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"Must-Know" Medical Terminology for CNAs

These can be reviewed as flash cards or match-up review activities. This contains some of the most common and useful word roots, prefixes, suffixes, acronyms, and abbreviations that any CNA should know.

AB
abdomin/oabdomen
adip/o, lip/ofat
cardi/o, coron/oheart
cerebr/o, encepha/obrain
col/ocolon (large intestine)
crani/ocranium (skull)
cyan/oblue
dermat/oskin
neur/onerve
oste/obone
ot/oear
phleb/o, ven/ovein
pneum/olung, air
ren/o, nephr/okidney
scler/ohardening
thorac/ochest
thromb/oclot
vascul/oblood vessel
-alpertaining to (suffix)
-algia, -dyniapain (suffix)
-centesissurgical puncture (suffix)
-cytecell (suffix)
-dipsiathirst (suffix)
-ectomysurgical revmoval (suffix)
-graphyprocess of recording (suffix)
-iacondition (suffix)
-istspecialist (suffix)
-itisinflammation (suffix)
-logystudy of (suffix)
-omatumor (suffix)
-pathydisease (suffix)
-phagiaswallow, eat (suffix)
-phasiaspeech (suffix)
-plegiaparalysis (suffix)
-pneabreathing (suffix)
-scopyvisual examination
-tomyincision, cut into (suffix)
-uriaurine, urination (suffix)
a-, an-, ana-without, not (prefix)
ab-away from (prefix)
bi-two (prefix)
dys-bad, painful, difficult (prefix)
brady-slow (prefix)
hemi-half, partly (prefix)
hyper-excessive (prefix)
hypo-under, below (prefix)
post-after, behind (prefix)
pre-before (prefix)
tachy-rapid, fast (prefix)
a.c. or acbefore meals (acronym)
ADLactivities of daily living (acronym)
AIDSacquired immunodeficiency syndrome (acronym)
AKAabove-the-knee amputation (acronmy)
ammorning (acronym)
ambambulate, ambulatory (abbreviation)
axaxillary (abbreviation)
bidtwice a day (based on the Latin: bis in die) (acronym)
BKAbelow-the-knee amputation (acronym)
Bm or bmbowel movement (acronym)
BP or B/Pblood pressure (acronym)
Ccentigrade, celsius (abbreviation)
CAcancer
cathcatheter, catheterize (abbreviation)
cccubic centimeter (acronym)
cl liqclear liquids (abbreviation)
c/ocomplains of (acronym)
CPRcardiopulmonary resuscitation (acronym)
CVAcerebral vascular accident (stroke) (acronym)
dc or d/cdiscontinue (abbreviation)
DNRdo not resuscitate (acronym)
DOBdate of birth (acronym)
Dx or dxdiagnosis (abbreviation based on latin)
ECGelectrocardiogram (abbreviation)
Ffahrenheit (abbreviation)
FBSfasting blood sugar (acronym)
FFforce fluids (acronym)
Fxfracture (abbreviation)
h (hr)hour (abbreviation)
HIVhuman immunodeficiency virus (acronym)
HBVHepatitis B virus (acronym)
HOBhead of bed (acronym)
HS or hshour of sleep (acronym)
htheight (abbreviation)
IDDMinsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (acronym)
I&OIntake and Output (acronym)
IVintravenous (abbreviation)
Lleft or liter (abbreviation)
MImyocardial infarction (heart attack) (acronym)
mL or mlmilliliter (abbreviation)
NIDDMnon-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (acronym)
nilnone (Latin translation)
noc, noctnight (Latin translation)
NPO, nponothing by mouth (based on Latin: nil per os/oris) (acronym)
N&Vnausea and vomiting (acronym)
O2oxygen (chemical abbreviation)
OOBout of bed (acronym)
ozounce
pcafter meals (based on Latin: post cibum) (acronym)
PM or pmafternoon or evening (based on Latin: post meridian) (acronym)
poby mouth (based on Latin: per os/oris) (acronym)
prnas necessary
ptpatient (abbreviation)
qevery (abbreviation)
qdevery day (acronym)
qhevery hour (acronym)
qidfour times a day (acronym)
ROMrange of motion (acronym)
SOBshortness of breath (acronym)
STAT, statimmediately (abbreviation)
STDsexually transmitted disease (acronym)
tidthree times a day (acronym)
TIAtransient ischemic attack (acronym)
TPNtotal parenteral nutrition (acronym)
TPRtemperature, pulse, respirations (acronym)
txtreatment (abbreviation)
UA or u/aurinalysis (abbreviation)
URIupper respiratory infection (acronym)
UTIurinary tract infection (acronym)
VS or vsvital signs (acronym)
w/cwheelchair (abbreviation)


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