click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Terminology exam
RED MOD
Question | Answer |
---|---|
bi/o | life |
calc/o | calcium |
cardi/o | heart |
chlor/o | green |
cost/o | ribs |
glyc/o | sugar, sweetness |
glycos/o | sugar, sweetness |
gluc/o | sugar, sweetness |
glucos/o | sugar, sweetness |
hist/o | tissue |
histi/o | tissue |
idi/o | unknown, peculiar |
inguin/o | groin |
jaund/o | yellow |
kal/i | potassium |
morph/o | form, shape, structure |
pancreat/o | pancreas |
parathyroid/o | parathyroid glands |
path/o | disease |
pelv/i | pelvis |
pelv/o | pelvis |
poster/o | back, behind, posterior |
proxim/o | near, nearest |
somat/o | body |
son/o | sound |
thym/o | thymus gland |
toxic/o | poison |
-ac | pertaining to |
-ad | pertaining to |
-al | pertaining to |
-ar | pertaining to |
-crine | secrete |
-dipsia | thirst |
-duction | act of leading |
-emia | blood condition |
-meagly | enlargement |
-oid | resembling |
-oma | tumour |
-osis | abnormal condition, increase |
-plasia | formation, growth |
-stasis | standing still |
-tropin | stimulate |
-uria | urine |
-genesis | forming, producing |
-gram | record, writing |
ab- | from, away from |
ad- | toward |
endo- | in, within |
eu- | good, normal |
exo- | outside, outward |
homeo- | same, alike |
hyper- | excessive |
hypo- | under, below, deficient |
infra- | below, under |
pan- | all |
peri- | around |
poly- | many, much |
super- | upper, above |
trans- | across, through |
ultra- | excess, beyond |
ACTH | adrenocorticotropic hormone |
ADH | antidiuretic hormone |
BMI | body mass index |
BUN | blood urea nitrogen |
C&T | crossmatch and type |
CXR | chest x-ray, chest radiograph |
DM | diabetes mellitus |
FBS | fasting blood sugar |
FSH | follice-stimulating hormone |
Hct | hematocrirt |
IDDM | insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus |
IVP | intravenous pyelogram; intravenous pyelography |
KUB | kindey, urter, bladder |
LH | lutienizing hormone |
LLQ | left lower quadrant |
LUQ | left upper quadrant |
MRI | magnetic reasonance imaging |
NIDDM | non-insulun-dependent diabetes mellitus |
O&P | ova and parasites |
PFT | plumonary function tests |
PGH | pituitary growth hormone |
PTH | parathyroid hormone |
RAIU | radioactive iodine uptake |
RF | rheumatiod factor |
Sx | symptom |