre- | before |
| pregnancy | -gravida, -cyesis |
| pro- | before |
| production of | gen/o, -genisis, -poiesis |
| prostat/o | prostate gland |
| pt | patient |
| -ptosis | drooping, sagging, prolapse, downward displacement |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| pulmon/o | lung, air |
| puncture of | -centesis |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| R/O | rule out |
| RA | Rheumatoid Arthitis |
| RBC | red blood count (cell) |
| rectum | rect/o |
| red | erythr/o, erythem/o, rube/o, rhod/o, erythmat/o |
| relating to | -ac, -al, -ary, -ic, -eal, -iac, -ical, -ile, -ine, -ior, -itic, -ive, -ory, -tic |
| repair of | -plasty |
| retro- | behind, backward |
| ROM | Range of motion |
| rose coloured | eosin/o |
| -rrhagia | bursting forth, hemorrhage |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| RUQ | Right upper quadrant |
| salping/o | fallopian tube, oviduct, eustachian tube, tube |
| -sarcoma | malignant tumor of connective tissue |
| scaly | squam/o |
| schist/o | split, cleft |
| scoli/o | crooked, bent |
| -scope | instrument to view/examine |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| seb/o | sebum, sebaceous gland |
| sensation | -esthesia |
| sial/o | saliva, salivary gland |
| skin | dermat/o, cutane/o, -derma |
| SOB | shortness of breath |
| somat/o | body |
| speech | -phasia |
| spinal cord | myel/o |
| spine | spin/o, rachi/o |
| spleen | splen/o |
| -stasis | standing still, control, stop |
| STAT | immediatly |
| STD | sexual transmitted disease |
| sub- | below, under |
| sugar | gluc/o, glyc/o, glycos/o, glucos/o |
| supra- | above, superior |
| suspension | -pexy |
| sweat | hidr/o, sudr/o |
| T&A | Tonsillectomy and Adnoidectomy |
| -tachy | fast, rapid |
| TB | Tuberculosis |
| tear duct | dacry/o, dacryocyst/o, lacrim/o |
| thrombo- | blood clot, thrombus |
| TIA | Transient Ischemic attack |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -tomy | incision |
| ton/o | tension, tone, pressure |
| toxic | tox/o |
| trachea | trache/o |
| trans- | across, through |
| TSH | Thyroid Stimulating Hormone |
| tumor | -oma |
| TURP | Transurethral resection of the prostate |
| UA | Urinalysis |
| ltra- | excess, beyond |
| uni- | one |
| ur/o | urine, urinary system |
| ureter | ureter/o |
| urethra | urethr/o |
| URI | Upper respiratory infection |
| -uria | urine, urine condition |
| urination | ur/o, -uria |
| vagina | vagin/o, colp/o |
| valvul/o | small valve |
| vesic/o | bladder |
| vision | -opia, opsia |
| VS | Vital signs |
| water | hydr/o, aque/o |
| within | endo-, en-, end-, intra- |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| xer/o | dry |
| x-ray | radi/o, roentgen/o |
| yellow | xanth/o, lute/o, cirrh/o, jaund/o |
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