Medical Terms and Abbreviations
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| Cardi | Heart | show 🗑
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| Hepat | Liver | show 🗑
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| show | Kidney |
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| Neur | show |
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| Psych | show |
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| Thorac | Chest | show 🗑
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| Hyper- | show |
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| show | Under, Below Normal |
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| Tachy- | show |
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| Brady- | show |
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| Pre- | show |
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| Post- | After, Behind | show 🗑
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| show | Pertaining To |
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| show | Pertaining To Pain |
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| alges | show |
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| -ectomy | show |
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| -ic | Pertaining To | show 🗑
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| show | Inflamation |
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| -logy | show |
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| -logist | show |
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| show | Enlargement Of |
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| -oma | Tumor (Usually Cancer) | show 🗑
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| show | Disease |
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| Uni- | show |
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| show | Two, Double |
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| show | None |
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| Primi- | show |
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| show | Many |
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| show | Two, Double |
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| Tri- | show |
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| show | Four |
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| show | Four |
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| show | Five |
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| Sexti- | show |
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| Septi- | show |
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| show | Eight |
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| show | Nine |
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| show | Ten |
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| show | Half, Partial |
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| show | Half, One Sided |
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| Ambi- | show |
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| Pan- | All, Entire | show 🗑
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| show | Blue |
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| Leuk/O | show |
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| Erythr/O | Red | show 🗑
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| show | Yellow/Orange |
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| Melan/O | show |
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| Poli/O | Gray | show 🗑
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| show | White |
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| Chlor/O | show |
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| Ab- | Away From | show 🗑
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| show | To, Toward |
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| De- | Down From, Away | show 🗑
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| Circum- | show |
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| Peri- | show |
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| show | Arcross, Through, Beyond |
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| Epi- | show |
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| Supra- | Above, Over | show 🗑
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| Retro- | show |
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| show | Under, Beneath |
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| show | Below, Under |
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| show | Near, Beside, Beyond, Apart From |
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| show | Against, Opposite |
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| Exto- | Out, Outside | show 🗑
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| show | Within |
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| show | Inside, Within |
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| show | Outside, In Addition |
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| Ipsi | show |
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| show | The bending of a joint |
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| Extension | show |
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| Adduction | Motion toward the midline | show 🗑
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| Abduction | show |
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| show | Semi-reclining position with head elevated to help breathe easier and control the airway |
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| show | Sitting at a 45 degree angle |
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| High-Fowler | Sitting at a 90 degree angle | show 🗑
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| Apex | The tip of a structure | show 🗑
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| 1˚ | First, first degree, primary | show 🗑
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| show | Secondary, second degree |
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| ↑ | Increase | show 🗑
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| show | Decrease |
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| show | Right |
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| (L) | Left | show 🗑
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| show | Micro |
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| show | Alpha |
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| Β | show |
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| ~ | show |
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| N | normal | show 🗑
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| show | times two |
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| / | per | show 🗑
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| ≠ | not equal | show 🗑
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| > | greater than | show 🗑
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| < | less than | show 🗑
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| show | questionable, possible |
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| Δ | show |
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| show | negative |
