MED TERMS CH. 3

S

subjective

O

objective, performed

A

assessment

P

plan

pt

patient

CC

chief complaint

y.o.

year old

c/o

complaints of

WDWN

well developed and well nourished

CP

chest pain

WNL

within normal limits

Hx

history

s/p

status post

Sx

symptoms

R/O

rule out

D/C

discharge, discontinue

SOB

shortness of breath

RRR

regular rate and rythm

T

temperature

UE

upper extremity

LE

lower extremity

R

respiration

P

pulse

ETOH

alcohol

NKDA

No known drug allergies

RTC

return to clinic

RTO

return to office

IATR/O, -IATRY

medicine, physician

MEDIC/O

medicine, medical treatment

THERAP/O, THERAPEUT/O, -THERAPY

treatment

PHARMAC/O, PHARMACEUTIC/O

drugs, medicine

DIET/O

food

CHIRURGIC/O

surgery

LOG/O, -LOGY

the study of

NOM/O, -NOMY

law, custom

PHYSI/O

nature, growth, function

PHYSIC/O

physical, natural

TECHN/O

art, skill

ERG/O, -ERGASIA

work, function

SAN/O, SANIT/O, HYGIEN/O, HYGIEI/O

health

ANTHROP/O, HOM/O, HOMIN/O

human

IDI/O

individual, distinct

DEM/O

people

ETHN/O

race, culture

GEN/O

race, kind, hereditary, gene

ANDR/O, VIRIL/O

male, masculine

GYN/O, GYNEC/O, FEMIN/O

female, feminine

PED/O, PUERIL/O

child

GER/O, GERONT/O, PRESBY/O, SEN/O, SENIL/O

elderly, old age

GNOS/O, -GNOSIA, -GNOSIS

a knowing, knowledge

ETI/O, AETI/O

cause

ESTHESI/O, -ESTHESIA

sensation, feeling

MORB/O, NOS/O

disease

PATH/O, -PATHY, -PATH

disease, feeling, suffering

MORT/O, THANAT/O, -THANASIA

death

NECR/O

dead body, dead

FEBR/O, PYR/O, PYRET/O

fever

HEM/O, HEMAT/O

blood

-EMIA, -HEMIA

condition of blood

POLY-, MULTI-

many

CAL/O

heat

RUBR/O

red, redness

ERYTHER/O

red, redness (red blood cells)

TUM/O, ONC/O, -ONCUS

swelling, tumor, abnormal mass

EDEMAT/O, -EDEMA

swelling

THROPH/O, -THROPHY

nourishment, growth

TABET/O

wasting

CEL/O, KEL/O, -CELE

hernia, protrusion

CYTO, CELL/O, CELLUL/O

cell

CANCER/O, CARCIN/O

cancer, crab

CANCR/O

spreading ulcer

MAL/O, KAK/O, CAC/O

bad faulty

MALIGN/O

cancerous, becoming worse

PHLOG/O

inflammation

DOLOR/O, NOC/O, NOXI/O, ALG/O, ODYN/O

pain

-ALGIA, -ODYNIA

painful condition

-ALGESIA

sense of pain

ACU/O

needle, needlelike

ACUT/O

sharp, pointed

OXY/O

sharp, quick, acid, oxygen

-OXIA

oxygen condition

CHRON/O

time (prolonged)

PUR/O, PURUL/O, PY/O

pus

RHE/O

flow

-RRHEA

discharge of a fluid

-RHEXIS

a rupture

-RRHAGIA, -RRHAGE

rupture with profuse discharge of a fluid

RHAGAD/O

tear, fissure, cleft

-PENIA

decrease, deficiency

LYS/O, -LYSIS

breakdown, dissolving

MALAC/O, -MALACIA

soft, abnormal softening

-PTOSIS

downward displacement, prolapse

-ECTASIS, -ECTASIA

dilation, expansion

-SCHIZ/O, -SCHISIS

a splitting, a cleft

STAS/O, STAT/O, -STASIS

a standing, stoppage, cause to stand

-STAT

a device for stopping, ceasing something

POIET/O, -POIESIS

to make, produce

PLAST/O

formed, molded

-PLAST

forming cell or organelle

-PLASIA

condition of formation, growth