rad 104 hospital practice and care of patients 2 terminology p2 - 2016
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Hospital Practice &
Care of Patient
RAD 104Part 2
List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_medical_roots,_suffixes_and_prefixes
• galact(o)- / galactose / lacto
What is the Meaning ?
What is the connection ?
• galact(o)- / galactose / lacto
What is the Meaning ?
Common Medical Root Words
• cephal/o – head
• crani/o - skull
• psych/o -mind
• Cerebr/o Brain
• Enter/o - intestines
Gastr/o - stomach
• col/o - colon
cyst/o – sac containing fluid
urinary bladder
• splen/o – spleen
• nephr/o, ren/o – kidney
• Hem/o – bloodHemat/o
• Hepat/o - liver
• My/o – muscle
• Neur/o – nerve
• Oste/o - bone
• Arthr/o - Joint
• pneum/o
• pulmon/o, - Lung
• thorac/o - chest
cost/o – ribs
• derm/o, dermat/o, cutane – skin
• Or/o - mouth
Glosso/linguo, - tongue
• ot/o – ear
rhin/o – nose
Colors
• cyan/o blue• erythr/o red• leuk/o white•melan/o black• xanth/o yellow
Common Medical Suffixes • -ac, -al, -ic pertaining to• -algia pain• -ectomy surgical removal• -itis inflammation • -malacia softening• -megaly enlargement • -ology the study of• -ologist specialist
Common Medical Suffixes
• -oid -like, resembling• -osis - abnormal condition• -otomy - cut into• -pathy - disease• -scope - instrument to visually
examine• -oma -tumor
Common Medical Prefixes • a - absence of; without • ab- away from • ad- toward, in the direction of • ante- before• anti- against• auto - self• dys- difficult, painful• dors- back • endo- within• epi- above, upon
Common Medical Prefixes (cont.)• hemi- half• hyper- over, above, increased • hypo- below, under, decreased • inter- between, among • intra- within, inside • macro- large• mal – bad• micro - small• peri - surrounding, around • poly- many
Common Medical Prefixes
• post - after• sub- under, less, below • super- above, excessive,
beyond • tachy - fast
Common Medical Abbreviations
• c – with• s – without• a – before• p – after• po – by mouth• prn – as needed• NPO – nothing by mouth
Common medical Abreviations
• ASAP – as soon as possible• ABG’s - arterial blood gases• ac – before meals• amb – ambulate or to walk• BP – blood pressure• BS – blood sugar• CBC – complete blood count• CXR – chest x-ray
Common Medical Abbreviations• DNR – do not resuscitate• EKG – electrocardiogram• ER - emergency room• GI – gastrointestinal• ICU – intensive care unit• PACU – post-anesthesia care
unit• PT - physical therapy
• VS – vital signs• wnl - within normal
limits
Common Medical Abbreviations
• IV – intravenous (within a vein)
• Rx – prescription• Tx – treatment• y/o – year old• SOB – shortness of breath• W/C – wheel chair• Pt - patient• c/o – complaining of / care of
Activity
• Create 5 medical words using the Root words , prefixes and suffixes
• give the word to the other group to find the meanings
exercise
• A 76 y/o__ admitted amb. into the ER. c/o SOB and appears to be cyanotic. Tests ordered: ABG’s, CBC, CXR, and EKG STAT. IV started with 18 gauge butterfly infusing D5W at 20 gtts/min. VS wnl. Pt. to be sent to ICU per w/c ASAP. RX of Lanoxin 25 mg to be given po c meals qd