Level 1 Nursing Medical Terminology
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s - ANS - Without
\--
ss - ANS - Half
\-algia - ANS - Pain
\-ectomoy - ANS - Excision
\-ectomy - ANS - Excision
\-emia - ANS - Blood
\-itis - ANS - Inflammation
\-megaly - ANS - Enlargement of a body part
\-plegia - ANS - Paralysis
\-tomy - ANS - Cutting
\-uria; uro - ANS - Urine
\—
c - ANS - With
\a- an - ANS - Without, not
\Ac - ANS - Before meals
\Ad lib - ANS - Freely as desired
\ADL's - ANS - Activities of daily living
\Adventitious Sounds - ANS - Abnormal lung sounds heard with auscultation
\Aerobic - ANS - Pertaining to the presence of air or oxygen
\Afebrile - ANS - Without fever
\Alopecia - ANS - Partial or complete loss of hair; baldness
\Anaerobic - ANS - Pertaining to absence of air or oxygen
\antero- - ANS - Anterior, front
\Anthropometry - ANS - Measurement of various body parts to determine nutritional
caloric status, muscular development, brain growth, and other parameters.
\Antipyretics - ANS - Substance or procedure that reduces fever
\Aphasia - ANS - Abnormal neurological condition in which language function is
defective or absent; related to injury to speech center in cerebral cortex, causing
receptive or expressive aphasia.
\arthro- - ANS - Joint
\ASAP - ANS - As soon as possible
\Atherosclerosis - ANS - Hardening of the arteries
\Auscultation - ANS - Method of physical examination; listening to sounds produced by
the body, usually with a stethoscope
, \BID - ANS - Twice daily
\BM - ANS - Bowel movement
\brachy- - ANS - Short
\brady- - ANS - Slow
\Bradycardia - ANS - Slower than normal heart rate; heart contracts fewer than 60 times
per minute
\Bruit - ANS - Abnormal sound or murmur heard while auscultating an organ, gland, or
artery
\c/o - ANS - Complains of
\Carcino- - ANS - Cancer
\Cardio- - ANS - Heart
\CBC - ANS - Complete blood count
\CBG - ANS - Capillary blood glucose
\chole- - ANS - Bile, gall
\Cholecystitis - ANS - Inflammation of the gall bladder
\Cirrhosis - ANS - Scarring of the liver
\Conjunctivitis - ANS - Highly contagious eye infection
\Cyano- - ANS - Blue
\Cyanosis - ANS - Bluish discolorization of the skin and mucous membranes
\Cytolysis - ANS - Death of a cell caused by excess water. The cell burst
\Dementia - ANS - A generalized impairment of intellectual functioning that interferes
with social functioning
\Dermis - ANS - Sensitive vascular layer of the skin directly below the epidermis
\Diaphoresis - ANS - Secretion of sweat, especially profuse secretion associated with
an elevated body temperature, physical exertion, or emotional stress
\Distention - ANS - The state of being distended, enlarged, swollen from internal
pressure
\DNR - ANS - Do not resuscitate
\Dorso- - ANS - Back
\Dx - ANS - Diagnoses
\Dys- - ANS - Difficult, painful
\Dysphagia - ANS - Difficulty in swallowing. Commonly associated with obstructive or
motor disorders of the esophagus
\Dysrhythmia - ANS - Deviation from the normal pattern of heart beat
\Edema - ANS - Abnormal accumulation of fluid in interstitial spaces of tissues
\Edentulous - ANS - Without teeth
\Epidermis - ANS - Outer layer of the skin that has several thin layers of skin in different
stages of maturation; shields and protects the underlying tissues from water loss and
protects against disease causing microorganisms
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s - ANS - Without
\--
ss - ANS - Half
\-algia - ANS - Pain
\-ectomoy - ANS - Excision
\-ectomy - ANS - Excision
\-emia - ANS - Blood
\-itis - ANS - Inflammation
\-megaly - ANS - Enlargement of a body part
\-plegia - ANS - Paralysis
\-tomy - ANS - Cutting
\-uria; uro - ANS - Urine
\—
c - ANS - With
\a- an - ANS - Without, not
\Ac - ANS - Before meals
\Ad lib - ANS - Freely as desired
\ADL's - ANS - Activities of daily living
\Adventitious Sounds - ANS - Abnormal lung sounds heard with auscultation
\Aerobic - ANS - Pertaining to the presence of air or oxygen
\Afebrile - ANS - Without fever
\Alopecia - ANS - Partial or complete loss of hair; baldness
\Anaerobic - ANS - Pertaining to absence of air or oxygen
\antero- - ANS - Anterior, front
\Anthropometry - ANS - Measurement of various body parts to determine nutritional
caloric status, muscular development, brain growth, and other parameters.
\Antipyretics - ANS - Substance or procedure that reduces fever
\Aphasia - ANS - Abnormal neurological condition in which language function is
defective or absent; related to injury to speech center in cerebral cortex, causing
receptive or expressive aphasia.
\arthro- - ANS - Joint
\ASAP - ANS - As soon as possible
\Atherosclerosis - ANS - Hardening of the arteries
\Auscultation - ANS - Method of physical examination; listening to sounds produced by
the body, usually with a stethoscope
, \BID - ANS - Twice daily
\BM - ANS - Bowel movement
\brachy- - ANS - Short
\brady- - ANS - Slow
\Bradycardia - ANS - Slower than normal heart rate; heart contracts fewer than 60 times
per minute
\Bruit - ANS - Abnormal sound or murmur heard while auscultating an organ, gland, or
artery
\c/o - ANS - Complains of
\Carcino- - ANS - Cancer
\Cardio- - ANS - Heart
\CBC - ANS - Complete blood count
\CBG - ANS - Capillary blood glucose
\chole- - ANS - Bile, gall
\Cholecystitis - ANS - Inflammation of the gall bladder
\Cirrhosis - ANS - Scarring of the liver
\Conjunctivitis - ANS - Highly contagious eye infection
\Cyano- - ANS - Blue
\Cyanosis - ANS - Bluish discolorization of the skin and mucous membranes
\Cytolysis - ANS - Death of a cell caused by excess water. The cell burst
\Dementia - ANS - A generalized impairment of intellectual functioning that interferes
with social functioning
\Dermis - ANS - Sensitive vascular layer of the skin directly below the epidermis
\Diaphoresis - ANS - Secretion of sweat, especially profuse secretion associated with
an elevated body temperature, physical exertion, or emotional stress
\Distention - ANS - The state of being distended, enlarged, swollen from internal
pressure
\DNR - ANS - Do not resuscitate
\Dorso- - ANS - Back
\Dx - ANS - Diagnoses
\Dys- - ANS - Difficult, painful
\Dysphagia - ANS - Difficulty in swallowing. Commonly associated with obstructive or
motor disorders of the esophagus
\Dysrhythmia - ANS - Deviation from the normal pattern of heart beat
\Edema - ANS - Abnormal accumulation of fluid in interstitial spaces of tissues
\Edentulous - ANS - Without teeth
\Epidermis - ANS - Outer layer of the skin that has several thin layers of skin in different
stages of maturation; shields and protects the underlying tissues from water loss and
protects against disease causing microorganisms
