Cumulative IPC to Week 3

PR

Per Rectum

PRN

As Needed

PV

Per Vagina

Q

Every

Q_H

Every _ hours

QID

Four Times a Day

QOD

Every Other Day

QS

Sufficient Quantity

QS AD

Sufficient Quantity to Make

Rx

Prescription

s or w/o

Without

SC, SQ, subc, subq

Subcutaneous

SL

Sublingual

ss

One-half

STAT

Immediately

Supp, sup

Suppository

TID

Three Times a Day

TIW

Three Times Per Week

TOP

Topically

U

Units

UD

as directed

Ung

Ointment

WA

While Awake

Wk

week

cathar/o-, cathart/o-

Cleansing, purging

-cele

Pertaining to a tumor or swelling, or hernia

-centesis

Procedure in which a body cavity is punctued often to drain fluid or collect a sample

cephal/o-

Head

cerebr/o-

Cerebrum

cervico-

Pertaining to the neck or cervix (neck of uterus)

cheil/o-

Lip

chir-

Hand

chlor, verdin-

Green

chole-

Pertaining to bile

cholecyst/o-

Gallbladder

chondr/o-

Pertaining to cartilage

-cidal, -cide

Pertaining to killing

cili-

Cilia, ciliary, eyelashes

circum, peri-

Around

cirrh, glav, lute, xanth-

Yellow

clas-, -clasis, -clast

Break, smash

-cle, cule, culun, culuc, et, ium, ole, olum, olus

Small

co, com, con, sym, syn-

Together, with

colon/o-

Colon (large intestines)

colp/o-

Vagina

conjunctiv/o-

Conjunctiva (mucous membrane that lines inner surface of eyelids)

contra-

Against or opposed

corpor/o-

Body

cost/o-

Pertaining to a rib

a/an-

Without, out

abdomin-

Abdomen

acr/o-

An extremity (of the body)

ad-

to, toward, near

alge-, alges-

Pain

adip/o-

Fat

adren/o-, adrenal/o-

Adrenal gland

aerlo-, aero-

Air, gas

alb-, album-, leuko-

White

-algia, -dynia

Pain (2nd pain in deck, also alge/alges-)

allo-

Not normal

ambi-, amphi-, ampho-

Both

Ambulo-

Walk about

an/o-

Anus

andr-

Male

aneurysm/o-

Localized abnormal dilation of a vessel

angio-, vas(o)-

Vessel

ankyl-

Attached, crooked, or fixed

ante-, fore-, pre-, pro-

Before, forward

anter/o-

In front of, before

anti-, contra-, counter-

Against, opposite

aphth/o-

Ulcer

-arche

beginning

arteri/o-

Artery

arthr/o-, articul/o-

Joint

asphyxia-

Lack of oxygen or excess carbon dioxide

asthen/o-, -asthen/o

weak, weakness

ather/o-

plaque (fatty substance)

atri/o-

atrium (upper heart chamber)

audi/o-

Hearing

aur/o-, auricul/o-

ear

auscult/o-

to listen

auto-

Self

axill/o-

Armpit

bacteri/o-

Bacteria

balan/o-

Glans penis

bi-, bin-, di-, diplo-, dis-

Two, twice

blephar/o-

Pertaining to an eyelid

brachy-, brevi-

Short

brady-

Slow

bronch/i-, bronch/o

Bronchus (airway)

bucc/o-

Cheek

bursa-

Pouch or sac

caco-

Bad, ill

calc-

Stone; also heel

calori-

Heat

carcin/o-

Cancer

cardio-

Heart

carpus, carp/o-

Wrist, pertaining to wrist bones (carpals)

cata-

Down

AC

Before meals