Dosage symbols + medication administration terms/abbreviations + military time + Labs Weeks 1–3.

Abduction

Move away from midline

Abraded

Scraped skin

Adduction

Move toward midline

Afebrile

Without fever

Alopecia

Baldness

Ambulatory

Walking

Amenorrhea

Absence of menstruation

Anorexia

Loss of appetite

Anuria

Absence of urine

Aphagia

Inability to swallow

Apnea

Temporary cessation of breathing

Auscultation

Exam by listening to

Bradycardia

Slowness of heartbeat

Calculi

Stones in urine

Cerumen

Ear wax

Chemotherapy

Drug treatment that has a toxic effect on disease-causing microorganisms

Cheyne-Stokes respiration

Increasing dyspnea with period of apnea

Claudication

A severe pain in calf which subsides with rest

Comatose

Complete unconsciousness

Contracture

Immobility of tissue or joint due to fibrosis

Coryza

Watery drainage from nose

Cyanotic

Blue in color

Decubitus

Bedsore

Defecation

Bowel movement

Diplopia

Double vision

Distal

Farthest from center or point

Diuresis

Large amount of urine output

Dysphasia

Difficulty in speaking

Dyspnea

Difficulty breathing

Dysuria

Painful urination

Ecchymosis

Hemorrhagic areas (bruises)

Emaciated

Thin, underweight

Emesis

Vomiting; the product is vomitus

Emetic

Agent given to produce emesis

Enuresis

Bedwetting

Epistaxis

Nosebleed

Eructation

Belching

Erythema

Redness of skin

Excoriation

Raw surface on skin

Exophthalmos

Abnormal protrusion of eyeball

Expectoration

Expulsion of phlegm or mucous from throat or lungs

Fetid

Foul in odor

Flatulence

Distention caused by gas

Flatus

Gas in digestive tract

Fowler's position

Head elevated, knees may or may not be flexed

Furuncle

Boil

Hallucination

Sensory stimulation without external stimuli

Hematemesis

Blood in vomitus

Hemiparesis

Incomplete paralysis (weakness) affecting one side of the body

Hemiplegia

Paralysis of one side of body

Hemoptysis

Expectoration of blood

Hyperopia

Farsightedness

Hyperpnea

Rapid breathing

Hypertonic

Having greater osmotic pressure than blood

Hypoxia

Deficient oxygen in tissues

Iatrogenic

Secondary condition arises from treatment or primary condition

Incontinent

No control over urination and/or feces

Inspection

Exam by observation

Isotonic

Having same osmotic pressure as that of blood

Jaundiced

Yellow in color

Kyphosis

Hump back

Lacerated

Torn skin

Lochia

Drainage from vagina (after delivery)

Lordosis

Sway back

abd.

Abdomen

a.c.

Before meals

ad. lib

As desired

b.i.d.

Twice a day

B.M.R.

Basal metabolic rate

BP

Blood pressure

CBC

Complete blood count

DNR

Do not resuscitate

EEG

Electroencephalograph

EKG/ECG

Electrocardiogram

elix.

Elixir

GI

Gastrointestinal

g.

Gram

gr.

Grain

gtt.

Drop

GU

Genitourinary

h.

Hour

Hgb.

Hemoglobin

Hct.

Hematocrit

IM

Intramuscular

IV

Intravenous

kg.

Kilogram

LLQ

Left lower quadrant

mL

Milliliter

mcg.

Microgram

mg.

Milligram

NKA/NKDA

No known (drug) allergies

NPO

Nothing by mouth (nil per os)

OB

Obstetrics

OOB

Out of bed

oz.

Ounce

P.

Pulse

p.c.

After meals

Ca

Calcium

C

Carbon

Cl

Chlorine