Chapter 3: Abbreviations

Question 1

A&O

Abbreviation

Answer 1

alert and oriented

Question 2

AHF

Abbreviation

Answer 2

antihemophilic factor

Question 3

AIDS

Abbreviation

Answer 3

acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Question 4

AP

Abbreviation

Answer 4

anteroposterior (also others)

Question 5

baso

Abbreviation

Answer 5

basophil

Question 6

CBC, cbc

Abbreviation

Answer 6

complete blood count

Question 7

cm

Abbreviation

Answer 7

centimeter

Question 8

CMV

Abbreviation

Answer 8

cytomegalovirus

Question 9

DIC

Abbreviation

Answer 9

disseminated intravascular coagulation

Question 10

dL

Abbreviation

Answer 10

deciliter

Question 11

DNA

Abbreviation

Answer 11

deoxyribonucleic acid

Question 12

EBV

Abbreviation

Answer 12

Epstein-Barr viruz

Question 13

EEG

Abbreviation

Answer 13

electroencephalogram

Question 14

eos

Abbreviation

Answer 14

eosinophil

Question 15

g

Abbreviation

Answer 15

gram

Question 16

h

Abbreviation

Answer 16

hour (hora)

Question 17

Hb, Hgb

Abbreviation

Answer 17

hemoglobin

Question 18

HCT, Hct

Abbreviation

Answer 18

hematocrit

Question 19

HDN

Abbreviation

Answer 19

hemolytic disease of the newborn

Question 20

HEENT

Abbreviation

Answer 20

head, eyre, eat, nose, throat

Question 21

HIV

Abbreviation

Answer 21

human immunodeficiency virus

Question 22

Hx

Abbreviation

Answer 22

history

Question 23

INR

Abbreviation

Answer 23

international Normalized Ratio

Question 24

IV

Abbreviation

Answer 24

intravenous

Question 25

**kg** ## Footnote Abbreviation

Answer 25

**kilogram**

Question 26

**L** ## Footnote Abbreviation

Answer 26

**liter**

Question 27

**L&W** ## Footnote Abbreviation

Answer 27

**living and well**

Question 28

**LLQ** ## Footnote Abbreviation

Answer 28

**left lower quadrant**

Question 29

**LUQ** ## Footnote Abbreviation

Answer 29

**left upper quadrant**

Question 30

**lymph** ## Footnote Abbreviation

Answer 30

**lymphocyte**

Question 31

**mcg** ## Footnote Abbreviation

Answer 31

**microgram**

Question 32

**mg** ## Footnote Abbreviation

Answer 32

**milligram**

Question 33

**min** ## Footnote Abbreviation

Answer 33

**minutes**

Question 34

**mL** ## Footnote Abbreviation

Answer 34

**milliliter**

Question 35

**mono** ## Footnote Abbreviation

Answer 35

**monocyte**

Question 36

**neut** ## Footnote Abbreviation

Answer 36

**neutrophil**

Question 37

**PA** ## Footnote Abbreviation

Answer 37

**posteroanterior (also others)**

Question 38

**PT** ## Footnote Abbreviation

Answer 38

**prothrombin time (also physical therapy)**

Question 39

**PTT** ## Footnote Abbreviation

Answer 39

**partial thromboplastin time**

Question 40

**RBC** ## Footnote Abbreviation

Answer 40

**red blood cell or red blood cell count**

Question 41

**Rh** ## Footnote Abbreviation

Answer 41

**rhesus (blood group)**

Question 42

**RLQ** ## Footnote Abbreviation

Answer 42

**right left quadrant**

Question 43

**ROM** ## Footnote Abbreviation

Answer 43

**range of motion**

Question 44

**RPR** ## Footnote Abbreviation

Answer 44

**rapid plasma regain**

Question 45

**RUQ** ## Footnote Abbreviation

Answer 45

**right upper quadrant**

Question 46

**WBC** ## Footnote Abbreviation

Answer 46

**white blood count**

Question 47

**WD,WN** ## Footnote Abbreviation

Answer 47

**well developed, well nourished**

Question 48

**abdomini(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 48

**abdomen**

Question 49

**acr(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 49

**extremities (arms and legs)**

Question 50

**angi(o), vascul(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 50

**vessel**

Question 51

**anter(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 51

**near to or toward the front**

Question 52

**aut(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 52

**self**

Question 53

**axill(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 53

**axilla or armpit**

Question 54

**calci(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 54

**calcium**

Question 55

**caud(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 55

**in an inferior position; tail or toward the tail**

Question 56

**Cellul(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 56

**little cell or compartment**

Question 57

