Abbreviations
Patient experiences angina, diaphoresis, and dyspnea.
What is MI- myocardial infarction?
Root word/combinig form meaning kidney
What is nephr; nephr/o?
Medical term meaning enlargement of the liver.
What is hepatomegaly?
Directional term meaning closest to the point of attachment. Ex the elbow is closer than than the wrist.
What is proximal?
The abdominal quadrant where is appendix is located?
What is the Right Lower Quadrant (RLQ)?
The patient's history & physical documents NKDA.
Suffix that means inflammation.
What is -itis?
Medical term meaning joint pain and stiffness.
What is arthritis?
What is lateral?
The body plane that divides the body into EQUAL left and right portions.
What is the midsagittal plane?
A patient has been admited to the hospital and is not allowed to eat or drink, his chart is documented as.
What is "NPO?"
Suffix that means tumor.
What is -oma?
Medical term meaning disease of the heart muscle.
What is cardiomyopathy?
The position that a woman is in while giving birth in a bed.
What is lithotomy position?
The body quadrant where the liver is located.
What is the Right Upper Quadrant (RUQ)?
The abbreviation for "complains of" how it shows documented in the patient chart
What is c/o?
Prefix meaning without.
What is "a-"?
Medical term meaning high blood pressure.
What is hypertension?
The position that a patient should be in while the abdomen is being examined.
What is supine position?
The body system in which the spleen belongs.
What is the lymphatic system?
A patient complains of dyspnea and a productive cough, the diagnosis documented in the chart is abbreviated as
What is "URI"?
The suffix meaning surgical removal
What is -ectomy?
A patient has a diagnosis of a blockage of the coronary arteries behind his heart.
What is a posterior Myocardial Infarction (MI)?
The directional term describing pain in BOTH knees.
Lithotripsy treats patients with stone conditions of which organs?
What are the kidneys?