aden/o
gland
append/o, appendic/o
appendix
arteri/o
artery
arthr/o
joint
bi/o
living thing, life
cardi/o
heart, upper part of stomach
col/o, colon/o
large intestine, colon
crani/o
skull
cyst/o
sac of fluid, bladder
cyt/o
cell
derm/o, dremat/o
skin
duct/o
carry
enter/o
small intestine
gastr/o
stomach
gen/o
giving rise to, creating
gloss/o
tongue
glyc/o
sugar
hem/o, hemat/o
blood
hepat/o
liver
hist/o
tissue
hydr/o
water, fluid
leuk/o
white
lith/o
stone
muc/o
mucus
my/o
muscle
myel/o
bone marrow, spinal cord
neur/o
nerve
norm/o
proper, rule
oste/o
bone
path/o
disease
ped/o
child, infant, foot
pulmon/o
lung
ren/o
kidney
secti/o
cut into
splen/o
spleen
tens/o
pressure
the/o
put
therm/o
heat
thorac/o
chest
thromb/o
clot
ven/o
vein
acr/o
extremity, tip
a/, an/
without, absent
ab/
away from
ac/
toward, near
ad/
toward, near
anti/
against, opposed
brady/
slower than usual
de/
lessened, removed
dia/
through
ec/, ex/
outside, outer
ecto/, exo/
outside, outer
en/, endo/
within
intra/
within
epi/
upon, in addition
hemi/
half
hyper/
increased, above
hypo/
decreased, below
cata/
negative, down
in/
into, not
infra/
inferior to, below
inter/
between
macro/
gross, large
micro/
small, tiny
pan/
all, every
para/
beside, beyond
per/
through
peri/
around, surrounding
post/
after, past
pre/
before
re/
again, back
retro/
behind, back
sub/
under, inferior to
tachy/
faster than usual
/algia (noun)
pain
/centesis (noun)/centeses
withdrawing fluid
/cyte (noun)
cell
/ectomy (noun)
removal
/emia or /hemia (noun)
throughout the blood
/grade (adj)
go
/gram (noun)
picture, record, tracing
/graph (noun)
instrument that creates a picture or recording
/graphy (noun)
process of creating a picture, record, tracing
/ia (noun)
condition
/ism (noun)
situation, process, condition
/ist (noun)
one who does, one who specializes in
/itis (noun)/itic (adj) /itid/es
inflamation
/ium, /um (noun)/ia, /a
structure
/logy (noun)
study of
/megaly (noun)
enlargement
/meter (noun)
distance measure, instrument to measure
/opsy (noun)
look at
/osis, /sis (noun)/oses/otic, /tic (adj)
pathologic condition, relating to a condition
/pathy (noun)
disease process
/scope (noun)
instrument to see through or with
/stasis (noun)/stases
control, hold in
/y (noun)
process of
/ac (adj)
relating to
/al (adj)
relating to
/ar (adj)
relating to
/ary (adj)
relating to
/eal (adj)
relating to
/iac (adj)
relating to
/ic (adj)
relating to
/ior (adj)
relating to
/oid (adj)
like
/ose (adj)
like, relating to (also chemical name for sugar)
/ous (adj)
relating to
/tic (adj)
relating to
abdomin/o
abdomen
acu/o
sudden, sharp
adip/o
fat tissues
angi/o
vessel containing fluid
axill/o
armpit
carcin/o
cancer of gland tissue
cerebr/o
brain
chem/o
chemical, drug
cis/o
cut
cost/o
rib
electr/o
electrical activity
gynec/o
female
iatr/o
treatment
klept/o
steal
laryng/o
voicebox, larynx
mandibul/o
lower jaw
maxill/o
upper jaw
nat/o
birth, born
nect/o
bind
ox/o
oxygen
sarc/o
nongland tissue, flesh
son/o
sound, ultrasound
vit/o
living, alive
auto/
self
bi/
two
con/
with
contra/
opposite, against
meta/
change, beyond
poly/
many
syn/
together with
sym/
together with
trans/
across
ultra/
beyond, higher than
/blast (noun)
undifferentiated, original
/drome (noun)