**cephal(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 57

**head, towards the head**

Question 58

**chrom(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 58

**color**

Question 59

**coagul(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 59

**coagulation**

Question 60

**crani(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 60

**cranium (skull)**

Question 61

**cyt(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 61

**cell**

Question 62

**dactyl(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 62

**finger and toe**

Question 63

**dist(o), tel(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 63

**far or distant from the origin or point of attachment**

Question 64

**dors(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 64

**directed toward or situated on the back side**

Question 65

**encephal(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 65

**brain**

Question 66

**fibrin(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 66

**fibrin**

Question 67

**hem(a), hem(o), hemat(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 67

**blood**

Question 68

**hemoglobin(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 68

**hemoglobin**

Question 69

**herni(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 69

**hernia**

Question 70

**hidr(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 70

**sweat, perspirations**

Question 71

**home(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 71

**sameness, constant**

Question 72

**hydr(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 72

**water**

Question 73

**immun(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 73

**immune**

Question 74

**infer(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 74

**lowermost of below**

Question 75

**is(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 75

**equal**

Question 76

**kal(i)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 76

**potassium**

Question 77

**kary(o), nucle(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 77

**nucleus**

Question 78

**later(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 78

**farther from the midline of the body or from a structure**

Question 79

**medi(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 79

**middle or nearer the middled**

Question 80

**morph(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 80

**shape**

Question 81

**muc(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 81

**mucus**

Question 82

**natr(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 82

**sodium**

Question 83

**necr(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 83

**death**

Question 84

**norm(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 84

**normal**

Question 85

**omphal(o), umbilic(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 85

**umbilicus (navel)**

Question 86

**pelv(i)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 86

**pelvis**

Question 87

**periton(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 87

**peritoneum**

Question 88

**phi(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 88

**attraction**

Question 89

**-phylaxis** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 89

**protection**

Question 90

**pod(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 90

**foot**

Question 91

**poster(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 91

**nearer to or toward of the back**

Question 92

**proxim(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 92

**nearer the origin or point of attachment**

Question 93

**py(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 93

**pus**

Question 94

**sial(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 94

**saliva; salivary glands**

Question 95

**som(a), somat(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 95

**body**

Question 96

**spin(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 96

**spine**

Question 97

**super(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 97

**uppermost or above**

Question 98

**thorac(o), steth(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 98

**thorax (chest)**

Question 99

**thromb(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 99

**thrombus; clot**

Question 100

**ur(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 100

**urine; urinary tract**

Question 101

