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
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afternoon
6
Q
p.r.n.
A
whenever necessary
7
Q
q.
A
every
8
Q
q.2h, q.4h
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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
tablet(s)
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
RBC, rbc
A
red blood cell count
21
Q
WBC, wbc
A
white blood cell count
22
Q
WNL
A
within normal limits
23
Q
chrom/o
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color(s)
24
Q
chlor/o
A
green
25
cyan/o
blue
26
erythr/o
red
27
leuk/o
white
28
poli/o
grey
29
melan/o
black
30
xanth/o
yellow
31
aden/o
gland
32
cyt/o
cells
33
epitheli/o
epithelium (tissues that surrond external and internal organs and protect them)
34
hist/o
tissue
35
lip/o
fat
36
my/o
muscle
37
viscer/o
internal organs (in the chest cavity and abdominal cavity)
38
system/o
system
39
neur/o
nerve
40
path/o
disease
41
cancer/o or carcin/o
cancer
42
eti/o
cause (of disease)
43
sarc/o
flesh, connective tissue
44
onc/o
tumor, mass
45
rhabd/o
rod-shaped, straited
46
lei/o
smooth
47
dia
through
48
dys
difficult, painful, bad
49
hyper
excessive, above
50
hypo
below, deficient
51
meta
beyond
52
neo
new
53
-al, -ic, -ous
pertaining to
54
-al
pertaining to
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-ic
pertaining to
56
-ous
pertaining to
57
-osis
- abnormal condition
| - also means increase when used with blood
58
-gen
substance that causes or produces
59
-genic
producing causing
60
-sarcoma, sarcoma
malignant tumor (cancerous tumor)
61
-plasia
development or formation
62
-plasm
material (substance) that develops or fomrs cells or tissue
63
diagnosis
identification of a disease or condition
64
benign
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not malignant (not cancerous)
non-recurrent, favorable for recovery
```
65
malignant
tending to become progressively worse
| can cause death, such as cancer
66
encapsulated
enclosed in a capsule
| as with benign tumors
67
remission
Improvement or absence of signs of disease
68
carcinoma in situ
cancer in early stages
| before invading surrounding tissue
69
chemotherapy
treatment for cancer with drugs
70
radiation therapy
treatment of cancer with radioactive substance, x-ray, or radiation
