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Medical Abbreviations and Word Parts
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Medical Abbreviations and Word Parts
Medical Abbreviations and Word Parts
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1
Question
What does y/o stand for in medical notes?
Answer
years old
2
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What does ER stand for?
Answer
Emergency Room
3
Question
What does RLQ denote in anatomy?
Answer
Right Lower Quadrant
4
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What does lateral position mean?
Answer
Lying on their side
5
Question
What does pt. stand for?
Answer
patient
6
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What does supine position describe?
Answer
Lying on the back, face up
7
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What does PE stand for in medical evaluation?
Answer
Physical Examination
8
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What does palpating refer to in physical exams?
Answer
Using hands to feel for abnormalities
9
Question
What does Rt mean in clinical shorthand?
Answer
Right
10
Question
Where is the iliac region located?
Answer
Lower part of the abdomen near the hip bones
11
Question
What does CBC stand for?
Answer
Complete Blood Count
12
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What does UA stand for in diagnostic testing?
Answer
Urinalysis
13
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What does r/o mean in diagnosis?
Answer
rule out
14
Question
What does appendicitis refer to?
Answer
Inflammation of the appendix
15
Question
What does SOB stand for?
Answer
Shortness of Breath
16
Question
What does abdomin/o mean in combining forms?
Answer
abdomen
17
Question
What does physi/o mean?
Answer
function
18
Question
What does poster/o mean?
Answer
back (of body); behind
19
Question
What does proxim/o mean?
Answer
near the point of origin; near; close
20
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What does spin/o mean?
Answer
spine
21
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What does super/o mean?
Answer
above
22
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What does thorac/o mean?
Answer
chest
23
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What does ton/o mean?
Answer
tone; tension
24
Question
What does umbilic/o mean?
Answer
umbilicus (belly button)
25
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What does ventr/o mean?
Answer
belly side of body; ventral aspect
26
Question
What does viscer/o mean?
Answer
internal organs
27
Question
What does the prefix a- mean?
Answer
not; without
28
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What does ana- mean?
Answer
apart
29
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What does endo- mean?
Answer
in; within
30
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What does epi- mean?
Answer
on; over; upon