Medical Terminology
How much do you know?
24 Hour Clock
Write out the times
 10:40 pm
 6:35 am
 4:49 pm
 12:50 pm
 11:05 am
If you have a basketball
game at 17:00 you
would have to
a.
Arrive really early at
school
b.
Stay after school for 2
hours
c.
Come back to school
after 7:00 pm
Identify the suffixes, prefixes, root
words, and combining factors
Rhinoplasty (R)
Bradypnea (R)
Dermatitis (S/I)
Pericardial (C)
Pericarditis (C)
Hypoglycemia
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Tachycardia ( C)
Polyneurtitis (S/I)
Neoplasm
Hypothermia
Cardiomyopathy (C)
Esophageal (D)
Dermatology (S/I)
Here are a few more: Define
them if you can
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Dysuria (U)
Polyuria (U)
Glossitis (D)
Cyanotic
Oophorectomy (FR)
Colostomy (D)
Bronchoscope ( R)
Bacteriogenic
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Nephritis (U)
Bronchitis (R)
Hepatomegaly (D)
Encephalopathy
(CNS)
Erthrocytopenia
Dysphasia
See what you know
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Use the medical terminology hand out to
complete the following questions.
Write out the orders
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Take TPR including ap tid and ac
Pt may have pain medication po PRN and at
hs.
The pt has been c/o of SOB and an inability to
perform ADLs.
Please get a ECG stat and do a CBC and
RBC and WBC.
Keep pt on CBR with BRP and start O2 and
lets hope we don’t have to do CPR or he may
be DOA when he gets to the lab.
Procedures, treatments and
medications are order using the
following abbreviations
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bid: twice a day*
tid: three times a day*
qid: four times a day*
qh: every hour
qd: once a day
qhs: at bedtime
qod: every other day
*equal distance apart while awake
On a set time schedule
q2h: every two hours
q3h: every three hours
q4h: every four hours
q6h: every 6 hours
q8h: every 8 hours
q12: every 12 hours
So what is the difference
between:
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bid & q12
tid & q8h
qid & q6h
qh & q1h
qd & q24h
Figure out when to schedule the
following meds, treatments and
procedures
Pt wakes up at 8:00am and goes to bed at
22:00
Heart meds tid * make sure it is pc
TPR& BP q6h
Antibiotics q8h * make sure they are ac
ROM bid
Pain med TID and PRN
Solution
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Heart Meds tid 10:00 and 18:00 and 0200
(after meals)
Temp, Pulse, BP and Resp: q6h 8:00 14:00
20:00 02:00
Antibiotics q8h 08:00 and 16:00 and 24:00
(before meals)
ROM bid 10:00 and 18:00
Pain meds TID 0900 and 1600 and 22:00 and
more if needed
Getting good at this? Okay try
this one
Write out the abbreviations:
 I & O for Mrs. Jones,
 her IV is running at 150 cc per hr.
 She is NPO for the OR
 she will be in post op for 12 hours.
 She will need a pre op FBS and a SSE
which the RPN can do.
Here is the rest of it
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Don’t forget her prep for the OR includes
her ht & wt
She is amb till md after which she is on
CBR.
Let the RN know she has been c/o of
RLQ pain qh and she has not had a BM.
She can have a pain meds PRN
Provide the abbreviations
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Give Mr. Smith two aspirin tablets every four
hours and cough medicine when necessary
Take blood pressure at once
May sit in a chair with support twice a day
Mr. Black is to have nothing by mouth
however he may have water with his bedtime
medications
Mrs. Brown is to have eye drops in her right
eye twice a day and in her left eye every 4
hours
List the times *use 24 hour
clock wakeup 08:00 hs 22:00
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q3h
q4h
bid
tid
qid
q8h
Complete the following chart
Prefix Root Suffix Meaning
hypothermia
hypertension
pericarditis
cardiomegaly
esophageal
Answer the questions
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2.
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4.
Inflammation of the back of the throat is
Pharyngitis
Pharyngectomy
Pharynogcele
Pharyngodynia
Cutting into the chest cavity is
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2.
3.
4.
Thoresis
Thorectomy
Thoracotomy
thoraplasia
Bad, painful or difficult
breathing is
1.
2.
3.
4.
Apnea
Hyperpnea
Pleuropnea
dyspnea
Blood in the urine is
1.
2.
3.
4.
Hematosis
Hematemesis
Hematuria
hematitis
Inflammation of the liver is
1.
2.
3.
4.
Hepatosis
Hepatitis
Hepatiasis
hepatocele
A new opening in the colon is a
1.
2.
3.
4.
Colostomy
Colectomy
Colorrhpahy
Colemia
Removal of the stomach is
1.
2.
3.
4.
Gastrotome
Gastritis
Gastrectomy
gastrial
Pain in the head is
1.
2.
3.
4.
Cephalgia
Cephalosis
Cephalitis
cephalectomy
A disease of the muscle is
1.
2.
3.
4.
Myalgia
Mycosis
Myorrhea
myopathy