pt care abbreviations to know Flashcards
1
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whatever necessary
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prn
2
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prescription
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Rx
3
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provide medications 4 times a day
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qid
4
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Hemorrhage
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another term for bleeding
5
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benign
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not cancerous
6
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diagnosis
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Dx
7
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History
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Hx
8
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abbreviation IM means?
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intramuscular
9
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ET tube would be located in?
A
esophagus
10
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algia
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means pain
11
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gram
A
record
12
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plasty
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surgical repair
13
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poly
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many
14
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psuedo
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flase
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mono
A
one
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centesis
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surgical puncture to remove fluid
17
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edema
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large amount of fluid
18
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sinus invertus
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complete reversal of all abdominal organs
-ex.) stomach is on the right side instead of left
19
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infra
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below
20
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contra
A
against
21
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sublingly
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under the tounge
22
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stenosis
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constriction or narrowing of a blood vesssel
23
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anemia
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insufficient red blood cells or hemoglobin
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dyspnea
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difficulty breathing
25
Aneurysm
a dilation or sac like formation in a weakened blood vessel wall
26
arteriosclerosis
hardening of arteries
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embolism
obstruction of a blood vessel
28
thromb means??
clot
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thrombus
a blood clot that has formed within a vessel
30
coraction of aorta
severe narrowing of aorta
31
immun
protection
32
ventricular fibilration
irregular ,rapid, ineffective twitches of the ventricles
33
hemophilia
lacking the substance in the blood for clotting
34
arrthymia
a person's heart beating irregularly
35
leukemia
Unrestricted growth of WBC
36
esophogeal varices
varicose veins on esophagus
37
phelbitis
inflammation of the vein
38
spondlyolothesis
when one vertebrae slips forward on the other.
39
Osteomyelitis
infection of the bone
40
costa
rib
41
oste
bone
42
spina bifdia
a failure of the neural arch of a vertebrae to close
43
colle's fracture
fracture at the distal end of the radius
44
impacted fracture
when one bone segment is driven into another
45
orth means?
straight
46
Buritis
inflammation of fluid filled sacs around the joint
47
osteoma
begion bone tumor
48
what is gout
a disease of the joint that results in excessive uric acid
49
atrophy
shrinking or wasting of the bone due to inactivity
50
osteogenic sarcoma
primary bone malignancy
51
Hirchsprung disease involves what body part
large intestine
52
lleus
another name for bowel obstruction
53
cholecystitis
Inflammation of gallbladder
54
Volvulus
twisting or kinking of a bowel
55
hepatitis is a contagious disease that affects which organ
liver
56
pyloric stenosis
narrowing of pyloric orifiace
-most often found in young infants
57
hital hernia
when part of the stomach slips through the diaphragm into the thorax
58
deglutition
Swallowing
59
chrons disease involves what organs
intestines
60
Anuria
a patients kidneys cannot excrete any more urine
61
renal calculus
kidney stone
62
hematuria
blood in the urine
63
Wilms tumor involves which organ?
Kidney
64
Hodgkin's disease
the disease process involving cancer of the lymphatic system
65
metastasis
spread of cancer to a distant site
66
"new growth"
neoplasm
67
splenomegaly means what
enlargement of the spleen
68
goiter
enlarged thyroid gland
