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GROUP 1 FELSAPP
MEDICAL TERMS
Term | Definition |
---|---|
-algia | pain |
-asthenia | weakness |
-cele | swelling, herniation |
-dynia | pain |
-ectasis | dilation expansion |
-emesis | vomiting |
-emia | blood condition |
-gen | producing |
-ia, -ism | condition |
-iasis | presence of, formation of |
-itis | inflammation |
-malacia | weakening of, softening of |
-mania | obsessive preoccupation |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oid | seeming like |
-ole | small |
-oma | tumor |
-osis | condition, usually abnormal |
-pathy | disorder, disease |
-penia | deficiency, decrease |
-phagia | eating, swallowing |
-phasia | speech |
-phobia | fear |
-plasia | formation of |
-plegia | paralysis |
-ptosis | drooping, falling |
-rrhage | bursting forth |
-rrhea | flow, discharge |
ICU | INTENSIVE CARE UNIT |
K | POTASSIUM |
MRI | MAGNETIC RESONACE IMAGING |
OR | OPERATING ROOM |
P | PULSE |
PE | PHYSICAL EXAMINATION |
PRE OP | BEFORE OPERATION |
QNS | QUANTITY NOT SUFFICIENT |
R/O | RULE OUT |
TX | TREATMENT |
URI | UPPER RESPITORY INFECTION |
WT | WEIGHT |
VS | VITAL SIGNS |
WBC | WHITE BLOOD CELL/COUNT |
WNL | WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS |
YO ; Y/O | YEARS OLD |
UTI | URINARY TRACT INFECTION |
UA | URINALYSIS |
TB | TUBERCULOSIS |
STI | SEXUALL TRANSMITTED INFECTION |
STAT | IMMEDIATLEY |
SOB | SHORTNESS OF BREATH |
RX | PRESCRIPTION |
ROM | RANGE OF MOTION |