Abbreviation--Unit 2 Flashcards
1
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AM
A
morning
2
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BID
A
two times per day
3
Q
h.s.
A
hour of sleep
4
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noc.
A
night
5
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PM
A
afternoon
6
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p.r.n
A
whenever necessary
7
Q
q.
A
every
8
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q.2g, q.4h
A
every two hours, every four hours
9
Q
q.h.
A
every hour
10
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q.i.d.
A
four times a day
11
Q
stat
A
immediately
12
Q
TID
A
three times a day
13
Q
cap(s)
A
capsule(s)
14
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tab(s)
A
tablet(s)
15
Q
Bx
A
biopsy
16
Q
CA
A
cancer
17
Q
chemo
A
chemothreapy
18
Q
mets
A
metastasis
19
Q
CBC
A
complete blood count
20
Q
RBC
A
red blood count
21
Q
WBC
A
white blood cell count
22
Q
WNL
A
within normal limits
23
Q
chrom/o
A
color
24
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chlor/o
A
green
25
cyan/o
blue
26
erythr/o
red
27
leuk/o
white
28
poli/o
grey
29
melan/o
black
30
xanth/o
yellow
31
aden/o
glands
32
cyt/o
cells
33
epitheli/o
epithelium
34
hist/o
tissue
35
lip/o
fat
36
my/o
muscle
37
viscer/o
internal organs
38
system/o
system
39
neur/o
nerves
40
pathy/o
disease
41
cancer/o or carcin/o
cancer
42
eti/o
cause of disease
43
sarc/o
flesh, connective tissue
44
-oma, onc/o
tumor, mass
45
rhabd/o
rod-shaped, striated
46
lei/o
smooth
47
dia-
through
48
dys-
difficult, painful, bad
49
hyper-
excessive, above
50
hypo-
below, deficient
51
meta-
beyond
52
neo
new
53
-al
pertaining to
54
-ic
pertaining to
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-ous
pertaining to
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-osis
abnormal condition, also refers to increase when used with blood
57
-gen
substance that produces or causes
58
-genic
producing, causing
59
-sarcoma, sarcoma
refers to cancerous tumor
60
-plasia
development or formation
61
-plasm
material (substance) that develops or forms cells or tissues
62
diagnosis
identification of disease or condition
63
benign
not malignant, noncancerous, non-recurrent, favorable for recovery
64
malignant
progressively gets worse, can cause death such as cancer
65
encapsulated
enclosed in a capsule, as with benign tumors
66
remission
improvement or absence of signs of disease
67
carcinoma in situ
cancer in early stages, before invading surrounding tissue
68
chemotherapy
treatment for cancer using drugs
69
radiation therapy
treatment of cancer with radioactive substance, x ray, or radiation