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| show | Female |
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| ABC | Airway, Breathing, Circulation | show 🗑
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| ALS | Advanced Life Support | show 🗑
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| APGAR | Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity, Respiration | show 🗑
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| ASA | show |
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| AVPU | Alert, Verbal, Pain, Unresponsive | show 🗑
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| BLS | Basic Life Support | show 🗑
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| show | Body Substance Isolation |
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| BVM | Bag Valve Mask | show 🗑
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| CSF | Cerebral Spinal Fluid | show 🗑
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| CVA | Cerebral Vascular Accident | show 🗑
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| CC | Chief Complaint | show 🗑
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| show | Congestive Heart Failure |
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| show | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
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| CPR | Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation | show 🗑
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| show | Deformities, Contusions, Abrasions, Punctures/Penetrations, Burns, Tenderness, Lacerations, Swelling |
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| DNR | Do Not Resuscitate | show 🗑
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| show | Dead On Arrival |
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| EKG | Electrocardiogram | show 🗑
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| show | Emergency Medical Services |
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| EMT | Emergency Medical Technician | show 🗑
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| ETT | Endotracheal Tube | show 🗑
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| show | Glascow Coma Scale (Eye, voice and motor) |
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| GSW | Gun Shot Wound | show 🗑
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| Hx | History | show 🗑
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| show | Hypertension |
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| JVD | Jugular Vein Distention | show 🗑
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| show | Kendrick Extrication Device |
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| LLQ | Left Lower Quadrant | show 🗑
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| show | Level Of Consciousness |
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| LUQ | Left Upper Quadrant | show 🗑
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| show | Mechanism of Injury |
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| MVA | Motor Vehicle Accident | show 🗑
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| show | Motor Vehicle Collision |
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| NC | Nasal Cannula | show 🗑
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| NOI | Nature of Illness | show 🗑
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| NPA | Nasopharyngeal Airway | show 🗑
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| show | Overdose |
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| OPA | show |
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| OPQRST | show |
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| PERRL | Pupils Equal, Round, Reactive to Light | show 🗑
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| PPE | Personal Protective Equipment | show 🗑
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| show | Right Lower Quadrant |
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| RUQ | Right Upper Quadrant | show 🗑
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| SAMPLE | Signs and symptoms, Allergies, Medications, Pertinent past history, Last oral intake, Events leading up to problem | show 🗑
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| show | Shortness of Breath |
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| TX | show |
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| show | Vital Signs |
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| Anterior | show |
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| Distal | show |
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| show | Toward the Spine |
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| show | Man,Male |
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| Angi | Vessel | show 🗑
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| Angin | show |
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| show | Fused, Stiff |
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| show | Front |
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| Aort | Aorta | show 🗑
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| show | Appendix |
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| show | Artery |
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| Arthr | show |
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| Asthen | show |
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| show | Incomplete |
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| show | Fat |
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| show | Atrium |
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| Audi | To Hear | show 🗑
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| Aur | show |
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| show | Self |
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| Bacteri | show |
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| show | Bile |
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| Blast | Germ, Bud, Developing Cell | show 🗑
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| Blephar | Eyelid | show 🗑
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| show | Arm |
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| Bronch | Airway, Bronchus | show 🗑
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| Bucc | Cheek | show 🗑
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| Burs | Pouch Or Sac | show 🗑
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| Calc | Calcium | show 🗑
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| Carp | Wrist | show 🗑
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| Cartil | Cartilage, Gristle | show 🗑
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| Caud | show |
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| show | Blind Intestine, Cecum |
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| Cel | Hernia, Protrusion | show 🗑
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| Cent/E | show |
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| Cent/I | show |
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| Cephal | show |
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| Cerebr | Brain/Cerebrum | show 🗑
