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 ie. time for bed
4
Q
noc.
A
night
5
Q
p.m., PM
A
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
A
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
34
hist/o
tissue
35
lip/o
fat
36
my/o
muscle
37
viscer/o
internal organs
38
system/o
system
39
neur/o
nerve
40
path/o
disease
41
cancer/o, carcin/o
cancer
42
sarc/o
flesh, connective tissue
43
eti/o
cause (of)
44
onc/o
tumor, mass
45
rhabd/o
rod-shaped, striated
46
lei/o
smooth
47
dia-
through
48
dys-
difficult, painful, bad
49
hyper-
excessive, above
50
meta-
beyond
51
neo-
new
52
-al, -ic, -ous
pertaining to
53
-osis
abnormal condition, increase (in blood)
54
-gen
substance that causes or produces something
55
-genic
producing, causing
56
(-)sarcoma
malignant tumor
57
-plasia
development or formation
58
-plasm
material that develops or forms cells or tissues
59
diagnosis
identification of a disease or condition
60
benign
non-malignant, non-recurrent
61
malignant
becomes progressively worse, can cause death
62
encapsulated
enclosed in a capsule
63
remission
improvement or absense of signs of disease
64
carcinoma in situ
cancer in early stage, not yet invading surrounding tissue
65
chemotherapy
treatment for cancer using medications
66
radiatoin therapy
treatment of cancer with radioactive substances
