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
CBC
complete blood count
WBC, wbc
white blood cell count
RBC, rbc
red blood count
WNL
within normal limits
chrom/o
color(s)
xanth/o
yellow
chlor/o
green
cyan/o
blue
erythr/o
red
leuk/o
white
poli/o
grey
melan/o
black
aden/o
gland
epitheli/o
epithelium
my/o
muscle
lip/o
fat
hist/o
tissue
neur/o
nerve
viscer/o
internal organs
system/o
system
-sarc/o
flesh, connective tissue
cancer/o or carcin/o
cancer
eti/o
cause (of disease)
lei/o
smooth
rhabd/o
rod-shaped, striated
onc/o
tumor, mass
dia
through
dys
difficult, painful, bad
hyper
excessive, above
hypo
below, deficient
meta
beyond
neo
new
-al, -ic, -ous
pertaining to
-osis
abnormal condition
also means increase when used with blood
-gen
substance that causes or produces
-genic
producing, causing
-sarcoma,
malignant tumor (cancerous tumor)
-plasia
development or formation
-plasm
material (substance) that develops or forms cells or tissue
diagnosis
identification of a disease or condition
benign
not malignant, non-recurrent, favorable for recovery
malignant
tending to become progressively worse, can cause death, such as cancer
encapsulated
enclosed in a capsule as with benign tumors
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