run
/fusion (noun)
pour, bond
/genesis (noun)
creating
/malacia (noun)
softening
/mania (noun), maniac (adj)
excessive preoccupation or obsession
/oma (noun)/omata
tumor, mass
/partum (noun)
labor, delivery
/penia (noun)
lack of, decrease, poor
/plasty (noun)
restore by surgery
/stoma (noun)/stomata
body opening (to the outside)
/stomy (noun)
surgically created body opening
/therapy (noun)
treatment
/tome (noun)
cutting instrument
/tomy (noun)
cut into or slice
/trophy (noun)
growth, development by size or nourishment
/trophic (adj)
relating to growth, development
bronch/o
airway tubes in lung
cephal/o
head
cervic/o
neck
chrondr/o
cartilage
crin/o
to separate from blood, secrete
cutane/o
skin surface
dactyl/o
digits, fingers, toes
eosin/o
rose colored
erythr/o
red
furc/o
brach, fork
gnos/o
knowledge, understanding
lapar/o
abdomen
lymph/o
watery fluid
morph/o
form, structure
mort/o
death
necr/o
dead
nephr/o
kidney
ophthalm/o
eye
ot/o
ear
phag/o, /phage
eat, swallow, engulf
phob/o
fear
physi/o
nature, natural
plasm/o
plasma, cell substance
pneum/o, pneumon/o
air, gas, lung air sacs
psych/o
mind
radi/o
rays or waves, x-ray, radius, forearm
rect/o
upright, rectum
rhin/o
nose
seps/o, sept/i
infection, bacteria
thyr/o
shield, thyroid
tom/o
cut, slice or a hole
tonsill/o
tinsils
top/o
location
tox/o
poison, damaging
trache/o
windpipe
vertebr/o
back bones
ana/
positive, up
ante/
before
dys/
bad, labored
eu/
normal, even, good
mal/
bad, abnormal
meso/
middle
pro/
before
pseudo/True False
false
semi/
half
supra/, super/
above, superior to
/cele (noun)
sac protruding, hernia
/crine (adj)
secrete
/cyesis (noun)
pregnancy
/dynia (noun)
pain
/lysis (noun), /lytic (adj)
break down or apart, dissolve
/pexy (noun)
affix, attach into place
/phobia (noun)
fear
/phoria (noun)
bear
/physis (noun)/physes
grow
/plasia (noun)
growth, development
/pnea (noun)
breathing
/poiesis (noun)
formation
/ptosis (noun)
drooped, slipped down
/rrhea (noun)
flow
/sclerosis (noun), /sclerotic (adj)
hardening
medium
media
calculus
calculi
lamina
laminae
diagnosis
diagnoses
arthritis
arthritides
criterion
criteria
thorax
thoraces
cervix
cerices
index
indices
calyx
calyces
larynx
larynges
lumen
lumina
sarcoma
sarcomata
synthesis
syntheses
carcinoma
carcinomata
cardium
cardia
cranium
crania
mucus
muci
virus
viri
ganglion
ganglia
reflex
Babinski's, Gordon's, Babkin, Barkman's, Brudzinski's
point
McBurney, Brewer's, Addison's, Pauly's, Mackenzie's
syndrome
Cushing's, Curtius', Charcot's, Cornelia de Lange's, Leriche's
fracture
Pott's, Colles', Monteggia's, Galeazzi's, Jefferson's
cirrhosis
La�nnec('s), Hanot's, Budd's, Charcot's, Todd's
palsy
Bell's, Erb's, Klumpke's, Todd's
respiration
Corrigan's, Cheyne-Stokes, Austin Flint, Kussmaul's
sarcoma
Hodgkin's, Kaposi's, Kupffer cell, Abernethy's, pseudo-Kaposi
disease
Alzheimer's, Hodgkin's, Hodgson's, Hirschsprung's, Legg's
tube
Miller-Abbott, Kelly's, Mueller-Frazier, Ochsner's, Cantor
incision
Roux-en-Y, Pfannenstiel's, Halsted's, Rollet's, McBurney
anemia
Cooley's, Lederer's, Dresbach's, Chvostek's
virus
Epstein-Barr, Brunhilde, West Nile, Powassan, Mengo
AV
arteriovenous
BKA
Below Knee Amputation
BUN
Blood Urea Nitrogen
EEG
Electroencephalogram