**ventr(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 101

**belly side**

Question 102

**viscer(o)** ## Footnote Combining Form

Answer 102

**viscera (large abdomnial organs**

Question 103

** a-, an-** ## Footnote Prefix

Answer 103

**no, not, without**

Question 104

**ab-** ## Footnote Prefix

Answer 104

**away from**

Question 105

**ad-** ## Footnote Prefix

Answer 105

**toward**

Question 106

**ana-** ## Footnote Prefix

Answer 106

**excessive, upward or again**

Question 107

**ante-, pre-, pro-** ## Footnote Prefix

Answer 107

**before in time or in place**

Question 108

**anti-, contra-** ## Footnote Prefix

Answer 108

**against**

Question 109

**bi-, di-** ## Footnote Prefix

Answer 109

**two**

Question 110

**brady-** ## Footnote Prefix

Answer 110

**slow**

Question 111

**centi-** ## Footnote Prefix

Answer 111

**once hundred or one hundredth (1/100)**

Question 112

** circum-, peri-** ## Footnote Prefix

Answer 112

**around or circular**

Question 113

**deci-** ## Footnote Prefix

Answer 113

**one tenth (1/10)**

Question 114

**dia-** ## Footnote Prefix

Answer 114

**through**

Question 115

**diplo-** ## Footnote Prefix

Answer 115

**double**

Question 116

** dys-** ## Footnote Prefix

Answer 116

**bad, difficult**

Question 117

**ecto-, ex-, exo-, extra-** ## Footnote Prefix

Answer 117

**out, without, away from**

Question 118

**en-, end-, endo-** ## Footnote Prefix

Answer 118

**inside**

Question 119

**epi-** ## Footnote Prefix

Answer 119

**above, on**

Question 120

** eu-** ## Footnote Prefix

Answer 120

**good, normal**

Question 121

**hemi-, semi-** ## Footnote Prefix

Answer 121

**half, partly**

Question 122

**hyper-** ## Footnote Prefix

Answer 122

**excessive, more than normal**

Question 123

**hypo-** ## Footnote Prefix

Answer 123

**beneath or below normal**

Question 124

**hypo-, infra-, sub-** ## Footnote Prefix

Answer 124

**beneath, under**

Question 125

**in-** ## Footnote Prefix

Answer 125

**not or inside (in)**

Question 126

**inter-** ## Footnote Prefix

Answer 126

**between**

Question 127

**intra-** ## Footnote Prefix

Answer 127

**within**

Question 128

**ipsi-** ## Footnote Prefix

Answer 128

**same**

Question 129

**macro-, mega-, megalo-** ## Footnote Prefix

Answer 129

**large or great**

Question 130

**mal-** ## Footnote Prefix

Answer 130

**bad**

Question 131

**meso-, mid-, medio-** ## Footnote Prefix

Answer 131

**middle**

Question 132

** micro-** ## Footnote Prefix

Answer 132

**small**

Question 133

**milli-** ## Footnote Prefix

Answer 133

**one thousandth (1/1000)**

Question 134

**mono-, uni-** ## Footnote Prefix

Answer 134

**one**

Question 135

**multi-, poly-** ## Footnote Prefix

Answer 135

**many**

Question 136

**nulli-** ## Footnote Prefix

Answer 136

**none**

Question 137

**pan-** ## Footnote Prefix

Answer 137

**all**

Question 138

**para -** ## Footnote Prefix

Answer 138

**near beside or abnormal**

Question 139

**per-** ## Footnote Prefix

Answer 139

**through or by**

Question 140

**post-** ## Footnote Prefix

Answer 140

**after, behind**

Question 141

**primi-** ## Footnote Prefix

Answer 141

**first**

Question 142

**pro-** ## Footnote Prefix

Answer 142

**favoring or supporting**

Question 143

**quad-, quadri-, tetra** ## Footnote Prefix

Answer 143

**four**

Question 144

**retro-** ## Footnote Prefix

Answer 144

**behind, backwords**

Question 145

**super-, supra** ## Footnote Prefix

Answer 145

**above back yawn**

Question 146

**super-, ultra-** ## Footnote Prefix

Answer 146

**excessive**

Question 147

**sym-, syn-** ## Footnote Prefix

Answer 147

**joined together**

Question 148

** tachy-** ## Footnote Prefix

Answer 148

**fast**

Question 149

**trans-** ## Footnote Prefix

Answer 149

**across**

Question 150

**tri-** ## Footnote Prefix

Answer 150

**three**

Question 151

**-ant** ## Footnote Suffix

Answer 151

**that which causes**

Question 152

**-ate** ## Footnote Suffix

Answer 152

**to cause an action or the result of an action**

Question 153

**-cidal** ## Footnote Suffix

Answer 153

**killing**

Question 154

**-cyte** ## Footnote Suffix

Answer 154

**cell**

Question 155

**-emia** ## Footnote Suffix

Answer 155

**blood**

Question 156

**-poiesis** ## Footnote Suffix

Answer 156

**production**

Question 157

**-poietin** ## Footnote Suffix

Answer 157

**that which causes the problem**