Phlebotomy Common Medical Word Roots
Terms
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- AER
- AIR
- ANGI
- VESSEL
- ARTERI
- ARTERY
- ARTHR
- JOINT
- BILI
- BILE
- BRONCH
- BRONCHUS
- CARDI
- HEART
- DERM
- SKIN
- FIBRIN
- FIBER
- HEM
- BLOOD
- HEMAT
- BLOOD
- HEPAT
- LIVER
- LIP
- FAT
- NEPHR
- KIDNEY
- PATH
- DISEASE
- PHLEB
- VEIN
- PULMON
- LUNG
- REN
- KIDNEY
- SCLER
- HARD
- THROMB
- CLOT
- VAS
- VESSEL
- VEN
- VEIN
- ANISO-
- UNEQUAL
- CYAN
- BLUE
- DYS
- DIFFICULT
- ENDO
- WITHIN, IN
- ERYTHR
- RED
- EXTRA
- OUTSIDE
- HETERO
- DIFFERENT
- HOMO
- SAME
- TRI-
- THREE
- -AC, -AL
- PERTAINING TO
- -ALGIA
- PAIN
- -ar, -ary
- pertaining to
- -centesis
- surgical puncture to remove a fluid
- -emia
- blood condition
- -gram
- recording, writing
- -rhage
- bursting forth
- -lysis
- breakdown, separation
- -oma
- tumor
- -osis
- condition
- -oxia
- oxygen level
- -penia
- deficiency
- -pnea
- breathing
- -spasm
- twitch, involuntary muscle movement
- -stasis
- stopping, controlling, standing
- -tomy
- cutting, incision
- ABGs
- arterial blood gases
- ABO
- blood group system
- ALL
- acute lymphocytic leukemia
- ALT
- alanine transaminase (liver)
- AML
- acute myelocytic leukemia
- AST
- aspartate aminotransferase (liver)
- ASO
- antistreptolysin O
- BUN
- blood urea nitrogen
- Ca
- calcium
- CBC
- complete blood count
- cc
- cubic centimeter
- CK
- creatine kinase
- CML
- chronic myelogenous leukemia
- CNS
- central nervous system
- CO2
- Carbon Dioxide
- crit
- hematocrit
- CSF
- cerebrospinal fluid
- CVA
- cerebrovascular accident (stroke)
- DIC
- disseminated intravascular coagulation
- diff
- differential count of white blood cells
- Dx
- diagnosis
- EBV
- Epstein Barr Virus
- ECG
- electrocardiogram
- EKG
- electrocardiogram
- Eos
- eosinophils
- ESR
- erythrocyte sedimentation rate (sed rate)
- FBS
- fasting blood sugar
- Fe
- iron
- FSH
- folicle stimulating hormone
- FUO
- fever of unknown origin
- gluc
- glucose
- Gm, gm, g
- gram
- GTT
- glucose tolerance test
- h
- hour
- Hb, Hgb
- hemoglobin
- HbsAg
- hepatitis B surface antigen
- HBV
- hepatitis B virus
- HCG
- human chorionic gonadotropin
- Hct
- hematocrit
- HDL
- high density lipoprotein
- h.s.
- at bedtime (hora somni)
- IM
- intramuscular
- IVP
- intravenous pyelogram
- K+
- potassium
- LD/LDH
- lactic dehydrogenase
- LDL
- low density lipoprotein
- lymphs
- lymphocytes
- lytes
- electrolytes
- MI
- myocardial infarction
- mL
- milliliter
- mono
- monocyte
- Na
- sodium
- NPO
- nothing by mouth (nulla per os)
- O&P
- ova and parasite
- pH
- hydrogen ion concentration (measure of acidity)
- PKU
- phenylketonuria
- PP
- after a meal (postprandial)
- PRN, prn
- as necessary
- PT
- prothrombin time
- PTT
- partial thromboplastin
- QNS
- QUANTITY NOT SUFFICIENT
- RA
- RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
- RBC
- RED BLOOD CELL/COUNT
- R/O
- RULE OUT
- RPR
- RAPID PLASMA REAGIN
- Rx
- PRESCRIPTION
- s ===
- without
- Sed Rate
- erythrocyte sedimentation rate
- segs
- segmented white blood cells
- SGOT, SGPT
- LIVER
- Staph
- sTAstaphylococcus
- Strep
- streptococcus
- T3, T4
- Thyroid test
- T & C
- type and crossmatch
- TIBC
- total iron binding capacity
- Trig
- triglycerides
- TSH
- thyroid stimulating hormone
- UA, ua
- urinalysis
- URI
- upper respiratory infection
- UTI
- urinary tract infection
- VDRL
- venereal disease research laboratory
- WBC, wbc
- white blood cell
- wd
- wound