MED OCCS Terms & VS

Aden/o

Gland

Carcin/o

Cancer

Cardi/o

Heart

chem/o

chemical

Cis

on the side of

Dermat/o

skin

enter/o

Intestine

Gastr/o

stomach

gynec/o

female

hemat/o

blood

hydr/o

water

immun/o

immune

laryng/o

larynx

nephr/o

kidney

neur/o

brain

opthalm/o

eye

ot/o

ear

path/o

disease

pulmon/o

lungs

Rhin/o

nose

A-, An

without

Anti

against

Auto-

Self

Auto-

Self

Dys-

Bad, Difficult,painful

Ex-

out, without,away from

Hyper-

Exesessive

Neo-

New

pan-

All

Peri-

Around

Post-

After

Supra-

above

Tetra-

Four

-Ac

Pretaining to

-graphy

Process of recording

-Scopy

Process of examining

-Otomy

Incision in to the body, cut

-plasty

Surgery

-centesis

Surgery for removal

-Meter

measuring instrument

-ostomy

formation of an opening

-Ectomy

To remove

Pyr/o

Fire

Therm/o

Heat

Adipo/o

Fat

Brady-

Slow

Tachy-

Fast

Hypo

defiecent

-Apnea

lungs

-itis

inflammation

-tension

Pressure

-Ia,-Ism,-Ic,-Ac

condition of

°

degree

#

Number/pound

‘

feet

“

inch

B/P

blood pressure

ht,HT

heightt

h/o

history of

Rx

Prescription

Cx

Cervix

b.i.d

twice a day

t.i.d

three times a day

VSS

vital signs stable

Pt

paitent

q2h

every 2 hours

abd

abdomen

wt,WT

weight

VS

vital signs

kg

kilogram

lbs

pounds

BPM

Beat per minute

HR

human resources

WNL

within normal limits

WNL

Within normal limits

c/o

complaints of

pmHX

past medical history

Fx

fracture

Tx

treatment

s/s

signs + symptom

GTT

glucose Tolerance test

q.i.d

four times a day

SOB

shortness of breath

N/V/D

nause vomit diarrhea

MI

myocardial infraction

What’s the normal range for human temperature

97-99

Normal range pulse

60-100

Normal BP

120/80

Respiration range

12-20