Unit 2 Flashcards by Lexi Schultz | Brainscape

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a.m, AM

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morning

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b.i.d. BID

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two times per day

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h.s.

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hour of sleep (bedtime)

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noc.

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night

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p.m., PM

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afternoon

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p.r.n.

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whenever necessary

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q.

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every

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q.2h, q.4h

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every 2 hours, every 4 hours

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q.h.

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every hour

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q.i.d. QID

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four times a day

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stat

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immediately

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t.i.d. TID

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three times a day

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cap(s)

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capsule(s)

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tab(s)

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tablet(s)

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Bx

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biopsy

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CA

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cancer

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chemo

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chemotherapy

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mets

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metastasis

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CBC

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complete blood count

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RBC, rbc

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red blood cell count

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WBC, wbs

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white blood cell count

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WNL

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within normal limits

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chrom/o

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colors

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chlor/o

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green

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cyan/o

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blue

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arythr/o

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red

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leuk/o

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white

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poli/o

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gray

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melan/o

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black

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xanth/o

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ellow

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aden/o

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gland

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cyt/o

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cells

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epitheli/o

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epithelium

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hist/o

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tissue

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lip/o

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fat

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my/o

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muscle

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viscer/o

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internal organs

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system/o

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system

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neur/o

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nerves

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-pathy

path/o

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disease

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cancer/o, or carcin/o

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cancer

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eti/o

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cause (of disease)

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sarc/o

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flesh, connective tissue

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-oma, onc/o

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tumor, mass

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rhabid/o

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rod-shaped, striated

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lei/o

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smooth

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dia-

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through

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dys-

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difficult, painful, bad

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hyper-

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excessive or above

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hypo-

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below

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meta-

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beyond

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neo-

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new

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-al

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pertaining to

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-ic

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pertaining to

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-ous

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pertaining to

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-osis

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abnormal condition, also means to increase when talking about blood

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-gen

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substance that causes or produces

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-genic

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producing, causing

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-sarcoma, sarcoma

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malignant tumor

cancerous tumor

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-plasia

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development or formation

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-plasm

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material or substance that develops or forms (cells or tissue)

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diagnosis

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identification of a disease or condition

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benign

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not cancerous

non-recurrent

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maligment

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progressively worse
cancerous usually
life threatening

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encapsulated

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enclosed in a capsule

as with benign tumors

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remission

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improvement or absence of signs of disease

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carcinoma in situ

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cancerous tumors in the early stages

before invading surrounding tissue

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chemotherapy

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treatment for cancer with drugs

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radiation

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using radioactive substances to kill off cancer cells