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| show | Neck |
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| Chol | Bile | show 🗑
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| Chondr | Cartilage | show 🗑
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| show | Color |
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| Chron | show |
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| show | Clavicle |
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| Col | show |
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| Colp | show |
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| Condyl | show |
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| show | Pupil |
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| Corne | Cornea | show 🗑
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| Cost | show |
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| Crani | Cranium, Skull | show 🗑
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| Crin | To Secrete | show 🗑
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| show | Elbow |
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| Cutane | Skin | show 🗑
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| Cycl | show |
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| show | Bladder |
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| Cyt | show |
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| show | Skin |
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| show | Finger Or Toe |
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| show | Thirst |
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| Disk | Flat Shape, Intervertebral Disk | show 🗑
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| Diverticl | Diverticulum, A Small Blind Pouch | show 🗑
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| show | Lead, Move |
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| Duoden | Douodenum | show 🗑
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| Ech | show |
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| Ede | Swelling | show 🗑
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| show | Change Shape |
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| show | Electricity |
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| Embol | show |
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| show | Embryo |
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| Emesis | Vomit | show 🗑
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| show | According To Measure |
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| Enchephal | Brain/Cerebrum | show 🗑
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| Enter | Small Intestine | show 🗑
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| Episi | show |
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| show | Red |
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| Esthesi | show |
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| show | Fever |
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| show | Bend |
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| show | Opening |
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| Fract | Break | show 🗑
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| Gastr | Stomach | show 🗑
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| Gest | show |
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| Glyc | show |
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| Gno | show |
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| Hem | show |
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| show | Woman, Female |
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| Heter | show |
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| Hom | The Same | show 🗑
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| Hydr | show |
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| Idi | Person, Self | show 🗑
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| Lact | show |
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| Lingu | show |
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| Mal | Abnormal | show 🗑
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| Medi | show |
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| Men | Month, Menstruation | show 🗑
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| Mening | Membrane, Usually Refers To The Meninges | show 🗑
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| show | Marraw Or Spinal Cord |
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| show | Muscle |
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| Ocul | show |
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| Opthalm | Eye | show 🗑
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| Oste | Bone | show 🗑
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| Ot | Ear | show 🗑
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| Ov | Egg | show 🗑
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| Palpate | show |
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| show | Disease |
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| Ped | Child Or Foot | show 🗑
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| Percuss | To Examine By Striking | show 🗑
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| Phag | show |
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| Pharyng | Throat | show 🗑
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| show | Light |
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| Pleur | Rib, Side | show 🗑
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| Pneum | show |
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| Pneumo | Lungs, Air | show 🗑
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| Pod | Foot | show 🗑
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| Pseud | False | show 🗑
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| Pto | show |
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| Ptyal | Saliva | show 🗑
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| Pulmon | Lungs | show 🗑
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| Pur, Py | Pus | show 🗑
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| Pyr | Fire, Heat | show 🗑
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| Quadr | show |
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| Ren | Kidney | show 🗑
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| show | Nose |
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| Sangui | Blood | show 🗑
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| Scler | show |
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| Sebum | show |
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| Sect | Cut | show 🗑
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| show | Wall, Divider, Also Seven |
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| Serum | show |
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| Sinus | show |
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| Som | show |
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| Spir | show |
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| Stern | Sternum | show 🗑
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| show | Mouth |
