fbla healthcare administration - medical terminology

acous

hearing

aden

gland

adip

fat

adrena

adrenal

aer

air

albumin

protein

andr

male

angi

vessel

aort

aorta

arthr

joint

blephar

eyelid

bronch

bronchus

card

heart

carp

wrist

cereb

brain

chondr

cartilage

col

colon

cyst, vesic

bladder

cyt

cell

dactyl

finger or toe

derma

skin

enter

intestine

esophag

esophagus

gastr

stomach

glyc

sugar

gynec

woman

hemat, hemo

blood

hepat

liver

hist

tissue

hyster

uterus

lapar

abdomen

laryng

larynx

nasal

nose

nephr

kidney n

neur

nerve

oste

bone

pector

chest

pulmon, pneum

lung

ren

kidney

ped, pod

foot

CC

chief complaint

CPAP

continuous positive airway pressure

CVA

stroke

DNR

do not resuscitate

FX

fracture

HTN

hypertension

ICD

implantable cardioverter-defibrillator

JT

joint

M/H

medical history

NSR

normal sinus rhythm (of the heart)

PD

progressive disease

RA

rheumatoid arthritis

auto-

self

auxo-

growth

brachy-

short

brady-

slow

carcin-

cancer

cardio-

heart

clast

break

anterior

front of the body

prosterior

back of body