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
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
grey
melan/o
black
xanth/o
yellow
aden/o
gland
cyt/o
cells
epitheli/o
epithelium (tissues that surrond external and internal organs and protect them)
hist/o
tissue
lip/o
fat
my/o
muscle
viscer/o
internal organs (in the chest cavity and abdominal cavity)
system/o
system
neur/o
nerve
path/o
disease
cancer/o or carcin/o
cancer
eti/o
cause (of disease)
sarc/o
flesh, connective tissue
onc/o
tumor, mass
rhabd/o
rod-shaped, straited
lei/o
smooth
dia
through
dys
difficult, painful, bad
hyper
excessive, above
hypo
below, deficient
meta
beyond
neo
new
-al, -ic, -ous
pertaining to
-al
pertaining to
-ic
pertaining to
-ous
pertaining to
-osis
- abnormal condition
- also means increase when used with blood
-gen
substance that causes or produces
-genic
producing causing
-sarcoma, sarcoma
malignant tumor (cancerous tumor)
-plasia
development or formation
-plasm
material (substance) that develops or fomrs cells or tissue
diagnosis
identification of a disease or condition
benign
not malignant (not cancerous) 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 stages
before invading surrounding tissue
chemotherapy
treatment for cancer with drugs
radiation therapy
treatment of cancer with radioactive substance, x-ray, or radiation
