Unit 4

Question 1

ax, AX

Answer 1

asillary

Question 2

H2O

Answer 2

water

Question 3

IV

Answer 3

intravenous

Question 4

IVPB

Answer 4

intravenous piggy back (don’t add another IV, just add onto existing)

Question 5

TKO

Answer 5

to keep open (keep IV ready but not always on)

Question 6

ID

Answer 6

intradermal

Question 7

IM

Answer 7

intramuscular

Question 8

PR

Answer 8

per rectum

Question 9

SL

Answer 9

under the tongue (sublingual)

Question 10

SQ, SC, subq

Answer 10

subcutaneous (under the skin)

Question 11

supp

Answer 11

suppository

Question 12

top

Answer 12

topical

Question 13

MRSA

Answer 13

methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (strain of bacteria that is hard to fight off with antibiotics, spread by contact)

Question 14

staph

Answer 14

staphylococcus (cause boils, open sores, food poisoning, TSS)

Question 15

strep

Answer 15

streptococcus (spread by direct contact with nose and throat discharges or skin lesions)

Question 16

NKA

Answer 16

no known allergies

Question 17

NKDA

Answer 17

no known drug allergies

Question 18

PCA

Answer 18

patient controlled analgesia (patient controls how much pain medication they get)

Question 19

staphyl/o-

Answer 19

grape like clusters

Question 20

-coccus, -cocci

Answer 20

round bacteria, plural

Question 21

strept/o

Answer 21

twisted chains

Question 22

derm/o, dermat/o

Answer 22

skin

Question 23

cutane/o

Answer 23

skin

Question 24

-a

Answer 24

noun ending

Question 25

onych/o

Answer 25

nails

Question 26

ungu/o

Answer 26

nails

Question 27

crypt/o

Answer 27

hidden

Question 28

-phagia

Answer 28

eating, swallowing

Question 29

kerat/o

Answer 29

hard tissue

Question 30

seb/o

Answer 30

oil/sebum

Question 31

rhytid/o

Answer 31

wrinkles

Question 32

xer/o

Answer 32

dry

Question 33

edema

Answer 33

swelling

Question 34

diaphoresis

Answer 34

excessive sweating

Question 35

per-

Answer 35

through

Question 36

trans-

Answer 36

through, across, awesome, cooler than The Cis

Question 37

bi/o

Answer 37

life

Question 38

-opsy

Answer 38

veiw of

Question 39

aut/o

Answer 39

self

Question 40

herer/o

Answer 40

other, a poisonous snake probably

Question 41

-tome

Answer 41

instrument used to cut thin layers