Med Term

aden/o

gland

adip/o

fat

albin/o

white

aut/o

self

bi/o

life

blephar/o

eyelid

carcin/o

cancer

caus/o

burn; burning; heat

cauter/o

heat; burn

chrom/o

color

cis/o

to cut

cry/o

cold

crypt/o

hidden

cutane/o

skin

cyan/o

blue

cyt/o

cell

derm/a. dermat/o, derm/o

skin

diaphor/o

profuse sweating

ecchyum/o

blood in the tissues

erythem/o , erythemat/o

redness

erythr/o

red

hidr/o

sweat

hist/o

tissue

ichthy/o

dry; scaly

immun/o

immune; protection

integument/o

covering

jaund/o

yellow

kerat/o

hard, horn-shaped tissue

lip/o

fat

melan/o

black

myc/o

fungus

necr/o

death

onych/o

nail

papill/o

nipple-like

pil/o

hair; hair follicle

prurit/o

itching

psor/o

itching

py/o

pus

rhytid/o

wrinkle

scler/o

hardening

seb/o

sebum (oily secretion from sebaceous glands)

squam/o

scale

steat/o

fat; sebum

therm/o

hot ; heat

trich/o

hair

ungu/o

nail

xanth/o

yellow; yellowish

xen/o

foreign; unlike species

xer/o

dry

a-, an-

not ; without

auto-

self

e-, ex-

out ; away from

epi-

on; over ; upon

hyper-

above; above normal; excessive

hypo-

below; below normal; deficient

in-

in; into; not

intra-

within; into

para-

near; beside; alongside; beyond; abnormal

per-

through

sub-

below; under

-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

tumor; mass

-opsy

view of ; viewing

-ose

full of; pertaining to; sugar

-osis

process; abnormal condition

-phagia

eating; swallowing

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhea

flow; excessive discharge

-therapy

treatment

-tome

instrument used to cut thin sections

BP

blood pressure

Bx, bx

biopsy

CA

cancer

cm

centimeter(s)

CV

cardiovascular

GI

gastrointestinal

HEENT

head, eyes, ears, nose. throat

Hx, hx

history

I&D

incision and drainage

L5-S1

spinal disks located between the fifth lumbar vertebra and the first sacral vertebra

LLE

left lower extremity

LUE

left upper extremity

NKA

no known allergies

NS

nonsmoker

OTC

over the counter

PCP

primary care physician

PRN, p.r.n

as needed (pre re nata)