word roots
albin/o
white
auto-
self
-esis
action; condition; state of
BP
blood pressure
CV
cardiovascular
jaund/o
yellow
in-
in; into; not
-ion
process; state; condition
Hx
history
-therapy
treatment
hidr/o
sweat
per-
through
-opsy
view of; viewing
OTC
over the counter
steat/o
fat; sebum
necr/o
death
e-, ex-
out; away from
-phagia
eating; swallowing
incision and drainage
squam/o
scale
xen/o
foreign; unlike species
para-
near; beside; alongside; beyond; abnormal
-tome
instrument used to cut thin sections
HEENT
head, eyes, ears, nose, throat
L5-S1
spinal disks located between the fifth lumbar vertebra and first sacral vertebra