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NURSING/MED.TERMINOL
MED.TERMINOLOGY
Question | Answer |
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A-,AN- | WITHOUT, AWAY FROM, NOT |
AB- | AWAY FROM, ABSENT |
ABDOMINAL | ABD, TO THE ABDOMEN |
ABDUCTION | ABD, LATERAL MOVEMENT OF THE LIMBS AWAY FROM THE MEDIAN PLANE OF THE BODY, OR LATERAL BENDING OF THE HEAD OR TRUNK. |
ABOVE OR HIGHER | SUPERIOR |
AC | BEFORE MEAL |
ADDUCTION | ADD,MOVEMENT OF A LIMB OR EYE TOWARD THE MEDIAN PLANE OF THE BODY OR IN THE CASE OF DIGITS TOWARD THE AXIAL LINE OF A LIMB. |
AD LIB | AS DESIRED |
ADL | ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING |
-ALGIA | PAIN, SUFFERING, NEURALGIA |
ANALGESIA | ABSENCE OF NORMAL SENSE OF PAIN |
ANTECUBITAL | IN FRONT OF THE ELBOW |
ANTERIOR | ANT., TOWARD THE FRONT |
APNEA | TEMPORARY CESSATION OF BREATING |
ARTHRO | JOINT, ARTHOSCOPY |
AURO, AURICULO, AUDIO | HEARING |
AXILLA | ARMPIT, AXILLA |
BID | 2X A DAY |
BRACHIAL | PERTAINING TO THE ARM |
BRADYAPNEA | ABNORMALLY SLOW BREATHING |
BRP | BATHROOM PRIVILEGES |
BUCCAL | PERTAINING TO THE CHEEK |
CARDIAC | PERTAINING TO THE HEART |
CAROTID | PERTAINING TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT CAROTID ARTERIES |
CBC | COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT |
C & DB | COUGH & DEEP BREATHE |
CHOL, CHOLE, | BILE, GALL, CHOLECYSTITIS |
CHONDRO | CARTILAGE |
COAG | COAGULATION |
COCCYX | BASE OF THE SPINE |
CONTRA | AGAINST |
COASTAL | PERTAINING TO THE RIBS |
CRANIAL | PERTAINING TO THE CRANIUM |
CUTANEOUS | PERTAINING TO THE SKIN |
CXR | CHEST X-RAY |
CYTO | CELL, CYTOLOGY |
DELTOID | PERTAINING TO THE DELTOID MUSCLE |
DERMA, DERMATO, CUTANEOUS | SKIN |
DORSAL | PERTAINING TO THE BACK |
DISTAL | FARTHEST FROM THE CENTER |
DM | DIABETES MELLITUS |
DYS | DIFFICULT, BAD, PAINFUL, SUCH AS "DYSPNEA" AIR HUNGER IN LABORED BREATHING, SOMETIMES ACCOMPANIED BY PAIN |
-ECTOMY | EXCISION |
EDEMA | SWELLING |
EKG/ECG | ELECTROCARDIOGRAM |
-EMIA | BLOOD |
ENT | EARS, NOSE, THROAT |
ENTER, ENTERO | INTESTINE |
EUPNEA | NORMAL QUIET BREATHING |
EVERSION | TURNING OUTWARD |
EXT. | EXTERIOR, EXTERNAL |
EXTENSION | MOVEMENT THAT PULLS BOTH ENDS OF ANY PART |
FEBRILE |