Unit 2 Flashcards
a.m / AM
morning
b.i.d. / BID
two times per day
h.s.
hour of sleep (bedtime)
noc.
night
p.m. / PM
afternoon
p.r.n.
whenever necessary
q.
every
q.2h / q.4h
every 2 hours/every 4 hours
q.h.
every hour
q.i.d / QID
four times a day
stat
immediately
t.i.d. / TID
three times a day
cap(s)
capsule(s)
tab(s)
tablet(s)
Bx
biopsy
CA
cancer
chemo
chemotherapy
mets
metastasis
CBS
complete blood count
RBC / rbc
red blood cell count
WBC / wbc
white blood cell count
WNL
within normal limits
chrom/o
color(s)
chlor/o
green
cyan/o
blue
erythr/o
red
leuk/o
white
poli/o
gray
melan/o
black
xanth/o
yellow
aden/o
gland
cyt/o
cells
epitheli/o
epithelium
hist/o
tissue
lip/o
fat
my/o
muscle
viscer/o
internal organs
system/o
system
neur/o
nerve
path/o
disease
cancer/o
cancer
carcin/o
cancer
eti/o
cause of disease
sarc/o
flesh, connective tissue
on/o
tumor, mass
rhabd/o
rod-shaped, striated
lei/o
smooth
dia-
through (prefix)
dys-
difficult, painful, bad (prefix)
hyper-
excessive, above (prefix)
hypo-
below, deficient (prefix)
meta-
beyond (prefix)
neo-
new (prefix)
-al, -ic, -ous
pertaining to (suffix)
-osis
increase when used with blood (suffix)
-gen
substance that causes or produces (suffix)
-genic
producing or causing (suffix)
-sarcoma
malignant / cancerous tumors (suffix)
-plasia
development or formation (suffix)
-plasm
material substance that develops or forms cells or tissue (suffix)
diagnosis
identification of a disease or condition
benign
not malignment (not cancerous)
malignant
tending to become worse (cause dealth, and cancer)
encapsulated
enclosed in a capsule
remission
improvement or absence of signs of disease
carcinoma in situ
cancer in early stage before invading surrounding tissue
chemotherapy
treatment for cancer with drugs
radiation therapy
treatment of cancer with radioactive substance, x-ray or radiation