Abbreviations- chapter 2 Flashcards
1
Q
a.m., AM
A
Morning
2
Q
b.i.d. BID
A
two times per day
3
Q
h.s.
A
hour of sleep (bedtime)
4
Q
noc.
A
night
5
Q
p.m., PM
A
afternoon
6
Q
p.r.n.
A
whenever necessary
7
Q
q.
A
every
8
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q.2h, q4h
A
every 2 hours, every 4 hours
9
Q
q.h.
A
every hour
10
Q
q.i.d., QID
A
four times a day
11
Q
stat
A
immediately
12
Q
t.i.d. TID
A
three times a day
13
Q
cap(s)
A
capsule(s)
14
Q
tab(s)
A
tablet(s)
15
Q
Bx
A
biopsy
16
Q
CA
A
cancer
17
Q
chemo
A
chemotherapy
18
Q
mets
A
metastasis
19
Q
CBC
A
complete blood count
20
Q
RBC, rbc
A
red blood cell count
21
Q
WBC, wbc
A
white blood cell count
22
Q
WNL
A
within normal limits
23
Q
dia
A
through
24
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dys
A
difficult, painful, bad
25
hyper
excessive, above
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hypo
below, deficient
27
meta
beyond
28
neo
new
29
-al, -ic, -ous
pertaining to
30
-osis
abnormal condition
also means to increase when used with blood
31
-gen
substance that causes or produces
32
-genic
producing, causing
33
-sarcoma, sarcoma
malignant tumor (cancerous tumors)
34
-plasia
development or formation
35
-plasm
material (substance) that develops or forms cells or tissue
36
diagnosis
identification of a disease or a condition
37
benign
not malignant (non cancerous)
non-recurrent, favorable for recovery
38
malignant
tending to become pregressively worse
can cause death, such as cancer
39
encapsulated
enclosed in a capsule
as with benign tumors
40
remission
improvement or absence of signs of disease
41
carcinoma in situ
cancer in early stage
before invading surrounding tissue
42
chemotherapy
treatment for cancer with drugs
43
radiation therapy
treatment of cancer with radioactive substance, x-ray, or radiation
