Abbreviations- Chapter 2 Flashcards by Katie Slavin | 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

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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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immediatly

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t.i.d.

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TID

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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, wbc

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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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erythr/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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yellow

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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-tissues that surround internal and external organs of our body

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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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nerve

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pathy, path/o

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disease

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caner/o or carcin/o

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cancer

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eti/o

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cause (or 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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rhabd/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, above

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hypo

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below, deficient

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meta

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beyond

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neo

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neew

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al, ic, ous

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pertaining to

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osis

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abnormal condition (increase when used with 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, causign

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sarcoma, sarcoma

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malignant tumor

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plasia

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development or formation

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plasm

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material (substance) that develops of 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 malignant (not cancerous) non-recurrent, recovery is possible

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malignant

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tending to become worse

can cause death or cancer

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encapsulated

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enclosed in a capsule

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remisstion

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improvement or absence of signs of diesease

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carcinoma in situ

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cancer in early stage, before invading surrounding tissue

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chemotherapy

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treatment for cancer with drugs

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radiation therapy

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treatment of cancer with radioactive substance