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| Tom | show |
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| Toxic | show |
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| show | Hair |
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| Ur | show |
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| show | Uterus, Womb |
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| Varic | show |
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| show | Blood Vessel |
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| show | Internal Organs |
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| Xen | show |
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| Xer | Dry | show 🗑
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| A- | show |
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| show | Without, Lack Of |
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| show | Up, Back, Again |
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| Ante- | show |
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| show | Against, Opposite |
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| Auto- | Self | show 🗑
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| Di- | Twice, Double | show 🗑
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| show | Through, Completely |
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| show | Difficult, Painful, Abnormal |
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| Ect- | show |
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| End- | show |
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| show | Easy, Good, Normal |
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| Ex- | show |
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| In- | show |
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| Inter- | Between | show 🗑
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| show | Same |
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| show | Equal |
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| show | Large |
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| show | Bad Or Abnormal |
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| Mega- | Large | show 🗑
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| show | After, Change |
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| show | Small Intestine |
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| Mono- | show |
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| show | New |
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| show | Night |
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| show | None |
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| Olig- | Little, Deficient | show 🗑
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| show | Straight Or Normal |
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| show | Through |
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| show | Many |
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| Pro- | Before, In Front Of | show 🗑
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| show | Four |
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| show | Back |
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| Super- | show |
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| show | Together, Joined |
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| Syn- | show |
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| Trans- | Across, Throug, Beyond | show 🗑
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| -Asthenia | show |
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| -Blast | Immature Cell | show 🗑
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| show | Pertaining To A Tumor Or Swelling |
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| show | Pertaining To Puncturing An Organ Or Body Cavity, Often To Drain Excess Fluid Or Obtain A Sample For Analysis |
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| -Cyte | show |
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| -Emesis | show |
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| show | Pertaining To The Presence Of A Substance In The Blood |
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| show | Pertaining To Sensation Or Perception |
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| -Genic | Causing | show 🗑
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| -Gram | Record | show 🗑
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| -Graph | A Record Or The Instrument Used To Create The Record | show 🗑
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| -Ia | show |
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| show | Decline, Disintegration, Or Destruction |
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| -Meter | Measuring Instrument | show 🗑
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| -Ology | show |
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| show | Pertaining To A Disease Process |
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| -Ostomy | show |
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| -Phagia | Pertaining To Eating Or Swallowing | show 🗑
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| -Phasia | show |
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| -Phobia | Pertaining To An Irrational Fear | show 🗑
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| -Plasty | show |
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| show | Paralysis |
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| -Pnea | show |
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| show | Drooping |
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| -Rrhage | show |
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| -Rrhagia | show |
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| -Rrhaphy | show |
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| show | Flow Or Discharge |
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| -Scope | show |
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| -Scopy | show |
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| show | A Process, Action, Or Condition |
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| -Stasis | show |
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| -Taxis | Order, Arrangement Of | show 🗑
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| show | Pertaining To Nutrition |
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| A&P | Anatomy And Physiology | show 🗑
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| Ā | show |
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| show | Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm |
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| show | Abdomen |
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| AC | Before Meals | show 🗑
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| ACLS | Advanced Cardiac Life Support | show 🗑
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| show | Activities Of Daily Life |
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| Ad Lib | As Desired | show 🗑
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| AED | Automated External Definrillator | show 🗑
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| AF, A-Fib | show |
