ch. 4 Flashcards
1
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iatr/o
A
treatment, physician
2
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-iatry
A
medical treatment
3
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medic/o
A
physician, medicine (combining form)
4
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therap/o, therapeut/o, -therapy
A
treatment
5
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pharmac/p, pharmceutic/o
A
medicine, drug
6
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diet/o
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food
7
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chirurgic/o
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surgery
8
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log/o
A
word, speech
9
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-logy
A
study of
10
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-nom
A
law, custom
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-nomy
A
knowledge, laws of
12
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physi/o
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nature, growth, function
13
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physic/o
A
physical, natural
14
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techn/o
A
art, skill
15
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erg/o, -ergasia
A
work, function
16
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san/o, sanit/o
A
health
17
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hygien/o, hygiei/o
A
health
18
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anthrop/o
A
human
19
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hom/o, homin/o
A
human
20
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idi/o
A
individual, distinct
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dem/o
A
people
22
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ethn/o
A
race, people
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gen/o
A
race, kind, hereditary, gene
24
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andr/o
A
masculine male, stamen of a flower
25
viril/o
masculine, male
26
gyn/o, gynec/o
feminine, female, ovary of a flower
27
femin/o
female, feminine
28
ped/o
child
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pueril/o
child
30
ger/o, geront/o
elderly, old age
31
presby/o
elderly, old age
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sen/o, senil/o
elderly, old age
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gnos/o, -gnosis
knowledge, knowing
34
eti/o, aeti/o
cause
35
esthesi/o, -esthesia
feeling, sensation
36
morb/o
disease
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nos/o
disease
38
path/o, -pathy, -path
disease, feeling, suffering
39
mort/o
death
40
thanat/o, -thanasia
death
41
necr/o
dead body, dead
42
febr/o
fever
43
pyr/o
fire, fever
44
pyret/o
fever
45
hem/o, hemat/o
blood
46
-emia, -hemia
condition of blood
47
poly-, multi-
many
48
cal/o
heat
49
rubr/o
red, redness
50
erythr/o
redness, red blood cells
51
tum/o
swelling tumor, mass,abnormal
52
onc/o, -oncus
swelling, tumor, abnormal mass
53
edemat/o, -edema
swelling
54
troph/o, -trophy
nourishment
55
tabet/o
wasting
56
cel/o, -cele
hernia, prostrusion
57
cyt/o
cell
58
cell/o, cellul/o
cell
59
cancer/o
cancer, crab
60
cancr/o
spreading ulcer
61
carcin/o
cancer, crab
62
mal/o, kak/o, cac/o
bad, faulty
63
phlog/o
inflammation
64
dol/o
pain
65
noc/o, noxi/o
pain
66
alg/o, -algia, -algesia
pain
67
odyn/o, -odynia
pain, painful condition
68
acu/o, acut/o
needlelike, sharp, pointed
69
oxy/o
sharp, quick, acid, oxygen
70
-oxia
oxygen condition
71
chron/o
time
72
pur/o, py/o
pus
73
rhe/o
flow
74
-rrhea
discharge, flow
75
-rhexis
rupture, to break
76
-rrhagia, -rrhage, -rrhagy
rupture with a profuse discharge of fluid
77
rhagad/o
tear, fissure, cleft
78
-penia
deficiency
79
mega-
enlargement, large
80
megal/o, -megaly
large
81
micr/o
small
82
macr/o
large, long
83
lys/o, -lysis
breakdown, resolving
84
malac/o, -malacia
soft, abnormal softening
85
-ptosis
downwards, displacement, prolapse
86
-ectasis, -ectasia
dilation, expansion
87
schiz/o, -schisis
split, cleft
88
stas/o, stat/o, -stasis
a standing, stoppage, causing to stand
89
-stat
a device to stop/cease something
90
poiet/o, -poiesis
to make, produce
91
plast/o
formed, molded
92
-plast
forming cell or organelle
93
-plasia
condition of a formation, growth
94
fac/o, fic/o, fact/o, fect/o
to make, cause
95
-gen
to become, to produce
96
graph/o
writing
97
-graph
instrument for recording
98
-graphy
process of recording, writing
99
grammat/o, gramm/o
something written or drawn
100
-gram
a record or image of something
101
metr/o
measure, measurement
102
-meter
measuring instrument
103
-metry
the process of measuring something
104
-tomy
incision
105
-ectomy
excision, surgical removal
106
-tome
device for making an incision
107
-stomy
surgical opening
108
-plasty
surgical reconstruction
109
-rrhaphy
joining together parts of a wond/suture
110
-pexy
surgical fixation
111
-tripsy
crushing
112
-scopy
examination, esp. with a device
113
-scope
a device for looking into a body part
114
-desis
surgical binding/fusion
115
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
116
-section
a cutting
117
-clasty
a surgical breaking
118
-trypesis
a surgical piercing/boring
119
What is a SOAP note?
subjective, objective, assessment, plan
120
S in SOAP
subjective: patient's experiences, personal views, feelings
121
O in SOAP
objective performed: observable signs and results of the tests that the physician has performed
122
A in SOAP
assessment: evaluation of the patient's sign/symptoms of progress
123
P in SOAP
plan: determination how to proceed or alter the plan of care
124
pt
patient
125
CC
chief complaint
126
y.o.
year old
127
c/o
complains of
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WDWN
well developed, well nourished
129
CP
chest pain
130
WNL
within normal limits
131
Hx
history/medical history
132
s/p
status post
133
Sx
symptoms
134
R/O
rule out (meaning that it needs to be determined)
135
D/C
discharge/discontinue
136
SOB
shortness of breath
137
RRR
regular rate and rhythm
138
T
temperature
139
LE
lower extremity
140
R
respiration
141
BP
blood pressure
142
P
pulse
143
ETOH
alcohol
144
NKDA
no known drug allergies
145
RTC
return to the clinic
146
RTO
return to the office
147
afferens
afferent (carrying toward)
148
communicans
communicant (sharing, communicating)
149
deferens
deferent (carrying down or away)
150
efferens
efferent (carrying out or away)
