Unit 2 (Abbreviations) Flashcards
a.m, AM
morning
bid, BID
two time 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
for times a day
stat
immediately
t.i.d
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 time
chrom/o
colors
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
hist/o
tissue
lip/o
fat
my/o
muscle
viscer/o
internal organs (chest cavity, abdominal cavity)
system/o
system
neur/o
nerves
path/o
disease
cancer/o
cancer
carcin/o
cancer
eti/o
cause (of disease)
sarc/o
flesh, connective tissue
onc/o
tumor, mass
rhabd/o
rod-shaped, striated
lei/o
smooth
dia-
through
dys-
difficult, painful, bad
hyper-
excessive, above
hypo-
below, deficient
meta-
beyond
neo-
new
-al
pertaining to
-ic
pertaining to
-ous
pertaining to
-osis
abnormal condition BUT also means increase when referring to 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 forms 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 stage, before invading surrounding tissue
chemotherapy
treatment for cancer with drugs
radiation therapy
treatment of cancer with radioactive substance, x-ray, or radiation