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| AICD | show |
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| AIDS | Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome | show 🗑
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| AK | show |
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| show | Above The Knee Amputation |
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| AMA | show |
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| amb | Ambulatory | show 🗑
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| AMI | show |
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| show | Anterior |
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| AO X 4 | Alert And Oriented To Person, Place, Time, And Self | show 🗑
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| AP | show |
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| ARDS | Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome | show 🗑
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| ASHD | show |
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| BGL | Blood Glucose Level | show 🗑
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| BID | Twice Daily | show 🗑
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| BKA | Below The Knee Amputation | show 🗑
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| BM | Bowel Movement | show 🗑
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| BP | Blood Pressure | show 🗑
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| BPM | show |
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| BS | Blood Sugar,, Breath Sounds, Bowel Sounds, Bachelor Of Science Degree | show 🗑
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| BSA | show |
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| show | Biopsy |
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| c͞ | show |
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| °C | Degrees Celsius | show 🗑
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| show | Cancer, Cardiac Arrest, Chronologic Age, Coronary Arter, Cold Agglutinin |
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| show | Coronary Artery Bypass Graft |
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| show | Coronary Artery Disease |
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| show | Complete Blood Cell Count |
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| show | Chief Complaint |
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| CCU | Coronary Care Unit | show 🗑
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| C diff | Clostridium Difficile | show 🗑
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| show | Centimeter |
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| CNS | Central Nervous System | show 🗑
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| show | Complaining Of |
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| CO | Cardiac Output | show 🗑
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| CO2 | Carbon Dioxide | show 🗑
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| COLD | show |
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| show | Chest Pain, Chemically Pure, Cerebral Palsy |
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| CRNA | show |
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| CRT | Capillary Refill Time, Cathode Ray Tube | show 🗑
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| DM | show |
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| show | Dyspnea On Exertion |
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| DON | show |
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| DPT | show |
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| DSD | Dry Sterile Dressing | show 🗑
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| DtaP | show |
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| show | Diptheria And Tetanus Toxoids And Pertussis Vaccine |
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| DTs | Delirium Tremens | show 🗑
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| DVT | show |
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| show | Diagnosis |
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| ECG | show |
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| ED | show |
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| show | Estimated Date Of Confinement |
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| show | Electroencephalogram |
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| ENT | show |
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| EOC | show |
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| show | Emergency Room |
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| ET | Endotracheal Tube | show 🗑
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| ETA | Estimated Time Of Arrival | show 🗑
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| show | End-Tidal Carbon Dioxide |
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| ETOH | Ethyl Alcohol | show 🗑
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| °F | Degrees Fahrenheit | show 🗑
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| FIO2 | show |
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| show | Fasting Blood Sugar |
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| Fe | Iron | show 🗑
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| FHR | show |
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| show | Fluid |
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| fx | show |
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| GB | show |
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| GERD | Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease | show 🗑
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| show | Gastrointestinal |
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| gtt | Drops | show 🗑
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| show | Glucose Tolerance Test |
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| show | Genitourinary |
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| show | Hour |
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| show | History And Physical |
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| HA | Headache | show 🗑
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| show | Hemoglobin |
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| hbv | show |
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| Hct | Hematocrit | show 🗑
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| HCV | show |
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| HH | Hiatal Hernia | show 🗑
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| HIV | show |
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| show | Water |
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| HPI | show |
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| HR | Heart Rate | show 🗑
|
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| hr | show |
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| I&O | Intake And Output | show 🗑
|
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| show | Intracranial Pressure |
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| ICS | show |
