1. Abdomin/o abdomen

2. Arteri/o artery

3. Arthr/o joint

4. Arther/o Yellowish, fatty plaque; fatty substance

5. Bronch/o Bronchial tubes (lungs)

6. Card, cardi/o heart

7. Chem/o Chemical, drug

8. Cerebr/o Cerebrum (brain)

9. Col/o bowel

10. Cyan/o Bluish colour

11. Cyst/o Urinary bladder

12. Enter/o intestines

13. Gastr/o stomach

14. Glyc/o sugar

15. Hem/o, hema, hemat/o blood

16. Hepat/o liver

17. Mast/o breast

18. Nephr/o kidney

19. Neur/o nerve

20. Oste/o bone

21. Phleb/o vein

22. Pneumon/o lung, air

23. Rect/o rectum

24. Therm/o heat

25. Thromb/o Blood clot

26. Trache/o Trachea (windpipe)

27. Ur/o Urine, urinary, tract, voiding

28. Urethr/o Urethra (tube near kidney)

29. Urin/o urine

30. Vascul/o Blood vessel

31. -algia pain

32. -ectomy Surgical removal

33. -emesis vomiting

34. -emia Blood condition

35. -itis inflammation

36. -meter Measuring instrument

37. -osis Abnormal condition

38. -pnea breathing

39. -rrhage, -rrhagia Excessive flow

40. -stomy, ostomy New opening

41. -tomy Cutting, incision

42. -uria Urine, urination

43. A-, an- without

44. Ab- Away from

45. Ad- toward

46. Dys- Painful, difficult

47. Hyper- Over, above, excessive

48. Hypo- Under, below normal

49. Micro- Small

50. Post- after

51. Pre- before

52. Trans- across

53. abd abdomen

54. ac Before meals

55. ADL Activities of daily living

56. Ad lib As desired

57. bid Twice a day

58. BP Blood pressure

59. ¯c with

60. Ca cancer

61. cc Cubic centimeter (a measure of volume like mL)

62. c/o Complains of

63. h or hr hour

64. I & O Intake & output

65. meds medications

66. mL millilitres

67. N/A Not applicable

68. NPO Nothing by mouth

69. OOB Out of bed

70. OT Occupational therapy

71. pc After meals

72. po By mouth

73. prn As required

74. PROM Passive range of motion

75. PT Physical therapy

76. ¯s without

77. qd Every day

78. qod Every other day

79. qs Sufficient quantity

80. ROM Range of motion

81. IV intravenous

82. Tbsp tablespoon

83. TPR Temperature, pulse, respirations

84. tsp teaspoon

85. w/c Wheelchair

86. wt weight