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Prefix/Suffix/Abbr.
Medical Terminology- Beginner
| Prefix/Suffix/Abbreviation | Definition |
|---|---|
| a | before |
| ac | before meals |
| AMI | Acute Myocardial Infarction |
| bid | twice a day |
| BP | Blood pressure |
| c/o | Complaining of |
| Ca | Cancer / carcinoma |
| CC | Chief complaint |
| COPD | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (emphysema, chronic bronchitis) |
| CXR | Chest X-ray |
| DOB | Date of birth |
| Dx | Diagnosis |
| ECG, EKG | Electrocardiogram |
| Fx | Fracture |
| GI | Gastrointestinal |
| h/o | history of |
| HEENT | head, ears, eyes, nose, throat |
| HTN | Hypertension |
| Hx | History |
| IM | Intramuscular |
| LAC | Laceration |
| LOC | Level of consciousness |
| mcg | microgram |
| NKDA | No Known Drug Allergies |
| npo | nothing by mouth |
| po | by mouth |
| PRN | as needed |
| qid | four times a day |
| SOB | shortness of breath |
| tid | three times a day |
| Tx | Treatment |
| w/o | without |
| WNL | Within Normal Limits |
| bi, di- | twice, double |
| brachy- | short |
| hemi- | half |
| iso- | equal, same |
| mega- | large |
| micro- | small, microscopic |
| mono- | single |
| multi- | many |
| pan-, panto- | all, entire |
| pluri- | several, more |
| poly- | many |
| quadra-, quadri- | four |
| tri- | three |
| uni- | one, single |
| ab-, abs- | away from |
| ad- | toward, to |
| ana- | against, up, backward |
| apo- | derived, separated from |
| cata- | down |
| circum- | around |
| di-, dif-, dir-, dis- | not, separated |
| dia | through |
| ecto- | outside, outward |
| endo- | within |
| epi- | over, above, upon |
| ex- | out of, away from |
| exo- | external, on the outside, outward |
| extra- | without, on the outside |
| infra- | positioned beneath, below, under |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within, in |
| meso- | middle, median |
| para- | near, adjacent, beside |
| per- | through, intensely |
| peri- | around, about, near |
| retro | behind, backward |
| sub- | less than, under, inferior, below or beneath |
| supra- | above, over, excessive |
| trans- | across, through |
| ante- | before |
| post- | after, following |
| pre- | before |
| primi- | first |
| pro- | before, forward |
| a- | without |
| ambi- | both, around |
| an- | without, no, lack |
| anti- | against, opposing |
| brady- | slow |
| co-, col-, com-, con-, cor- | together |
| contra- | against |
| de- | away from, cessation |
| dys- | abnormal, difficult, painful |
| eu- | well, good, normal |
| hyper- | above normal, overly |
| hypo- | below normal |
| mal- | bad, inadequate |
| re- | again, backward |
| semi- | half |
| syl-, sym-, syn-, sys- | together, union, joined |
| tachy- | fast |
| ultra- | beyond, excessive |
| un- | not |
| auto- | self |
| meta- | after, behind, beyond |
| para- | beside, abnormal, involving two parts |
| -algia | pain |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -desis | binding, fusion |
| -dynia | pain |
| -esthesia | sensation |
| -kinesia, -kinesis | movement |
| -phobia | fear |
| -phonia | sound |
| -phoria | feeling, carrying |
| -rrhea | to flow or discharge |
| -penia | deficiency, small, fewer |
| -pathy | abnormal condition, disease process |
| -edema | swelling |
| -ema | condition |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -itis (plural -ites) | inflammation |
| -trophy | nutrition |
| -cele | hernia |
| -cytosis | condition of cells |
| -ectasia, -ectasis | expansion, dilation |
| -iasis | pathological condition or state, presence of |
| -ism | condition, disease |
| -lepsy | seizures |
| -leptic | pertaining to seizures |
| -lithiasis | presence of stones |
| -mania | obsession, madness |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma (plural -omae) | tumor, neoplasm |
| -opia, -opsia | vision |
| -osis (plural -oses) | condition, state, process |
| -paresis | slight paralysis, feelings of numbness & tingling |
| -philia | attraction, affinity for |
| -phrenia | of the mind |
| -phthisis | wasting away |
| -physis | growing |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -plegic | pertaining to paralysis |
| -ptosis | falling down, drooping |
| -rrhagia | excessive bleeding (amount and/or frequency) |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -trophic | pertaining to nutrition |
| -blast | immature, forming |
| -cidal, -cide | destroying, killing |
| -crine | secreting |
| -malacia | softening |
| -para | bearing, giving birth |
| -parous | bearing, producing offspring |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -phage, -phagia | eating, devouring |
| -phasia | speaking |
| -phoresis | carrying |
| -plasia | formation, development, growth |
| -plastic | forming |
| -pnea | breath |
| -poiesis | production, formation |
| -poietic | pertaining to production |
| -poietin | substance that produces |
| -porosis | lessening in density |
| -rrhage | discharging heavily |
| -rrhea | a flowing, a flux |
| -schisis | splitting |
| -somnia | sleep |
| -spasm | contraction |
| -stalsis | contraction |
| -stasis | stopping, constant, static |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| -cyte | cell |
| -derma | skin |
| -emia | blood disorder/condition |
| -emic | relating to blood |
| -uria | urine |
| -globin, -globulin | protein |
| -oxia | oxygen |
| -plakia | plaque |
| -plasm, -plasia | thing formed, growth |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -ectomy | removal of part or all of an organ or body part |
| -lysis | destruction of |
| -lytic | pertaining to destruction |
| -pexy | fixation, usually done surgically |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhaphy | surgical suturing |
| -static, -stasis | maintaining a state |
| -stomy | opening |
| -tome | cutting instrument, segment |
| -tomy | cutting operation, incision |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -crit | separate |
| -gen | producer |
| -genesis | origin |
| -genic | produced by |
| -gram | a recording |
| -graph | recording instrument |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -meter | measuring device |
| -metry | measurement |
| -opsy | view of |
| -pheresis | removal |
| -phil | attraction, affinity for |
| -scope | instrument for visual examination |
| -scopy | use of an instrument for viewing |
| -ad | toward |
| -clast, -clasis | break, fracture |
| -form | in the shape of |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ics | treatment, practice, body of knowledge |
| -logist | one who studies |
| -logy | study, practice |
| -oid | like, resembling |
| -phylaxis | protection, prevention |
| -plegic | pertaining to paralysis |
| -stat | agent to maintain a state of equilibrium |
| -tropia | turning |
| -tropic | turning toward |
| -tropy | attracted to target structures |
| -version | turning |
| *Define Hysterosalpingo-oophorectomy | surgical removal of uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries |
| *What is the Medical Term for: surgical removal of uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries | Hysterosalpingo-oophorectomy |
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