HEENT
head, eyes, ears, nose (and) throat
FYI
for your information
HBP
High Blood Preasure
HIV
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
ICU
Intensive Care Unit
IM
intramuscular
LOA
Leave of absence
LRS
Lactated Ringer's Solution
MD
Muscular Dystrophy
MOM
milk of magnesia
MS
Multiple Sclerosis
NBM
Nothing by mouth
NPO
mil per so(Means nothing by mouth)
NSD
no significant disease
PDR
Physician's Desk Reference
PERRLA
(The) pupils (are) equal, round (and) reactive (to) light (and) accommodation
RA
Rheumatoid Arthritis
STD
Sexually Transmitted Disease
VDRL
Venereal Disease Research Laboratory
WBC
White Blood Count
HTN
hypertension
a.c., ante cibum
before meals
ABO
blood type system
ad lib., ad libitum
as desired
aq., aqueous
water-based
blasts
blast cells
BUN
blood urea nitrogen
CBC
complete blood count
cm
centimeter, centimeters
CO2
carbon dioxide
Ca
calcium
D5W
5% dextrose in water(IV fluid)
b.i.d., bis in die
two times a day
DOA
dead on arrival
DOB
date of birth
DTR
deep tendon reflexes
Dx
diagnosis, diagnoses
E. coli
Escherichia coli(bacteria in bowel)
EBV
Epstein-Barr virus
ECG, EKG
electrocardiogram
EEG
electroencephalogram
EM
electron microscope
Fr
French (a kind of catheter or tube)
FUO
fever of unknown origin
GB
gallbladder
gm
gram, grams
gr
grains
H2O
water
ID
intradermal
IM
intramuscular
IU
international unit(s)
IV
intravenous
kg
kilogram, kilograms
L, l
liter, liters
LMD
local medical doctor
lymphs
lymphocytes
mcg
microgram, micrograms
mEq
milliequivalent, milliequivalents
mg%
milligram per cent, milligrams per cent
mg
milligram, milligrams
midnoc
midnight
ml
milliliter, millileters
mmHg
millimeters of mercury
mm
millimeter, millimeters
monos
monocytes
n.p.o., nil per so, NBM
nothing by mouth
NBS
normal bowel sounds
NF
none found, not found
NG
nasogastric
NSD
no serious disease(defect)
O2
oxygen (gas)
O
oxygen (chemical element)
p.o., per os
by mouth
p.r.n., pro re nata
as needed, as required
per cent
for every one hundred
pH
hydrogen ion concentration
polys
polymorphonuclear leukocytes
PTA
prior to admission
q.( ) h., quaque ( ) hora
every ( ) hours
q.a.m., quaque ante meridian
every morning
q.d., quaque die
daily(Always write out, never use abbreviation)
q., quaque
every
q.h.s.
every hour of sleep, every bedtime
q.i.d., quater in die
four times a day
q.n.s.
quantity not sufficient
R/O, RO
rule out
RBC
red blood cells, red blood count
Rx
treatment, prescribe
sed rate
sedimentation rate
segs
segmented neutrophils
sp. gr.
specific gravity
stabs
stab cells
stat, statim
at once
Subcu., SubQ
subcutaneous
Sx
symptoms
TBC, TB
tuberculosis
TPR
temperature, pulse and respiration
tsp
teaspoon
t.i.d., ter in die
three times a day
U/A, UA
urinalysis
U
unit, units(Always write out, never use abbreviation)
wbc, WBCs
white blood count, white blood cells
YO
years old
ZnO2
zinc oxide
ab
abortion
appy
appendectomy, appendicitis
cysto
cystoscopy, cystogram
exam
examination
flat plate
abdomen x-ray
kilos
kilograms
lab
laboratory
meds
medications
nullip
nullipara, woman with no deliveries
path
pathology
polio
poliomyelitis
prep
preparation
primip
primipara, woman with one previous birth
temp
temperature
sibs
siblings, brothers and sisters
subcue
subcutaneous