MedTech Terminology

Medical Terminologies

• standard language in the workplace

• mostly derived from Greek and Latin words

Root Word

• main part of a word

• basic meaning of the term

• usually describes a body part

Combining vowel

• i, e, o

Prefixes

• found at the beginning of the word

• describe location and density

Suffixes

• placed at the end

• indicates the procedure, condition, and disease

Abbrevations

• shorten notes

• standard accepted

b.i.d

“bis in die”

-2x a day

C&S

• culture and sensitivity

CBC

complete blood count

cc

• cubic centimetre

ECG / EKG

• electrocardiogram

FBS

fasting blood glucose

gtt

• “guttae”

• drops

H&H

• Hemoglobin and hematocrit

HTN

• Hypertension

IM

Intramuscular

IU

intrauterine

IV

Intravenous

MRI

• Magnetic resonance Imaging

Npo

• “Nil per os”

• nothing by mouth

q.d

• “queqae die”

• once a day

q.i.d

• “ter in die”

• quarter in die ( 4x a day)

• 3x a day

STAT

• statum

• immediatey

UA

Urinalysis

plt

• platelet

RBC

• red blood cell

WBC

• white blood cell

Hct

• Hematocrit

Ag

Antigen

Ab

• antibody

Hgb or Hb

• Hemoglobin

ALT

• Alanine Amino Transferase

AST

• Aspartate Amino Transferase

Ig

• Immunoglobulin

TC

• Total Cholesterol

HDL

• High density Lipoprotein

LDL

• low density Lipoprotein

Trig or Tg

• Triglyceride

APTT

• Activated partial thromboplastin time

PT

• Prothrombin time

ESR

• Erythrocytes Sedimentation rate

BUA

• Blood uric acid

BUN

• Blood urea nitrogen

CK

• Creatine kinase

T4

• Total thyroxine

FT4

• free total thyroxine

T3

• Triiodothyronine