Medical Terminology Weekly list #6

ultra-

excessive

algesi(o)

sensitivity to pain

chem(o)

chemical

cry(o)

cold

esthesi(o)

feeling or sensation

narc(o)

numbness, sleep

pharmac(o), pharmaceut(i)

drugs or medicine

therapeut(o)

treatment

therm(o)

heat

tox(o), toxic(o)

poison

an-

no, not, without

-therapy

treatment

-centesis

surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid

-ectomy

excision (surgical removal or cutting out)

-lysis

process of loosening, freeing, or destroying

-pexy

surgical fixation (fastening in a fixed position)

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhaphy

suture (uniting a wound by stitches)

-stomy

formation of an opening

-tome

an instrument used for cutting

-tomy

incision (cutting into tissue)

-tripsy

surgical crushing

a.c.

before meals (ante cibum)

ad lib.

freely as needed, at pleasure (ad libitum)

aq.

water (aqua)

b.i.d.

twice a day (bis in die)

NPO

nothing by mouth (nil per os)

p.o.

orally (per os)

p.r.n.

as the occasion arises, as needed (pro re nata)

q.

every (quaque)

q.i.d.

four times a day (quater in die)

stat.

immediately (statim)

t.i.d.

three times a day (ter in die)