Abbreviations: Unit 2 Flashcards
a.m. , AM
Morning
b.i.d. BID
two times per day
h.s.
hours of sleep (bedtime)
noc.
night
p.m. , PM
afternoon
p.r.n.
whenever necessary
q.
every
q.2h, q.4h
every two hours, every 4 hours
q.h.
every hour
q.i.d. QID
four times a day
stat
immediately
t.i.d. , TID
three times a day
cap(s)
capsule(s)
tab(s)
tablet(s)
Bx
Biopsy
CA
cancer
chemo
chemotherapy
mets
metastasis
CBC
complete blood count
RBC, rbc
red blood cell count
WBC, wbc
white blood cell count
WNL
within normal limits
chrom/o
color(s)
chlor/o
green
cyan/o
blue
erythr/o
red
leuk/o
white
poli/o
grey
melan/o
black
xanth/o
yellow
aden/o
gland
cyt/o
cells
epitheli/o
epithelium
hist/o
tissue
lip/o
fat
my/o
muscle
viscer/o
internal organs
system/o
system
neur/o
nerve
-pathy / path/o
disease
cancer/o
carcin/o
cancer
eti/o
cause of (disease)
sarc/o
flesh, connective tissue
-oma
tumor
onc/o
tumor/mass
rhabd/o
shaped/ striated
rod-
shaped/striated
lei/o
smooth
dia-
through
dys-
difficult, painful, bad
hyper-
excessive or above
hypo-
below, deficient
meta-
beyond
neo-
new
-al
pertaining to
-ic
pertaining to
-ous
pertaining to
-osis
abnormal condition also means increase when used with blood
-gen
substance that causes or produces
-genic
producing or causeing
-sarcoma, sarcoma
malignant tumor or cancer tumor
-plasia
development or formation
-plasm
material substance that develops or forms cells or tissue
diagnosis
identification of a disease or condition
benign
non cancerous
malignant
can cause death such as cancer
tending to become progressively worse
encapsulated
enclosed in a capsule
as with benign tumors
remission
improvement or absence of signs of disease
carcinoma in situ
cancer in early stage
before invading surrounding tissue
chemotherapy
treatment for cancer with drugs
radiation therapy
treatment of cancer with radioactive substance x-ray or radiation