Chapter 8 Flashcards
Medical Terminology
abd
abdomen
AC; a.c.
before meals
ADL
Activities of daily living
ad lib
as desired
AIDS
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
- AM
- PM
- morning
- afternoon
- AMB; amb
- amt
- ambulate (to walk); ambulatory (able to walk)
- amount
ap; AP
apical
- BM; bm
- BP
- Bowel movement
- Blood pressure
BRP
Common abbreviations
bathroom privileges
CBR
common abbreviations
Complete bed rest
drsg
Common abbreviations
dressing
Dx
Common abbreviations
Diagnosis
OR
operating room
os
Common abbreviations
mouth
PC; p.c.
Common abbreviations
after meals
C/O; c/o
cmmon abbreviations
Complains of
CS
common abbreviations
Central service; central supply
- c̄
- C
- Cal
- Cath
- with
- Centigrade; celsius
- Calories
- catheter
- ECG; EKG
- ED
- Electrocardiogram
- Emergency department
- fl; fld
- GI
- fluid
- gastro-intestinal
Fx
Common abbreviations
Fracture
- h
- HIV
- ht
- hx
- hr; hour
- human immunodeficiency virus
- height
- history
- I&O
- LOC
- Intake & Output
- Level of consciousness
- It; L
- meds
- mid noc
- left
- medications
- midnight
- noc
- NPO
- OOB
- night
- Nothing by mouth (nil per os)
- out of bed
- per
- PO; po
Common abbreviations
- by, through
- by mouth, orally
prn
Common abbreviations
when necessary
- Pt
- PT
Common abbreviations
- Patient
- Physical therapy
q
Common abbreviations
every
- qh
- q2h
- q3h
- Every hour
- every 2 hours
- every 3 hours
- R
- R/O
- rt; R
- Rectal temperature; respiration
- Rule out
- Right
- stat
- TPR
- at once, immediately
- temperature, pulse, respiration
- U/a; U/A; u/a
- VS; vs
- Wt/wt
- urinalysis
- vital signs
- weight
w/c
wheelchair
- ROM
- s̄
- Spec
- Range of motion
- without
- specimen
This part of the abdominal contains much of the liver, gallbladder, part of the pancreas, and parts of the small and large intestines
Right upper quadrant
This part of the abdomen contains the rest of the liver, the stomach, the spleen, the rest of the pancreas, and parts of the small & large intestine
Left upper quadrant
This part of the abdomen contains parts of the small & large intestines, the appendix, and part of the bladder
Right lower quadrant
The left lower quadrant contains parts of the?
small & large intestines and part of the bladder
ad-
to, toward, near
ab-
prefix: away from
The left upper quadrant contains the rest of the ______, the _______, ________, the rest of the _______, and parts of the small & large intestine
- liver
- stomach
- spleen
- pancreas
ante-
before, forward, in front of
The right upper quadrant contains ______, the _______, parts of the _______, and parts of the small & large intestines
- liver
- gallbladder
- pancreas
The right lower quadrant contains parts of?
Small & large intestines, the appendix, and the bladder
a-, an-
Prefix: without, no, not, lack of
- auto
- anti
- self
- against
- bi
- circum
- double, two, twice
- around
dys
difficult, bad, abnormal, painful
prefix
dia-
across, through, apart
de-
down, from , off, opposite
endo
inner, inside
prefix
en-
in, into, within
prefix
ecto-
outer, outside
prefix
hyper-
excessive, too much, high
prefix
Hemi-
half
Prefix
ex-
out, out of, from, away from
Prefix
eu-
normal, good, healthy
prefix
erythro-
red
prefix
epi-
on, upon, over
prefix
- mal
- meg
- mono
- bad, illness, disease
- large
- one, single
prefix
leuko
white
prefix
intro-
into, within
prefix