Abbreviations-unit 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
Q
q.2h/q.4h
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
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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
Chrom/o
A
Color(s)
24
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Chlor/o
A
green
25
Cyan/o
Blue
26
erythr/o
red
27
leuk/o
White
28
poli/o
gray or 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 (chest/abdominal cavities)
38
system/o
system
39
neur/o
nerve
40
-pathy path/o
disease
41
cancer/o Carcin/o
cancer
42
eti/o
cause (of a disease)
43
sarc/o
flesh, connective tissue
44
-oma/Onc/o
tumor, mass
45
rhabd/o
rod-shaped or 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
55
-ous
pertaining to
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-osis
abnormal condition except pertaining to blood, when with blood it means to increase
57
-gen
substance that causes or produces
58
-genic
producing, causing
59
-sarcoma, sarcoma
malignant tumor (cancerous tumor)
60
-plasia
development or formation
61
-plasm
material (substance) that develops or forms cells or tissue
62
diagnosis
identification of a disease or a condition
63
benign
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not malignant (not cancerous)
non-recurrent, favorable for recovery
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64
Malignant
tending to become progressively 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 stage
| before invading surrounding tissue
68
chemotherapy
treatment for cancer with drugs
69
radiation therapy
treatment for cancer with radioactive substance, x-ray, radiation
