pt care abbreviations to know

Question 1

whatever necessary

Answer 1

prn

Question 2

prescription

Answer 2

Rx

Question 3

provide medications 4 times a day

Answer 3

qid

Question 4

Hemorrhage

Answer 4

another term for bleeding

Question 5

benign

Answer 5

not cancerous

Question 6

diagnosis

Answer 6

Dx

Question 7

History

Answer 7

Hx

Question 8

abbreviation IM means?

Answer 8

intramuscular

Question 9

ET tube would be located in?

Answer 9

esophagus

Question 10

algia

Answer 10

means pain

Question 11

gram

Answer 11

record

Question 12

plasty

Answer 12

surgical repair

Question 13

poly

Answer 13

many

Question 14

psuedo

Answer 14

flase

Question 15

mono

Answer 15

one

Question 16

centesis

Answer 16

surgical puncture to remove fluid

Question 17

edema

Answer 17

large amount of fluid

Question 18

sinus invertus

Answer 18

complete reversal of all abdominal organs
-ex.) stomach is on the right side instead of left

Question 19

infra

Answer 19

below

Question 20

contra

Answer 20

against

Question 21

sublingly

Answer 21

under the tounge

Question 22

stenosis

Answer 22

constriction or narrowing of a blood vesssel

Question 23

anemia

Answer 23

insufficient red blood cells or hemoglobin

Question 24

dyspnea

Answer 24

difficulty breathing

Question 25

Aneurysm

Answer 25

a dilation or sac like formation in a weakened blood vessel wall

Question 26

arteriosclerosis

Answer 26

hardening of arteries

Question 27

embolism

Answer 27

obstruction of a blood vessel

Question 28

thromb means??

Answer 28

clot

Question 29

thrombus

Answer 29

a blood clot that has formed within a vessel

Question 30

coraction of aorta

Answer 30

severe narrowing of aorta

Question 31

immun

Answer 31

protection

Question 32

ventricular fibilration

Answer 32

irregular ,rapid, ineffective twitches of the ventricles

Question 33

hemophilia

Answer 33

lacking the substance in the blood for clotting

Question 34

arrthymia

Answer 34

a person’s heart beating irregularly

Question 35

leukemia

Answer 35

Unrestricted growth of WBC

Question 36

esophogeal varices

Answer 36

varicose veins on esophagus

Question 37

phelbitis

Answer 37

inflammation of the vein

Question 38

spondlyolothesis

Answer 38

when one vertebrae slips forward on the other.

Question 39

Osteomyelitis

Answer 39

infection of the bone

Question 40

costa

Answer 40

rib

Question 41

oste

Answer 41

bone

Question 42

spina bifdia

Answer 42

a failure of the neural arch of a vertebrae to close

Question 43

colle’s fracture

Answer 43

fracture at the distal end of the radius

Question 44

impacted fracture

Answer 44

when one bone segment is driven into another

Question 45

orth means?

Answer 45

straight

Question 46

Buritis

Answer 46

inflammation of fluid filled sacs around the joint

Question 47

osteoma

Answer 47

begion bone tumor

Question 48

what is gout

Answer 48

a disease of the joint that results in excessive uric acid

Question 49

atrophy

Answer 49

shrinking or wasting of the bone due to inactivity

Question 50

osteogenic sarcoma

Answer 50

primary bone malignancy

Question 51

Hirchsprung disease involves what body part

Answer 51

large intestine

Question 52

lleus

Answer 52

another name for bowel obstruction

Question 53

cholecystitis

Answer 53

Inflammation of gallbladder

Question 54

Volvulus

Answer 54

twisting or kinking of a bowel

Question 55

hepatitis is a contagious disease that affects which organ

Answer 55

liver

Question 56

pyloric stenosis

Answer 56

narrowing of pyloric orifiace
-most often found in young infants

Question 57

hital hernia

Answer 57

when part of the stomach slips through the diaphragm into the thorax

Question 58

deglutition

Answer 58

Swallowing

Question 59

chrons disease involves what organs

Answer 59

intestines

Question 60

Anuria

Answer 60

a patients kidneys cannot excrete any more urine

Question 61

renal calculus

Answer 61

kidney stone

Question 62

hematuria

Answer 62

blood in the urine

Question 63

Wilms tumor involves which organ?

Answer 63

Kidney

Question 64

Hodgkin’s disease

Answer 64

the disease process involving cancer of the lymphatic system

Question 65

metastasis

Answer 65

spread of cancer to a distant site

Question 66

“new growth”

Answer 66

neoplasm

Question 67

splenomegaly means what

Answer 67

enlargement of the spleen

Question 68

goiter

Answer 68

enlarged thyroid gland