Terminology 1
AMA
What is against medical advice
PPE
What is personal protective equipment
OTC
What is over the counter
Endo-
What is within
QID
What is four times a day
Hyper
What is above/excessive
Hypo
What is below
Brady-
What is slow
IM
What is intramuscular
Cyan(o)
What is blue
What is bad
AC
What is before meals
Cyt/o
What is cell
SQ
What is subcutaneous
Lapar(o)
What is abdomen
Derm/o
What is skin
-Megaly
What is enlargement
TID
-Scopy
What is process to examine
PC
What is after meals
-Pnea
What is breathing
Phagia
What is swallowing
Inter-
What is between
a-, an-
What is without
Intra-
What is within