Jo, Hyowon, 3rd period - unit 3

Bx

biopsy

CA

cancer

cm

centimeter

Hx

history

I&D

incision and damage

LLE

left lower extremity

LUE

left upper extremity

NKA

no known drug allergies

NS

non-smoker

OTC

over-the-counter

PCP

primary care physician

PRN

as needed

pt

patient

RLE

right lower extremity

RUE

right upper extremity

SLE

systemic lupus erythematosus

sq/subcu/subq

subcutaneous

y/o

years old

a-,an-

not, without

auto-

self

e-, ex-

out, away, from

epi-

on, over, upon

hyper-

above, high

hypo-

below, low, deficient

in-

in, into

inter-

between

intra-

within, into

para-

near, beside

per-

through

sub-

under, below

integument/o

covering

jaund/o

yellow

kerat/o

horny tissue, hard, or cornea of the eye

leuk/o

white

lip/o

fat or lipid

melan/o

black

myc/o

fungus

necr/o

death

onych/o

fingernail, toenail

papill/o

nipple-like

pil/o

hair

prurit/o

itching

psor/o

itching

py/o

pus

rhytid/o

wrinkle

scler/o

hardening

seb/o

sebum

squam/o

scale or scale-like

steat/o

fat, sebum

therm/o

hot, heat

trich/o

hair

ungu/o

nail

xanth/o

yellow

xen/o

foreign

xer/o

dry

aden/o

gland

adip/o

fat

albin/o

white

aut/o

self, same

bi/o

life

blephar/o

eyelid

carcin/o

cancer

caus/o

burn, burning heat

cauter/o

heat

chem/o

chemical, drug

chrom/o

color

cis/o

to cut

cry/o

cold

crypt/o

hidden

cutane/o

skin

cyan/o

blue

cyt/o

cell

derm/a

skin

dermat/o

skin

diaphor/o

profuse sweating

ecchym/o

blood in the tissue

erythem/o

redness

erythemat/o

redness

erythr/o

red

heter/o

different, other

hidr/o

sweat

hist/o

tissue

hom/o

same, alike

ichthy/o

dry

immun/o

immune

-al, -ary, -ic, -ous, -tic

pertaining to

-cyte

cell

-derma

skin

-dermis

skin

-ectomy

surgical removal

-ema

condition

-esis

action, condition

-esthesia

feeling

-genesis

formation

-iasis

abnormal condition

-ion

process, state

-ism

process, condition

-itis

inflammation

-logy

study of

-oma

mass, tumor