Week 1: Medical Abbreviations and Terms Flashcards

Question

Abbreviation N+V (n/v)

Answer 1

Meaning Nausea and Vomiting

Answer 2

Meaning Over the Counter

Answer 3

Meaning Penicillin

Answer 4

Meaning Past Medical History

Answer 5

Meaning History

Answer 6

Meaning Every (* "q" is slowly being phased out.)

Answer 7

Meaning Subcutaneous (* "Sub q" and "SQ" is slowly being phased out.)

Answer 8

Meaning Range of Motion

Answer 9

Meaning With

Answer 10

Meaning Sublingual

Answer 11

Meaning NOW! (Jeff's Fun Fact: "stat" is the abbreviation of "Statim" which is latin for "immediately.")

Answer 12

Meaning Weight

Answer 13

Meaning Status Post

Answer 14

Meaning Before Meals (Jeff's Fun Fact: "ac" is the abbreviation of "Ante Cibum" which is latin for "before meals.")

Answer 15

Meaning After Meals (Jeff's Fun Fact: "pc" is the abbreviation of "Post Cibum" which is latin for "after meals.")

Answer 16

Meaning Wheelchair

Answer 17

Meaning Aterial Blood Gas

Answer 18

Meaning As Needed (Jeff's Fun Fact: "PRN" is the abbreviation of "Pro Re Nata" which is latin for "circumstances require/as needed.")

Answer 19

Meaning As Desired (Jeff's Fun Fact: "ad lib" is the abbreviation of "Ad Libitum" which is latin for "at pleasure.")

Answer 20

Meaning Against Medical Advice

Answer 21

Meaning Amount

Answer 22

Meaning Asprin (or acetylsalicylic acid)

Answer 23

Meaning Bowel Movement

Answer 24

Meaning Treatment

Answer 25

Meaning Chest X-ray

Answer 26

Meaning Discontinued or Discharged

Answer 27

Meaning Do Not Resuscitate

Answer 28

Meaning Each

Answer 29

Meaning Alcohol (Jeff's Fun Fact: "ETOH" is an abbreviation for the word "ethanol" or "ethyl alcohol."

Answer 30

Meaning Gastrointestinal

Answer 31

Meaning Genitourinary

Answer 32

Meaning Within Normal Limits

Answer 33

Meaning No Known Drug Allergies

Answer 34

Meaning Level of Consciousness

Answer 35

Meaning Pneumonia

Answer 36

Meaning Vital Signs

Answer 37

Meaning Nasogastric

Answer 38

Meaning Out of Bed

Answer 39

Meaning By Mouth (Jeff's Fun Fact: "po" is the abbreviation of "Per Os" which is latin for "by mouth.")

Answer 40

Meaning Patient

Answer 41

Meaning Rule Out

Answer 42

Meaning Respiratory Rate

Answer 43

Meaning Without (Jeff's Fun Fact: "s" is the abbreviation of "Sine" which is latin for "without.")

Answer 44

Meaning Shortness of Breath

Answer 45

Meaning Symptoms

Answer 46

Meaning Activities of Daily Living

Answer 47

Meaning Glasgow Coma Scale (The most common scoring system used to describe the level of consciousness in a person following a traumatic brain injury. It is used to help gauge the severity of an acute brain injury.)

Answer 48

Meaning Hour of Sleep

Answer 49

Definition - clear, yellowish fluid from blood before clotting (Jeff's Fun Fact: "serum" is latin for "whey.")

Answer 50

Definition - containing or relating to both blood and the liquid part of blood (serum). (Jeff's Fun Fact: "sero-" means "serum" "sanguine" means "blood" "-ous" means "pertaining to")

Answer 51

Definition - containing to relating to blood (Jeff's Fun Fact: "sanguine" means "blood" "-ous" means "pertaining to")

Answer 52

Definition - difficulty speaking Possibly due to brain lesion or neuro development disorder (Jeff's Fun Fact: "dys-" means "difficult/bad" "phasia" means "speech")

Answer 53

Definition - difficulty swallowing or eating (Jeff's Fun Fact: "dys-" means "difficult/bad" "phagia" means "swallowing or eating")

Answer 54

Definition - inability to swallow or eat (Jeff's Fun Fact: "a-" means "no/without" "phagia" means "swallowing or eating")

Answer 55

Definition - inability to speak (Jeff's Fun Fact: "a-" means "no/without" "phasia" means "speech")

Answer 56

Definition - pale color of skin (Jeff's Fun Fact: "pallor" originates from the latin word "pallere" which means "be pale."

Answer 57

Definition - shed mass of dead tissue

Answer 58

Definition - containing or discharging of pus (Jeff's Fun Fact: "purul-" means "pus")

Answer 59

Definition | - fluid released from body can be pus / serosanguineous

Answer 60

Definition - bursting open from the suture line

Answer 61

Definition - tissues brought together to a suture line

Answer 62

Definition - distant from the trunk of the body

Answer 63

Definition - closer to the trunk of the body

Answer 64

Definition - fluid (or air) filled sac or cavity in the body

Answer 65

Definition - movement going away from the trunk of the body (or midline)

Answer 66

Definition - movement coming toward the trunk of the body (or midline)

Answer 67

Definition - rotation of palms facing downward Note: Lying prone / belly on the floor

Answer 68

Definition - rotation of palms facing upwards Note: Lying supine / spine on the floor

Week 1: Medical Abbreviations and Terms Flashcards

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