Key Roots, Suffixes, and Prefixes - Acronyms/Abbreviations
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| bacteri/o | Bacteria
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| -occus (-cocci,pl) | Berry-shaped bacterium
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| pyr/o | Fever
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| pyret/o | Fever
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| pyrex/o | Fever
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| seps/o | Infection
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| staphyl/o | Clusters
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| ur/o | Urinary tract/urine
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| AIDS | Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
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| HIV | Human immunodeficiency virus
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| ICD-9-CM | International Classification of Disease, 9th revision, Clinical Modification
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| MRSA | Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus
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| MSSA | Methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus
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| OI | Opportunistic Infection
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| SA | Staphylococcus Aureus
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| SIRS | Systemic inflammatory response syndrome
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| UTI | Urinary Tract Infection
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| ana | backward
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| cac/o | bad
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| carcin/o | cancer, cancerous
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| chem/o | chemotherapy
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| cyst/o | sac of fluid
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| genesis | formation
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| neo | new
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| oma | mass, tumor
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| plasm | formation, growth
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| sarc/o | flesh, connective tissue
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| therapy | treatment
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| Bx | Biopsy
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| CA | Cancer
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| Chemo | Chemotherapy
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| Mets | Mestastases/metastatic
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| crin/o | secrete
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| dips/o | thirst
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| gluc/o, glyc/o | sugar
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| hormone/o | hormone
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| pancreat/o | pancreas
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| thyr/o, thyroid/o | thyroid
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| toxic/o | poison
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| tropin | act upon
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| in | a substance
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| coagul/o | clotting
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| cyt/o | cell
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| emia | blood condition
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| globulin | protein
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| ranul/o | granules
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| hem/o | blood
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| hemat/o | blood
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| leuk/o | white
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| CBC | complete blood count
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| ESR | erythrocyte sedimentation rate
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| RBC | red blood cell count
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| WBC | white blood count
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| anxi/o | uneasy, anxious, distressed
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| hallucin/o | hallucination
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| hypo | deficient
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| mania | obsessive
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| ment/o | mind
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| para | abnormal
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| phobia | fear
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| psych/o | mind
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| schiz/o | split
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| AD | Alzheimer disease
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| ADD | attention-deficit disorder
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| DT | delirium tremens
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| MDD | major depressive disorder; manic-depressive disorder
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| MR | mental retardation
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| OCD | obsessive - compulsive disorder
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| PTSD | post-traumatic stress disorder
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| SAD | seasonal affective disorder; schizoaffective disorder
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| algia | pain
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| audi/o | hearing
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| blephar/o | eyelid
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| cerebell/o | cerebellum
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| cerebr/o | cerebrum
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| conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva
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| cor/o | pupil
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| corne/o | cornea
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| dur/o | dura mater
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| encephala/o | brain
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| glauc/o | gray
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| kines/o | movement
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| lepsy | seizure
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| meningi/o | meninges
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| neur/o | nerve
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| opia | vision
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| ot/o | ear
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| otia | ear condition
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| paresis | slight paralysis (weakness)
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| phasia | speech
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| plegia | paralysis
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| pont/o | pons
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| thalam/o | thalamus
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| AOM | Acute otits media
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| CSF | Cerebralospinal fluid
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| angi/o | vessel
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| aort/o | aorta
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| arteri/o | arteries
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| arteriol/o | arterioles
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| atri/o | atrium
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| capillar/o | capillary
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| coron/o | heart
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| hem/o | blood
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| hemat/o | blood
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| lymph/o | lymph
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| lymphat/o | lymphatics
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| lymphan/o | lymph vessels
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| phleb/o | vein
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| pleur/o | pleura
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| sphygm/o | pulse
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| splen/o | spleen
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| thromb/o | blood clot
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| valv/o | valve
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| valvul/o | valve
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| ASHD | Arteriosclerotic heart disease
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| AR | Aortic regurgitation
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| AV | Arteriovenous
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| BP | Blood Pressure
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| CAD | Coronary Artery Disease
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| CHF | Congestive Heart Failure
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| HTN | Hypertension
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| MR | Mitral regurgitation
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| PAD | Peripheral arterial disease
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| PDA | Patent ductus arteriosus
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| PR | Pulmonary regurgitation
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| TR | Tricuspid regurgitation
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| alveol/o | alveolus, air sac
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| bronch/o | bronchial tube
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| bronch/i | bronchus
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| bronchiol/o | bronchiole
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| cyan/o | blue
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| laryng/o | larynx, voice box
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| lob/o | lobe of lung
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| nas/o | nose
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| pharyng/o | pharynx, throat
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| pleur/o | pleura
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| pnuem/o | air, lung
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| pulmon/o | lung
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| sinus/o | sinus, cavity
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| trache/o | trachea, windpipe
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| ARDS | Acute respiratory distress syndrome
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| COPD | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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| OSA | Obstructive sleep apnea
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| RDS | Respiratory distress syndrome
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| SOB | Shortness of breath
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| URI | Upper respiratory infection
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| abdomen/o | abdomen
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| an/o | anus
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| appendic/o | appendix
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| bil/i | bile
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| bilirubin/o | bile pigment
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| bucc/o | cheek
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| cec/o | cecum
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| celi/o | abdomen
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| cheil/o | lip
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| chole/o | gall/bile
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| choleangio/o | bile duct
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| cholecyst/o | gallbladder
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| choledoch/o | common bile duct
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| col/o | colon
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| diverticul/o | diverticulum
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| enter/o | small intestine
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| esophag/o | esophagus
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| gastr/o | stomach
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| gloss/o | tongue
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| hepat/o | liver
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| herni/o | hernia
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| ile/o | ileum
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| jejun/o | jejunum
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| lith/o | stone
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| or/o | mouth
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| pancreat/o | pancreas
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| polyp/o | polyp
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| pylor/o | pylorus
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| rect/o | rectum
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| sigmoid | sigmoid colon
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| GERD | Gastroesophageal reflux disease
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| GI | Gastointestinal
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| HJR | Hepatojugular reflux
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