Chapter 5 Part 4

Front 1

spher/o-

Back 1

ball, globe, round

Front 2

sphinct/o-

Back 2

that whoch binds together

Front 3

sphygm/o-

Back 3

pulse

Front 4

sphyxi/o-

Back 4

pulse or lack of pulse

Front 5

spin/o-

Back 5

thorn or thorny

Front 6

spir/o-

Back 6

breathe or breathing

Front 7

splanchn/o-

Back 7

organ

Front 8

spondyl/o-

Back 8

vertebra

Front 9

squam/o-

Back 9

scaly

Front 10

-stalsis

Back 10

to contract

Front 11

staped/o-

Back 11

stirrup

Front 12

-staxia

Back 12

dripping or trickling

Front 13

steat/o-

Back 13

fat

Front 14

sten/o-

Back 14

narrowing

Front 15

stereo-

Back 15

3d or solid

Front 16

-stole

Back 16

contract

Front 17

stomat/o-

Back 17

mouth

Front 18

strabism/o-

Back 18

to squint or squinting

Front 19

strat/i-

Back 19

layer

Front 20

strept/o-

Back 20

twisted or twisted chain

Front 21

stri/a-

Back 21

stripes or threads

Front 22

strict/o-

Back 22

drawing or bidnding

Front 23

sty/e-

Back 23

raised

Front 24

sub-

Back 24

beneath, under, less or lesser

Front 25

sudorifer/o-

Back 25

sweat

Front 26

sulf/o-

Back 26

sulfur

Front 27

supinat/o-

Back 27

to throw backward

Front 28

supra-

Back 28

above or upon

Front 29

sur/a-

Back 29

on calf of leg

Front 30

surg/i-

Back 30

working by hand

Front 31

suture

Back 31

sweing together

Front 32

sym-, syn-

Back 32

together

Front 33

syncope

Back 33

to fainting or fainting

Front 34

sy/stol/o-

Back 34

to draw together or contract

Front 35

tachy-

Back 35

fast or swift

Front 36

tal/o-

Back 36

ankle

Front 37

tars/o-

Back 37

broad flat surface

Front 38

tart/o-

Back 38

dregs, sedimnet or particles

Front 39

tax/o-

Back 39

arrange, to order, to organize, locate

Front 40

-taxia

Back 40

muscle coordination

Front 41

tel/o-

Back 41

end or outward

Front 42

tempor/o-

Back 42

temple

Front 43

tens/o-

Back 43

to stretch or stretches

Front 44

terat/o-

Back 44

monster

Front 45

teres

Back 45

round

Front 46

term

Back 46

end,place at the end, boundary

Front 47

tert/i-

Back 47

third

Front 48

tetan/o-

Back 48

spasm or spasms

Front 49

thanat/o-

Back 49

death

Front 50

thel/o-

Back 50

nipple

Front 51

then/o-

Back 51

palm of hand or sole of foot

Front 52

therap/o-

Back 52

treating or curing

Front 53

thorac/o-

Back 53

chest

Front 54

thromb/o-

Back 54

clot, clump together, curdle

Front 55

thym/o-

Back 55

soul, emotion, flowery smell

Front 56

thyr/o-

Back 56

shield or shield shaped

Front 57

tibia-

Back 57

shinbone

Front 58

-tic

Back 58

capable of, or state of

Front 59

tinea-

Back 59

fungus

Front 60

tinnitus

Back 60

jingling, tinkling, ringing

Front 61

-tion

Back 61

process or of procedure of

Front 62

-tive

Back 62

nature of or quality of

Front 63

toci/o-

Back 63

birth, giving birth, birthing

Front 64

-tom/e-

Back 64

cutting instrument

Front 65

tonsill/o-

Back 65

almond shaped

Front 66

top/o-

Back 66

location

Front 67

torsi-

Back 67

twisted

Front 68

tox/o-

Back 68

poison

Front 69

trache/o-

Back 69

rough

Front 70

tract/o-

Back 70

to draw or pull

Front 71

trans-

Back 71

across or through

Front 72

-tresia

Back 72

perforation or opening

Front 73

triage

Back 73

to sort or classify

Front 74

trich/o-

Back 74

hair

Front 75

-trigo-

Back 75

rubbing

Front 76

trochle/o-

Back 76

pulley or pulley like

Front 77

trop/o-

Back 77

stimulate or to tunr

Front 78

troph/o-

Back 78

development, nourishment or nutrition

Front 79

-tripsy

Back 79

to crush

Front 80

trypan/o-

Back 80

borer, to bore, drill

Front 81

tubercul/o-

Back 81

swelling, nodule, tubercule

Front 82

tum/o-

Back 82

swelling or tumor growth

Front 83

turgor/o-

Back 83

swelling

Front 84

-tussis

Back 84

cough

Front 85

typh/o-

Back 85

stupor

Front 86

ulcer-

Back 86

sore

Front 87

-ule

Back 87

small or lesser

Front 88

unguin/o-

Back 88

nail

Front 89

urticari/o-

Back 89

hives or nettles

Front 90

utero-

Back 90

womb

Front 91

uve/a-

Back 91

grape

Front 92

vag/o-

Back 92

wanderer, the longest cranial nerve

Front 93

vagin/o-

Back 93

sheath

Front 94

valg/u-

Back 94

inward

Front 95

valvul/o-

Back 95

tiny fold or small valve

Front 96

var/u-

Back 96

outward

Front 97

varic/o-

Back 97

twisted

Front 98

varicella

Back 98

tiny spot

Front 99

ventr/o-

Back 99

belly

Front 100

vera-

Back 100

true

Front 101

vermi-

Back 101

worm

Front 102

verraca/e-

Back 102

wart

Front 103

-version

Back 103

turn or to turn

Front 104

vertevr/o-

Back 104

jointed

Front 105

vesic/o-

Back 105

sac or small blister

