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
tablets
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
WBC, wbc
A
white blood cell count
21
Q
WNL
A
within normal limits
22
Q
chrom/o
A
color(s)
23
Q
chlor/o
A
green
24
Q
cyan/o
A
blue
25
erythr/o
red
26
leuk/o
white
27
poli/o
gray
28
melan/o
black
29
xanth/o
yellow
30
aden/o
gland
31
cyt/o
cell
32
epitheli/o
epithelium
33
hist/o
tissue
34
lip/o
fat
35
my/o
muscle
36
viscer/o
internal organs
37
system/o
system
38
neur/o
nerve
39
-pathy / path/o
disease
40
cancer/o / carcin/o
cancer
41
eti/o
cause (of disease)
42
sarc/o
flesh, connective tissue
43
-oma / onc/o
tumor, mass
44
rhabd/o
rod-shaped, striated
45
lei/o (pronounced lay)
smooth
46
dia-
through
47
dys-
difficult, painful, bad
48
hyper-
excessive, above
49
hypo-
below, deficient
50
meta-
beyond
51
neo-
new
52
-al, -ic, -ous
pertaining to
53
-osis
abnormal condition, also means increase when used with blood
54
-gen
substance that causes or produces
55
-genic
producing, causing
56
sarcoma, -sarcoma
malignant tumor (cancerous tumor)
57
-plasia
development, formation
58
-plasm
material (substance) that develops or forms cells or tissue
59
diagnosis
identification of a disease or condition
60
benign
not malignant, non-recurrent, favorable for recovery
61
malignant
tending to become progressively worse, can cause death, such as cancer
62
encapsulated
enclosed in a capsule, as with benign tumors
63
remission
improvement or absence of signs of disease
64
carcinoma in situ (pronounced sight-two)
cancer in early stage, before invading surrounding tissue
65
chemotherapy
treatment for cancer with drugs
66
radiation therapy
treatment of cancer with radioactive substance, x-ray, or radiation
