Medical Terminology and Abbreviation

WITHOUT, NOT

AWAY FROM

TOWARD, NEAR

AGAINST

DOUBLE

SLOW

ONE-HUNDREDTH

AROUND

AGAINST, OPPOSITE

CELL

DOWN

TEN

ONE-TENTH

TWO

ABNORMAL, DIFFICULT, BAD

RED

OUT, OUT OF, FROM

ONE HUNDRED

HALF, ONE SIDE

OVER, EXCESSIVE

UNDER, DECREASED

NOT

ONE THOUSAND

LARGE

BAD, ABNORMAL

VERY SMALL

ONE-THOUSANDTH

NO, NOT

AFTER, BEHIND

MANY

AFTER, BEHIND

BEFORE, IN FRONT OF

AGAIN

HALF

BENEATH

ABOVE, OVER

FAST, RAPID

ARTERY

JOINT

HEARING

BRONCHUS, BRONCHI

HEART

HEAD

BRAIN

GALL BLADDER

COLON, LARGE INTESTINE, BOWEL

SKULL

BLUE

CELL

SKIN

UNBORN CHILD, FETUS

STOMACH

SUGAR

WOMAN

BLOOD

RUPTURE

UTERUS

ABDOMEN, FLANK

STONE

BREAST

MENSTRUATION

MUSCLE

SLEEP, NUMBNESS, STUPOR

KIDNEY

NERVOUS SYSTEM

EYE

BONE

DISEASE

FOOD, CHILD

VEIN

LUNG, AIR

RECTUM

MIND

LUNG

RECTUM

KIDNEY

INFECTION

HEAT

CHEST

CLOT

POISON

URINE

URETHRA

UTERUS

SPINE, VERTEBRAE

PERTAINING TO

PAIN

KILL

CUT

REMOVAL

BLOOD

SENSATION

PRINTED RECORD

DEVICE FOR RECORDING

INFLAMMATION

HAVING THE CHARACTERISTSICS OF OR CONDITION OF

THE STUDY OR SCIENCE OF

MEASURING INSTRUMENT

TUMOR

DISEASE

SPEAKING

EXAGGERATED FEAR

PARALYSIS

EXCESSIVE FLOW

SURGICAL REPAIR

EXAMINATIONG USING A SCOPE

CREATION OF AN OPENING

SURGICAL CUTTING

AT

BEFORE

ASSIST ACTIVE RANGE OF MOTION

ABDOMEN

BEFORE A MEAL

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING

AS DESIRED

ADMISSION, ADMITTED

AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME

ABOVE THE KNEE AMPUTATION

MORNING

AMBULATE, AMBULATORY

AMOUNT

APPROXIMATELY

ACTIVE RANGE OF MOTION

AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

AS TOLERATED

AXILLARY

TWICE A DAY

BELOW THE KNEE AMPUTATION

BOWEL MOVEMENT

BLOOD PRESSURE

BASIC LIFE SUPPORT

BED REST

BATHROOM PRIVILEDGES

BESIDE COMMODE

CENTIGRADE, CELSIUS

WITH

CANCER, CALCIUM

CATHETER

COMPLETE BED REST

CUBIC CENTIMETERS

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE

CLEAR LIQUIDS

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE

CENTIMETER

COMPLAINTS OF

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT

DISCONTINUE

DISCHARGE

DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE

DIABETES MELLITUS

DEAD ON ARRIVAL

DIRECTOR OF NURSING

DO NO RESUSCITATE

DEAD ON ARRIVAL

DATE OF BIRTH

DINING ROOM

DRESSING

DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS

DIAGNOSIS

EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, EMERGENCY ROOM

ELECTROCARDIAGRAM

EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT

EMERGENCY ROOM

END STAGE RENAL DISEASE

FAHRENHEIT

FASTING BLOOD SUGAR

FORCE FLUIDS

FLUID

FOOT, FEET

FRACTURE

DROP, DROPS

HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTION

HEPATITIS A VIRUS

HEPATITIS B VIRUS

HEPATITIS C VIRUS

HOME HEALTH AIDE

HARD OF HEARING

HOUR

WATER

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS

HEAD OF BED

HARD OF HEARING, HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD

HOUR OF SLEEP (BEDTIME)

HEIGHT

HYPERTENSION

HISTORY

INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING

INSULIN DEPENDENT DM

INTAKE AND OUTPUT

INCH

INTRAVENOUS

kilogram

liter

POUND

LIQUID

LEFT LOWER EXTREMITIES

LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE

LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY

LICENSED VOCATIONAL NURSE

LEFT UPPER EXTREMITIES

MEDICATIONS

MILLIGRAM

MYOCARDIAL INFRACTION

MILLILITER

millimeter

MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

NURSE AIDE, NURSE ASSISTANT

NASO-GASTRIC TUBE

NON-INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS (DM)

NO KNOWN ALLERGIES

NUMBER

NIGHT

NOTHING BY MOUTH

NAUSEA AND VOMITING

ORAL

OXYGEN

OCCUPIED BED

ORANGE JUICE

OUT OF BED

OTHER POTENTIALLY INFECTIOUS MATERIAL

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

OVER-THE-COUNTER

OUNCE

AFTER

BY, THROUGH

AFTER MEALS

AFTERNOON, EVENING

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

BY MOUTH

AS NEEDED

PASSIVE RANGE OF MOTION

PHYSICAL THERAPY

EVERY

EVERY DAY

EVERY HOUR

EVERY NIGHT AT BEDTIME

FOUR TIMES A DAY

EVERY OTHER DAY

EVERY 2 HOURS, EVERY 3 HOURS, ETC

RECTAL

RED BLOOD CELLS

REHABILITATION

RESPIRATION

RIGHT LOWER EXTREMITY

REGISTERED NURSE

RULE OUT

RANGE OF MOTION

RIGHT UPPER EXTREMITY

SPEECH LANGUAGE THERAPY

SHORTNESS OF BREATH

WITHOUT

SPECIMEN

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS

SOAP SUDS ENEMA

TUBERCULOSIS

TABLESPPON

SYMPTOMS

SPEECH THERAPY

IMMEDIATELY

TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK

THREE TIMES A DAY

TEMPERATURE, PULSE, RESPIRATION

TENDER LOVING CARE

teaspoon

TREATMENT

TYMPANIC

URINALYSIS

UNOCCUPIED BED

URINARY TRACT INFECTION

VITAL SIGNS

WHILE AWAKE

WHEELCHAIR

WHITE BLOOD CELLS

WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS

WEIGHT