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Arthr/o
Joint
TERM 2
Card/I/o/
DEFINITION 2
Heart
TERM 3
Derm/o , dermat/o
DEFINITION 3
skin
TERM 4
Gastr/o
DEFINITION 4
Stomach
TERM 5
Ger/o. geront/o
DEFINITION 5
aged
Opthalm/o, ocul/o
Eye
TERM 7
Oste/o
DEFINITION 7
Bone
TERM 8
Ot/o, aur/o, auricul/o
DEFINITION 8
Ear
TERM 9
Path/o
DEFINITION 9
Disease
TERM 10
Phag/o
DEFINITION 10
Eating, swallowing
-ectomy
surgical removal
TERM 17
-extasia
DEFINITION 17
Expansion, dilation
TERM 18
-EMESIS
DEFINITION 18
VOMITING
TERM 19
-penia
DEFINITION 19
Reduction of size/quantity
TERM 20
-plasia
DEFINITION 20
abnormal formation
ante- , pre-
before
TERM 22
anti-
DEFINITION 22
against
TERM 23
bi-
DEFINITION 23
two
TERM 24
contra-
DEFINITION 24
against, opposed
TERM 25
brady-
DEFINITION 25
abnormally slow rate of speed
1/2 NS
Half normal saline
TERM 32
aa
DEFINITION 32
of each
TERM 33
ac
DEFINITION 33
before meals
TERM 34
AD
DEFINITION 34
Right ear
TERM 35
aq, aqua
DEFINITION 35
water
amp
ampule
TERM 37
AS
DEFINITION 37
left ear
TERM 38
AU
DEFINITION 38
both ears
TERM 39
b.i.d.
DEFINITION 39
twice daily
TERM 40
c
DEFINITION 40
food; meals
DS
Double Strength
TERM 47
e.m.p.
DEFINITION 47
In the manner prescribed
TERM 48
q.d.
DEFINITION 48
Once daily, (every day)
TERM 49
q.s.
DEFINITION 49
A sufficient quantity
TERM 50
Qs ad
DEFINITION 50
a sufficient quantity to make up to
Q4h
every 4 hours
TERM 52
Q6h
DEFINITION 52
Every 6 hours
TERM 53
Hem/o, hemat/o
DEFINITION 53
blood
TERM 54
hepat/o
DEFINITION 54
liver
TERM 55
immune/o
DEFINITION 55
immune system
-iasis
condition
TERM 62
-itis
DEFINITION 62
inflamation
TERM 63
-lysis
DEFINITION 63
disintegration
TERM 64
-osis
DEFINITION 64
condition
TERM 65
-iatry
DEFINITION 65
Study of, specialty of
-sis
condition
TERM 67
-malacia
DEFINITION 67
softening
TERM 68
-sis
DEFINITION 68
condition
TERM 69
-megaly
DEFINITION 69
enlargment
TERM 70
-oma
DEFINITION 70
tumor
hyper-
above, beyond normal, high
TERM 77
hypo-
DEFINITION 77
below, below normal, low
TERM 78
inter-
DEFINITION 78
between
TERM 79
pan-
DEFINITION 79
everywhere
TERM 80
tachy-
DEFINITION 80
abnormally high rate of speed
tri-
three
TERM 82
fl.
DEFINITION 82
fluid
TERM 83
fl. oz.
DEFINITION 83
fluid ounce
TERM 84
g, gm
DEFINITION 84
gram
TERM 85
gtt
DEFINITION 85
drop
NPO
nothing by mouth
TERM 92
NS
DEFINITION 92
normal saline
TERM 93
OD
DEFINITION 93
Right eye
TERM 94
OS
DEFINITION 94
Left eye
TERM 95
OU
DEFINITION 95
both eyes
pc
after meals
TERM 97
o.o.
DEFINITION 97
by mouth
TERM 98
pr
DEFINITION 98
per rectum
TERM 99
per os
DEFINITION 99
by mouth (PO)
TERM 100
p.r.n.
DEFINITION 100
as needed