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Integumentary/Blood/Lymph Systems with Abbreves
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -algia | Pain |
| PA | Pernicious Anemia |
| CA | Cancer |
| BCC | Basal Cell Carcinoma |
| Bx | Biopsy |
| RBC | Red Blood Cell |
| WBC | White Blood Cell |
| ESR | Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate |
| Sed. | Sedimentation |
| PCV | Packed Cell Volume |
| SLE | Systemic Lupus Erythematosis |
| RA | Rheumatoid Arthritis |
| IMP | Impression |
| MCHC | Mean Cell Hemoglobin Concentration |
| PCP | Pneumocystis pneumonia |
| Sub Q | subcutaneous |
| Decub. | decubitus (bedsore) |
| Derm. | Dermatology |
| FS | Frozen Section |
| I&D | Incision & Drainage |
| AB | antibody(ies) |
| Hb or Hgb | hemoglobin |
| HCT or Hct | Hermatocrit |
| ABO | Blood Groups |
| AIDS | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| ID | intradermal |
| Ung or ung | ointment |
| ALL | Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia |
| HDN | Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn |
| HIV | Human Immumodeficiency Virus |
| Igs | Immunoglobulins |
| AML | Acute Myelogenous Leukemia |
| APTT | Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time |
| Baso | basophil |
| CBC | Complete Blood Count |
| CLL | Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia |
| CML | Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia |
| Diff. or diff. | differential |
| EBV | Epstein Barr Virus |
| ITP | Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia |
| IV or I.V. | intravenous |
| XP or XDP | Xeroderma Pigmentosa |
| Lymphos | lymphocytes |
| PT | Prothombin Time |
| Eos | Eosinophil |
| a- | without or not |
| hetero- | different |
| homeo- home/o | same or alike |
| homo- | same |
| macro- | large |
| micro- | small |
| mono- | one |
| poly- | many or much |
| epi- | above or upon |
| hypo- | under or below or deficient |
| hyper- | excessive or above normal |
| peri- | around |
| sub- | below or under |
| iso- | same or equal |
| aniso- | unequal or dissimilar |
| intra- | in or within |
| inter- | between |
| allo- | other or differing from normal |
| an- | without or not |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| kerat/o | horny tissue or hard or cornea |
| ser/o | serum |
| thym/o | thymus gland |
| thromb/o | blood clot |
| sider/o | iron |
| reticul/o | net or mesh |
| poikil/o | varied or irregular |
| phag/o | swallowing or eating |
| tox/o | poison |
| myel/o | bone marrow or spinal cord |
| morph/o | form or shape or structure |
| lymphangi/o | lymph vessel |
| lymphaden/o | lymph gland |
| leuk/o | white |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| immune/o | safe |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hem/o | blood |
| granul/o | granule(s) |
| erythr/o | red |
| eosin/o | dawn or rose-coloured |
| chrom/o | colour |
| blast/o | embryonic cell |
| aden/o | gland |
| adip/o | fat |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| cutane/o | skin |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| ichthy/o | dry & scaly |
| lact/o | milk |
| lip/o | fat |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| melan/o | black or very dark |
| myc/o | fungus |
| nid/o | nest |
| onych/o | nail |
| pil/o | hair |
| scler/o | hardening (sclera:white of eye) |
| seb/o | sebum |
| squam/o | scaly |
| steat/o | fat |
| sudor/o | sweat |
| thel/o | nipple |
| trich/o | hair |
| ungu/o | nail |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| xer/o | dry (only) |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| agglutin/o | clumping or gluing |
| neutr/o | neutral or neither |
| xen/o | foreign or strange |
| bas/o | base (alkaline |
| plas/o | formation or growth |
| splen/o | spleen |
| -phoresis | carrying or transmission |
| -cyte | cell |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -gram | record or writing |
| -graft | transplantation |
| -phylaxis | protection |
| -derma | skin condition |
| -stasis | standing still or stopping |
| -poiesis | formation or production (blood) |
| -phil | attraction for |
| -penia | decrease or deficiency |
| -osis | abnormal condition of |
| -globin | protein |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -blast | embryonic cell |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -ology | study of |
| -ologist | specialist in the study of |
| -tomy | incision or to cut into |
| -tome | instrument to cut with |
| -stomy | surgical opening |
| -stenosis | constriction or narrowing |
| -stalsis | contraction |
| -sis | state of |
| -sepsis | infection |
| -scopy or –scopic | visual examination |
| -sclerosis | abnormal condition of hardening |
| -schisis | split or fissure |
| -sarcoma | malignant tumour |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -rrhea | flow or excessive discharge |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhagia | rapid flow of blood |
| -plasty | plastic or surgical repair |
| -plasia or –plasm | formation or production (not blood) |
| -physis | growth |
| -phagia | eating or swallowing |
| -pathy | disease |
| -oma | tumour |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -iasis | abnormal condition produced by something specified |
| -gen | substance or agent that produces or causes |
| -esis | condition |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -ectomy | excision or surgical removal of |
| -ectasis | dilation or expansion or stretching out |
| -malacia | softening |
| -oid | resembling |
| -dynia | pain |
| -crine | separate or secrete |
| -cidal | killing |
| -centesis | puncture |
| -apheresis | removal |
| -scope | instrument to view (visual examination) |