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Unit 10
health careers internship
Term | Definition |
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adren/o | adrenal gland |
are/o | air, with oxygen |
bacill/o | bacillus |
bi/o | life |
cocc/i | round-shaped bacteria |
cortic/o | cortex |
drom/o | running, a series |
endocrin/o | endocrine |
erg/o | work |
gen/o | forming, generating |
gluc/o | glucose |
glyc/o | glycogen, sweet |
gnos/o | to know, knowledge of |
immun/o | immune |
lys/o | destruction |
malari/o | malaria |
myc/o | fungus |
pharmac/o | drugs |
py/o | pus |
sept/o, seps/o | poisoned, toxic |
staphyl/o | growing in bunches |
strept/o | twisted chains |
test/o, orchid/o, orchi/o | testis |
thyr/o, thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
a-, an- | without, lack of |
anti- | against |
dia- | through |
diplo- | two, double |
endo- | inside |
hyper- | above |
hypo- | below |
mal- | bad |
poly- | too many |
pro- | before, in front of |
syn, sym- | joined, fused |
-crine | secrete |
-ism | theory, condition |
-ist | specialist |
-ity | ability |
-logy | study of |
-megaly | enlarged |
-pathy | disease |
-rrhea | flow, discharge |
-therapy | treatment |
ACTH | adrenocoricotropic hormone |
AIDS | acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
APC | aspirin, phenacetin, caffeine |
Bx | biopsy |
DC | doctor of Chiropractic |
DPM | doctor of Podiatric medicine |
DTaP, DTP | diptheria, pertussis, tetanus |
Dx | diagnosis |
FAS | fetal alcohol syndrome |
FSH | follicle stimulating hormone |
Hep B | hepatitis b vaccine |
Hib | Haemophilus influenzae bacteria |
HIV | human immunodeficiency virus |
HPV | human papillomavirus |
Hx | history |
IDDM, type I | insulin-dependent diabetes melllitus |
IgG, IgM, IgE | immunoglobulins |
IPV | inactivated polio vaccine |
LH | leutinizing hormone |
MMR | measles, mumps, rubella (vaccine) |
MSH | melanocyte stimulating hormone |
NIDDM | non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus |
Px | prognosis |
RPH | registered pharmacist |
SIDS | sudden infant death syndrome |
Staph | staphylococcus |
STH | somatotropic hormone |
STI | sexually transmitted infections |
Strep | streptococcus |
Sx | symptoms |
T3, T4 | thyroid hormones |
Td | tetanus vaccine |
TSH | thyroid stimulating hormone |
Tx | treatment |
Var | varicella (chicken pox) |