Front 106

vill/i-

Back 106

shaggy hair

Front 107

vir/o-

Back 107

poison

Front 108

vit/o-

Back 108

alive, life, living

Front 109

vitilig/o-

Back 109

to corruplt

Front 110

volv/o-

Back 110

to twist, twisting, rolling

Front 111

vulv/o-

Back 111

covering

Front 112

whitlow

Back 112

white flow

Front 113

xanth/o-

Back 113

yellow

Front 114

xen/o-

Back 114

strange or foreign

Front 115

xero-

Back 115

dry

Front 116

yaws

Back 116

rasberry appearance

Front 117

zygo-

Back 117

union

Front 118

a & a

Back 118

awake and aware

Front 119

A & O

Back 119

alert and oriented

Front 120

A & W

Back 120

alive and well

Front 121

ad. lib.

Back 121

as desired or at liberty

Front 122

ALL

Back 122

allergy or acute leukocytic leukemia

Front 123

AMA

Back 123

against medical advice

Front 124

ASTOL

Back 124

as tolerated

Front 125

B1

Back 125

thiamine HCL vitamin or first degree (stage 1) burn

Front 126

B2

Back 126

riboflavin vitamin or 2nd degree (stage 2) burn

Front 127

B3

Back 127

3rd degree (stage 3) burn

Front 128

B4

Back 128

4th degree burn

Front 129

B6

Back 129

pyridoxine HCL vitamin

Front 130

B7

Back 130

biotin vitamin

Front 131

B8

Back 131

adenosine phosphate vitamin

Front 132

BaE

Back 132

barium enema

Front 133

BID

Back 133

two time per day

Front 134

BS

Back 134

blood sugar

Front 135

BT

Back 135

body temp, bleeding ime, brain tumor

Front 136

BUN

Back 136

blood urea nitrogen

Front 137

BX

Back 137

biopsy or blue cross

Front 138

CBC

Back 138

complete blood count

Front 139

CC

Back 139

chief complaint or chief component

Front 140

CF

Back 140

cystic fibrosis

Front 141

CHF

Back 141

congestive heart failure

Front 142

CL

Back 142

contact lenses

Front 143

CNA

Back 143

chart not available, certified nurse's aide

Front 144

COPD

Back 144

chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder

Front 145

CO

Back 145

cardiac output ot computer order

Front 146

CP

Back 146

cerebral palsy, chest pain

Front 147

CVA

Back 147

cerebrovascular accident

Front 148

D & D

Back 148

diarrhea and dehydration

Front 149

DAD

Back 149

drug administration device

Front 150

DAT

Back 150

diet as tolerated

Front 151

DD

Back 151

differential diagnosis

Front 152

DNS

Back 152

did not show

Front 153

DPT

Back 153

diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus

Front 154

DX & PX

Back 154

diagnosis and prognosis

Front 155

DZ

Back 155

disease or dozen

Front 156

EKG

Back 156

electrocardiogram

Front 157

EMG

Back 157

electromyography

Front 158

ENT

Back 158

ear, nose, trhoat

Front 159

ESWL

Back 159

extracorporal shock wave lithotripsy

Front 160

FBS

Back 160

fasting blood sugar

Front 161

FOD

Back 161

free of disease

Front 162

Fx

Back 162

fracture or fractional urine

Front 163

GH

Back 163

growth hormone

Front 164

GTT

Back 164

drop, drops, or glucose tolerance test

Front 165

H1

Back 165

herpes simplex type 1

Front 166

H2

Back 166

herpes simplex 2

Front 167

HAV

Back 167

hepatitis A virus

Front 168

HI, HOH

Back 168

hearing imparied or hard of hearing

Front 169

I & O

Back 169

intake and output

Front 170

ID

Back 170

infectious disease, initial dose, intradermal

Front 171

KUB

Back 171

kidney, ureter, bladder

Front 172

LBP

Back 172

low blood pressure

Front 173

N & V

Back 173

nauses and vomiting

Front 174

NPO

Back 174

noting by mouth

Front 175

PE

Back 175

physical exam

Front 176

PRN

Back 176

as needed

Front 177

PROM

Back 177

partial range of motion

Front 178

QD

Back 178

every day or once a day

Front 179

QID

Back 179

four times per day

Front 180

Q

Back 180

every

Front 181

ROS

Back 181

review of systems

Front 182

RR

Back 182

respiration rate or recovery room

Front 183

S.O.S.

Back 183

if necessary

Front 184

sig.

Back 184

let it be written, label, instruction

Front 185

SOB

Back 185

shortness of breath

Front 186

Sx

Back 186

symptoms, sign, surgery

Front 187

TBC

Back 187

tuberculosis, total blood (cell) count

Front 188

TENS

Back 188

transcutaneous electric nerver stimulation

Front 189

TIA

Back 189

transient ischemic attack

Front 190

TKO

Back 190

to keep open

Front 191

TPR

Back 191

temperature, pulse, respiration

Front 192

UE

Back 192

epper extremity

Front 193

ung

Back 193

ointment

Front 194

URI

Back 194

upper respiratory infection

Front 195

US

Back 195

ultrasound, unit secretary

Front 196

UTD

Back 196

up to date

Front 197

VO

Back 197

verbal order

Front 198

X & D

Back 198

examination and diagnosis

Front 199

YO

Back 199

years old