Sadnick, Kaya - 6th 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

systematic lupus erythematosus

sq or subcu or subq

subcutaneous

y/o

years old

a- or an-

not, without

auto-

self

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

aden/o

gland

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

jaund/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 follicle

prurit/o

itching

py/o

pus

rhytid/o

wrinkle

scler/o

hardening

seb/o

sebum (oil, grease, 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

-esthesia

feeling, sensation

-genesis

formation

-iasis

abnormal condition

-ion

process, state, condition

-ism

process, condition

-itis

inflammation

-logy

study of

-oma

mass, tumor

-opsy

view of, viewing