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Medical Terminology (suffixes, prefixes, and Abbrevs)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ation | process (of) |
| -blast | embryonic cell |
| -cyte | cell |
| -edema | swelling |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -gen | forming, producing, origin |
| -genesis | forming, producing, origin |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | decrease, deficiency |
| -phage | swallowing, eating |
| -phagia | swallowing, eating |
| -phil | attraction for |
| -philia | attraction for |
| -phobia | fear |
| -phoresis | carrying, transmission |
| -globin | protein |
| -graft | transplantation |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ine | pertaining to |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | separation, desctruction, loosening |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumour |
| -osis | abnormal condition, increase |
| -phylaxis | protection |
| -plasia | formation, growth |
| -plasm | formation, growth |
| -poiesis | formation, production |
| -rrhagia | bursting forth (of) |
| -stasis | standing still |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -toxic | pertaining to poison |
| a-, an- | without, not |
| allo- | other, differing from the normal |
| ana- | against, up, back |
| aniso- | unequal, dissimilar |
| auto- | self, own |
| hypo- | under, below, deficient |
| im- | not |
| iso- | same equal |
| macro- | large |
| micro- | small |
| mono- | one |
| poly- | many, much |
| A, B, AB, O | Blood types in ABO blood group |
| AB, Ab, ab | antibody, abortion |
| AIDS | acquired immune deficiency syndrome |
| ALL | acute lymphocytic leukemia |
| AML | acute myelogenous leukemia |
| APC | antigen-presenting cell |
| APTT | activated partial thromboplastin time |
| baso | basophil |
| BMT | bone marrow transplant |
| CBC | complete blood count |
| CLL | chronic lymphocytic leukemia |
| CML | chronic myelogenous leukemia |
| DIC | disseminated intravascular coagulation |
| diff | differential count (white blood cells) |
| DVT | deep vein thrombosis; deep venous thrombosis |
| EBV | Epstein-Barr virus |
| eos | eosinophil |
| ESR | erythrocyte sedimentation rate |
| GVHD | graft-versus-host disease |
| GVHR | graft-versus-host reaction |
| Hb, Hgb | hemoglobin |
| HDN | hemolytic disease of the newborn |
| HIV | human immunodeficiency virus |
| lgs | immunoglobulins |
| lymphos | lymphocytes |
| MNL | mononuclear leukocytes |
| NK cell | natural killer cell |
| PA | pernicious anemia |
| PCP | Pneumocystis pneumonia; primary care physician |
| PMN | polymorphonuclear |
| PMNL, poly | polymorphonuclear leukocyte |
| PT | prothrombin time, physical therapy |
| PTT | partial thromboplastin time |
| RA | right atrium, rheumatoid arthritis |
| RBC, rbc | red blood cell |
| segs | segmented neutrophils |
| SLE | systemic lupus erythematosus |
| WBC, wbc | white blood cell |
| PCV | packed cell volume |
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