ch. 4 Flashcards
iatr/o
treatment, physician
-iatry
medical treatment
medic/o
physician, medicine (combining form)
therap/o, therapeut/o, -therapy
treatment
pharmac/p, pharmceutic/o
medicine, drug
diet/o
food
chirurgic/o
surgery
log/o
word, speech
-logy
study of
-nom
law, custom
-nomy
knowledge, laws of
physi/o
nature, growth, function
physic/o
physical, natural
techn/o
art, skill
erg/o, -ergasia
work, function
san/o, sanit/o
health
hygien/o, hygiei/o
health
anthrop/o
human
hom/o, homin/o
human
idi/o
individual, distinct
dem/o
people
ethn/o
race, people
gen/o
race, kind, hereditary, gene
andr/o
masculine male, stamen of a flower
viril/o
masculine, male
gyn/o, gynec/o
feminine, female, ovary of a flower
femin/o
female, feminine
ped/o
child
pueril/o
child
ger/o, geront/o
elderly, old age
presby/o
elderly, old age
sen/o, senil/o
elderly, old age
gnos/o, -gnosis
knowledge, knowing
eti/o, aeti/o
cause
esthesi/o, -esthesia
feeling, sensation
morb/o
disease
nos/o
disease
path/o, -pathy, -path
disease, feeling, suffering
mort/o
death
thanat/o, -thanasia
death
necr/o
dead body, dead
febr/o
fever
pyr/o
fire, fever
pyret/o
fever
hem/o, hemat/o
blood
-emia, -hemia
condition of blood
poly-, multi-
many
cal/o
heat
rubr/o
red, redness
erythr/o
redness, red blood cells
tum/o
swelling tumor, mass,abnormal
onc/o, -oncus
swelling, tumor, abnormal mass
edemat/o, -edema
swelling
troph/o, -trophy
nourishment
tabet/o
wasting
cel/o, -cele
hernia, prostrusion
cyt/o
cell
cell/o, cellul/o
cell
cancer/o
cancer, crab
cancr/o
spreading ulcer
carcin/o
cancer, crab
mal/o, kak/o, cac/o
bad, faulty
phlog/o
inflammation
dol/o
pain
noc/o, noxi/o
pain
alg/o, -algia, -algesia
pain
odyn/o, -odynia
pain, painful condition
acu/o, acut/o
needlelike, sharp, pointed
oxy/o
sharp, quick, acid, oxygen
-oxia
oxygen condition
chron/o
time
pur/o, py/o
pus
rhe/o
flow
-rrhea
discharge, flow
-rhexis
rupture, to break
-rrhagia, -rrhage, -rrhagy
rupture with a profuse discharge of fluid
rhagad/o
tear, fissure, cleft
-penia
deficiency
mega-
enlargement, large
megal/o, -megaly
large
micr/o
small
macr/o
large, long
lys/o, -lysis
breakdown, resolving
malac/o, -malacia
soft, abnormal softening
-ptosis
downwards, displacement, prolapse
-ectasis, -ectasia
dilation, expansion
schiz/o, -schisis
split, cleft
stas/o, stat/o, -stasis
a standing, stoppage, causing to stand
-stat
a device to stop/cease something
poiet/o, -poiesis
to make, produce
plast/o
formed, molded
-plast
forming cell or organelle
-plasia
condition of a formation, growth
fac/o, fic/o, fact/o, fect/o
to make, cause
-gen
to become, to produce
graph/o
writing
-graph
instrument for recording
-graphy
process of recording, writing
grammat/o, gramm/o
something written or drawn
-gram
a record or image of something
metr/o
measure, measurement
-meter
measuring instrument
-metry
the process of measuring something
-tomy
incision
-ectomy
excision, surgical removal
-tome
device for making an incision
-stomy
surgical opening
-plasty
surgical reconstruction
-rrhaphy
joining together parts of a wond/suture
-pexy
surgical fixation
-tripsy
crushing
-scopy
examination, esp. with a device
-scope
a device for looking into a body part
-desis
surgical binding/fusion
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
-section
a cutting
-clasty
a surgical breaking
-trypesis
a surgical piercing/boring
What is a SOAP note?
subjective, objective, assessment, plan
S in SOAP
subjective: patient’s experiences, personal views, feelings
O in SOAP
objective performed: observable signs and results of the tests that the physician has performed
A in SOAP
assessment: evaluation of the patient’s sign/symptoms of progress
P in SOAP
plan: determination how to proceed or alter the plan of care
pt
patient
CC
chief complaint
y.o.
year old
c/o
complains of
WDWN
well developed, well nourished
CP
chest pain
WNL
within normal limits
Hx
history/medical history
s/p
status post
Sx
symptoms
R/O
rule out (meaning that it needs to be determined)
D/C
discharge/discontinue
SOB
shortness of breath
RRR
regular rate and rhythm
T
temperature
LE
lower extremity
R
respiration
BP
blood pressure
P
pulse
ETOH
alcohol
NKDA
no known drug allergies
RTC
return to the clinic
RTO
return to the office
afferens
afferent (carrying toward)
communicans
communicant (sharing, communicating)
deferens
deferent (carrying down or away)
efferens
efferent (carrying out or away)