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| ICU | show |
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| IDDM | show |
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| IM | show |
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|
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| IMS | Incident Management System | show 🗑
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| IO | show 🗑
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| IPPB | show |
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| show | Intrauterine Contraceptive Device |
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|
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| IV | Intravenous | show 🗑
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| kg | show |
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| LE | Lower Extremity, Left Eye, Lupus Erythematosus | show 🗑
|
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| LLL | Left Lower Lobe Of The Lung | show 🗑
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| LPM | show |
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|
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| LUL | Left Upper Lobe Of The Lung | show 🗑
|
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| show | Left Ventricular Assist Device |
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|
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| show | Moves All Extremities |
🗑
|
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| MAEW | show |
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|
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| mg | Milligram | show 🗑
|
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| MI | Myocardial Infarction | show 🗑
|
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| MICU | Mobile Intensive Care Unit, Medical Intensive Care Unit | show 🗑
|
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| min | Minute | show 🗑
|
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| mL | Milliliter | show 🗑
|
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| show | Millimiter |
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|
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| show | Millimeters Of Mercury |
🗑
|
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| MRI | Magnetic Resonance Imaging | show 🗑
|
||||||
| show | Methicillin-Resistance Staphylococcus Aureus |
🗑
|
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| MVP | show |
🗑
|
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| NA, N/A | Not Applicable | show 🗑
|
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| NAD | show |
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| NG | show |
🗑
|
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| show | Neonatal Intensive Care Unit |
🗑
|
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| NIDDM | Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus | show 🗑
|
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| show | No Known Allergies |
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| show | No Known Drug Allergies |
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|
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| show | Nil Per Os (Nothing By Mouth) |
🗑
|
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| NRB, NRBM | Nonrebreathing Mask | show 🗑
|
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| show | Normal Saline |
🗑
|
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| show | Normal Sinus Rhythm |
🗑
|
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| NTG | show |
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|
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| N/V | show |
🗑
|
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| N/V/D | show |
🗑
|
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| O2 | Oxygen | show 🗑
|
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| OB | show |
🗑
|
||||||
| OBS | Organic Brain Syndrome | show 🗑
|
||||||
| show | Outpatient |
🗑
|
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| OR | show |
🗑
|
||||||
| show | Left Eye |
🗑
|
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| show | Both Eyes |
🗑
|
||||||
| oz | Ounce | show 🗑
|
||||||
| p͞ | show |
🗑
|
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| pc | show |
🗑
|
||||||
| PCO2 | Partial Pressure Of Carbon Dioxide | show 🗑
|
||||||
| PDR | Physician'S Desk Reference | show 🗑
|
||||||
| PE | Pulmonary Embolism, Physical Examination | show 🗑
|
||||||
| show | Pupils Equal And Reactive To Light |
🗑
|
||||||
| show | Pupils Equal And Reactive To Light And Accomodation |
🗑
|
||||||
| PEARRL | Pupils Equal And Round, Regular In Size, React To Light | show 🗑
|
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| Ped or Peds | Pediatric | show 🗑
|
||||||
| show | Positive End-Expiratory Pressure |
🗑
|
||||||
| PID | show |
🗑
|
||||||
| show | Past Medical History |
🗑
|
||||||
| PND | show |
🗑
|
||||||
| po | Per Os (By Mouth) | show 🗑
|
||||||
| PO | Postoperative, Post-Op | show 🗑
|
||||||
| show | Pro Re Nata (As Needed) |
🗑
|
||||||
| show | Pounds Per Square Inch |
🗑
|
||||||
| PSVT | show |
🗑
|
||||||
| pt | Patient | show 🗑
|
||||||
| PT | Physical Therapy, Prothrombin Time | show 🗑
|
||||||
| PTA | Prior To Admission, Plasma Thromboplastin Antecedent | show 🗑
|
||||||
| PTT | show |
🗑
|
||||||
| show | Premature Ventricular Contraction, Polyvinyl Chloride |
🗑
|
||||||
| PVD | show |
🗑
|
||||||
| show | Every |
🗑
|
||||||
| RA | show |
🗑
|
||||||
| RAD | show |
🗑
|
||||||
| show | Red Blood Cell |
🗑
|
||||||
| Rh | Rhesus Blood Factor, Rhodium | show 🗑
|
||||||
| show | Right Lower Lobe Of The Lung |
🗑
|
||||||
| RN | show |
🗑
|
||||||
| R/O | Rule Out | show 🗑
|
||||||
| ROM | show |
🗑
|
||||||
| RUL | show |
🗑
|
||||||
| Rx | show |
🗑
|
||||||
| s͞ | show |
🗑
|
||||||
| Sao2 | Oxygen Saturation | show 🗑
|
||||||
| SC | show |
🗑
|
||||||
| show | Surgical Intensive Unit |
🗑
|
||||||
| SIDS | show |
🗑
|
||||||
| show | Sublingual |
🗑
|
||||||
| show | Satuarion Of Peripheral Oxygen |
🗑
|
||||||
| S/S, S&S | Signs And Symptoms | show 🗑
|
||||||
| stat | show |
🗑
|
||||||
| show | Sexually Transmitted Disease |
🗑
|
||||||
| STEMI | show |
🗑
|
||||||
| subcut | Subcutaneous | show 🗑
|
||||||
| SVT | Supraventricular Tachycardia | show 🗑
|
||||||
| show | Symptoms |
🗑
|
||||||
| show | Temperature |
🗑
|
||||||
| tab | Tablet | show 🗑
|
||||||
| show | Tuberculosis |
🗑
|
||||||
| show | To Be Admitted, To Be Announced |
🗑
|
||||||
| tech | show |
🗑
|
||||||
| show | Transient Ischemic Attack |
🗑
|
||||||
| show | Three Times A Day |
🗑
|
||||||
| UA | Urinalysis | show 🗑
|
||||||
| show | Upper Extremity |
🗑
|
||||||
| show | Upper Respiratory Infection |
🗑
|
||||||
| UTI | Urinary Tract Infection | show 🗑
|
||||||
| VD | show |
🗑
|
||||||
| VF, V Fib | show |
🗑
|
||||||
| w/ | show |
🗑
|
||||||
| WBC | show |
🗑
|
||||||
| show | Weapons Of Mass Destruction |
🗑
|
||||||
| show | Within Normal Limits |
🗑
|
||||||
| show | Without |
🗑
|
||||||
| show | Weight |
🗑
|
||||||
| x͞ | show |
🗑
|
||||||
| yo, y/o | show |
🗑
|
||||||
| superficial | show |
🗑
|
||||||
| show | farther from the skin, under the surface |
🗑
|
||||||
| show |
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