CCMA - Medical Terminology

-uria

urine

-emia

blood

-pnea

breathing

acute

sudden/now/urgent

chronic

ongoing

angina

chest pain

alopecia

hairloss

ot-

ear

-itis

inflammation

-media

middle

-externa

outer/external

-interna

inner

tympan-

ear drum

arterial blood gas

ABG (measures how effectively the lungs oxygenate the blood and remove CO2)

cyt/o

cell

para-

nearby

hist-

tissues

osteoporosis

loss of bone density

myel

bone marrow

-malacia

softening

Arthr-

joint

against medical advice

AMA

aspirin

ASA

Q6H

every 6 hours (Q=every & H=hours)

Stat

immediately

QD

everyday

colo-

colon

-stomy

create an opening

fistula

abnormal connection between 2 body parts

-ectomy

surgical removal

cardia

heart condition

brady

slow

tachy

fast

-cise

cut/remove

-lysis

separate

-metry

measure

-plasty

surgical repair

abdomen

abd

edema

swelling (excess fluid trapped in body tissue)

hematoma

bruising (caused by a trauma that causes blood vessels to bleed into surrounding tissue)

cyanosis

bluish discoloration (due to a lack of oxygen in the blood

petechiae

pinpoint rash (caused by bleeding of capillaries under skin)

Fasting blood sugar

FBS

benign prostatic hyperplasia

BPH (common condition in older man where the prostate glands are enlarged)

mast-

breast

append-

appendix

thyroid-

thyroid gland

chole-

bile/gall

-cyst

bladder

hemoglobin

Hgb

heart failure

HF

hematocrit

Hct

crani-

skull

cephal-

head

encephal-

brain

cerebr-

cerebrum

hidrosis

sweat

-tension

pressure

hyper-

high

hypo-

below

-glyc

sugar

human papillomavirus

HPV

human immunodeficiency virus

HIV

hypertension

HTN

Leuko-

white

-penia

deficiency

-cytosis

increase in cell quantity

thrombo-

clot

congestive heart failure

CHF

diagnosis

Dx

-emesis

vomiting

epi-

above

-staxis

dripping

-ptysis

spitting

blood urea nitrogen

BUN

Alzheimers

progressive neurological disorder that causes memory loss and severe cognitive decline

phleb-

vein

arter-

artery

-globin

protein

Diabetes mellitus

DM

distal

far away from point of attachment

proximal

closer to the point of attachment

medial

towards the midline

lateral

away from the midline

basic metabolic panel

BMP

urinalysis

UA

-ole

small

-phagia

eating/swallowing

anti-

against

pro-

for

sym-

with

trans-

through/across

heartburn

GERD

-sclerosis

hardening

-ism

condition

-iasis

presence of

-ion

process of

-plasia

formation of

before meals

ac

after meals

pc