Unit 2 Flashcards
1
Q
a.m / AM
A
morning
2
Q
b.i.d. / BID
A
two times per day
3
Q
h.s.
A
hour of sleep (bedtime)
4
Q
noc.
A
night
5
Q
p.m. / PM
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afternoon
6
Q
p.r.n.
A
whenever necessary
7
Q
q.
A
every
8
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q.2h / q.4h
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every 2 hours/every 4 hours
9
Q
q.h.
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every hour
10
Q
q.i.d / QID
A
four times a day
11
Q
stat
A
immediately
12
Q
t.i.d. / TID
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three times a day
13
Q
cap(s)
A
capsule(s)
14
Q
tab(s)
A
tablet(s)
15
Q
Bx
A
biopsy
16
Q
CA
A
cancer
17
Q
chemo
A
chemotherapy
18
Q
mets
A
metastasis
19
Q
CBS
A
complete blood count
20
Q
RBC / rbc
A
red blood cell count
21
Q
WBC / wbc
A
white blood cell count
22
Q
WNL
A
within normal limits
23
Q
chrom/o
A
color(s)
24
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chlor/o
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green
25
cyan/o
blue
26
erythr/o
red
27
leuk/o
white
28
poli/o
gray
29
melan/o
black
30
xanth/o
yellow
31
aden/o
gland
32
cyt/o
cells
33
epitheli/o
epithelium
34
hist/o
tissue
35
lip/o
fat
36
my/o
muscle
37
viscer/o
internal organs
38
system/o
system
39
neur/o
nerve
40
path/o
disease
41
cancer/o
cancer
42
carcin/o
cancer
43
eti/o
cause of disease
44
sarc/o
flesh, connective tissue
45
on/o
tumor, mass
46
rhabd/o
rod-shaped, striated
47
lei/o
smooth
48
dia-
through (prefix)
49
dys-
difficult, painful, bad (prefix)
50
hyper-
excessive, above (prefix)
51
hypo-
below, deficient (prefix)
52
meta-
beyond (prefix)
53
neo-
new (prefix)
54
-al, -ic, -ous
pertaining to (suffix)
55
-osis
increase when used with blood (suffix)
56
-gen
substance that causes or produces (suffix)
57
-genic
producing or causing (suffix)
58
-sarcoma
malignant / cancerous tumors (suffix)
59
-plasia
development or formation (suffix)
60
-plasm
material substance that develops or forms cells or tissue (suffix)
61
diagnosis
identification of a disease or condition
62
benign
not malignment (not cancerous)
63
malignant
tending to become worse (cause dealth, and cancer)
64
encapsulated
enclosed in a capsule
65
remission
improvement or absence of signs of disease
66
carcinoma in situ
cancer in early stage before invading surrounding tissue
67
chemotherapy
treatment for cancer with drugs
68
radiation therapy
treatment of cancer with radioactive substance, x-ray or radiation
