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
A
afternoon
6
Q
p.r.n.
A
whenever necessary
7
Q
q.
A
every
8
Q
q.2h, q.4h
A
every 2 hours, every 4 hours
9
Q
q.h.
A
every hour
10
Q
q.i.d. QID
A
four times a day
11
Q
stat
A
immediately
12
Q
t.i.d. TID
A
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
CBC
A
complete blood count
20
Q
RBC, rbc
A
red blood cell count
21
Q
WBC, wbs
A
white blood cell count
22
Q
WNL
A
within normal limits
23
Q
chrom/o
A
colors
24
Q
chlor/o
A
green
25
cyan/o
blue
26
arythr/o
red
27
leuk/o
white
28
poli/o
gray
29
melan/o
black
30
xanth/o
ellow
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
nerves
40
-pathy
| path/o
disease
41
cancer/o, or carcin/o
cancer
42
eti/o
cause (of disease)
43
sarc/o
flesh, connective tissue
44
-oma, onc/o
tumor, mass
45
rhabid/o
rod-shaped, striated
46
lei/o
smooth
47
dia-
through
48
dys-
difficult, painful, bad
49
hyper-
excessive or above
50
hypo-
below
51
meta-
beyond
52
neo-
new
53
-al
pertaining to
54
-ic
pertaining to
55
-ous
pertaining to
56
-osis
abnormal condition, also means to increase when talking about blood
57
-gen
substance that causes or produces
58
-genic
producing, causing
59
-sarcoma, sarcoma
malignant tumor
| cancerous tumor
60
-plasia
development or formation
61
-plasm
material or substance that develops or forms (cells or tissue)
62
diagnosis
identification of a disease or condition
63
benign
not cancerous
| non-recurrent
64
maligment
progressively worse
cancerous usually
life threatening
65
encapsulated
enclosed in a capsule
| as with benign tumors
66
remission
improvement or absence of signs of disease
67
carcinoma in situ
cancerous tumors in the early stages
| before invading surrounding tissue
68
chemotherapy
treatment for cancer with drugs
69
radiation
using radioactive substances to kill off cancer cells
