Rajaure, Apar- 7th period- Unit 3

Bx:

biopsy

CA:

cancer

cm:

centimeter

Hx:

history

I&D:

incision and drainage

LLE:

left lower extremity

LUE:

left upper extremity

NKA:

no known allergies

NS:

nonsmoker

OTC:

over-the-counter

PCP:

primary care physician

PRN or p.r.n:

as needed

Pt or pt:

patient

RLE:

right lower extremity

RUE:

right upper extremity

SLE:

systemic lupus erythematosus

sq/subcu/subq:

subcutaneous

y/o:

years old

a- or an-:

not, without

auto-:

self

e-, ex-:

out, away from

epi-:

on, over, upon

hyper-:

above, high, excessive

hypo-

below, low, deficient

in-:

in, into, not

intra-:

within, into

inter-:

between

para-:

near, beside, alongside, beyond, abnormal

per-:

through

sub-:

under, below, beneath

adip/o

fat, fatty, tissue

albin/o

white

aut/o

self, same

bi/o

life

blephar/o

eyelid

carcin/o

cancer

caus/o

burn, burning, heat

cauter/o

heat, burn

chem/o

chemical, drug

chrom/o

color

cis/o

to cut

cry/o

cold or freezing

crypt/o

hidden

cutane/o

skin

cyan/o

blue

cyt/o

cell

derm/a

skin

derm/o

skin

dermat/o

skin

diaphor/o

profuse sweating

ecchym/o

blood in the tissues

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, scaly

immun/o

immune, protection

integument/o

covering

juand/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, hair folicle

prurit/o

itching

psor/o

itching

py/o

pus

rhytid/o

wrinkle

scler/o

hardening

seb/o

sebum (oil, grease, and fat)

squam/o

scale or scale like

steat/o

fat, sebum

therm/o

hot, heat

trich/o

hair

ungu/o

nail

xanth/o

yellow, yellowish

xen/o

foreign or strange

xer/o

dry or dryness

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

pertaining to

-cyte:

cell

-derma:

skin

-dermis:

skin

-ectomy:

surgical removal, excision

-ema:

condition

-esis:

action, condition, state of

-esthia:

feeling, sensation

-genesis:

formation

-iasis:

abnormal condition

-ion

process, state, condition

-ism

process, condition-

-itis

inflammation

-logy

study of

-oma

mass, tumor