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PMTP1: Lesson 4
Medical Terminologies and Abbreviatons
Question | Answer |
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What are the languages medical terms are mostly derived from? | Greek and Latin words |
ROOT WORD for "colon" | colo |
ROOT WORD for "vein" | phlebo |
ROOT WORD for "blood" | hemat |
ROOT WORD for "air" | aero |
PREFIX/es used for "without, absence" | a-/an- |
PREFIX/es used for "meaning increased/above" | hyper- |
PREFIX/es used for "many" | poly- |
PREFIX/es used for "before" | pre- |
it is found at the beginning of the term and it shows meaning is assigned to the word | prefix |
it is found at the terminal portion or at the ed of the term | suffix |
it is the main part of the medical term that denotes the meaning of the word | root word |
SUFFIX/es used for "enlargement of something" | -megaly |
SUFFIX/es used for "urine" | -uria |
SUFFIX/es used for "blood" | -emia |
SUFFIX/es used for "making an opening or something relating to the mouth" | -ostomy |
study of blood | hematology |
the process of cutting into the vein using a needle | phlebotomy |
which vowel do we use to combine a suffix that starts with a CONSONANT? | O |
plural of bacterium | bacteria |
singular of nuclei | nucleus |
plural of thrombus | thrombi |
singular of bacilli | bacillus |
plural of ovum | ova |
singular of spermatozoon | spermatozoa |
ROOT WORD for "heart" | cardio |
ROOT WORD for "muscle" | myo |
ROOT WORD for "artery" | arterio |
ROOT WORD for "cell" | cyto |
ROOT WORD for "joint" | arthro |
ROOT WORD for "liver" | heap/hepato |
ROOT WORD for "pus" | pyo |
ROOT WORD for "skull" | cranio |
ROOT WORD for "clot" | thrombo |
ROOT WORD for "fever" | pyro |
ROOT WORD for "kidney" | nephro |
ROOT WORD for "bone" | osteo |
what is a pus made out of? | dead white blood cells |
PREFIX/es of "same" | iso- |
PREFIX/es of "small" | micro- |
PREFIX/es of "large" | macro- |
PREFIX/es of "inside/within" | intra- |
PREFIX/es of "false" | pseudo- |
PREFIX/es of "one" | mono- |
PREFIX/es of "billionth" | nano- |
PREFIX/es of "increased" | hypo- |
PREFIX/es of "without oxygen" | anaero- |
PREFIX/es of "same, like" | homo- |
PREFIX/es of "cold" | cryo- |
PREFIX/es of "new" | neo- |
SUFFIX/es of the "inflammation of" | -itis |
SUFFIX/es of "young" | -blast |
SUFFIX/es of "killing of" | -cidal |
SUFFIX/es of "formation" | -poiesis |
SUFFIX/es of "measure" | -meter |
SUFFIX/es of "surgical removal" | -ectomy |
SUFFIX/es of "blood condition" | -emia |
SUFFIX/es of "disease" | -pathy |
SUFFIX/es of "deficiency" | -penia |
SUFFIX/es of "tumour, growth" | -oma |
SUFFIX/es of "cutting instrument" | -tome |
DOH | Department of Health |
CHED | Commission on Higher Education |
VDRL | Venereal Disease Research Laboratories |
AIDS | Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome |
AIDs | Autoimmune disorders/disease |
AMI | Acute Myocardial Infarction |
BUN | Blood Urea Nitrogen |
2PPBS | 2 Hours Postprandial Blood Sugar |
AFS | Acid Fast Stain |
STAT | Short Turn Around Time |
PCQACL | Philippine Council for Quality Assurance in the Clinical Laboratory |
FBS | Fasting Blood Sugar |
IV | Intravenous |
HIV | Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
IU | International Unit |
NICU | Neonatal Intensive Care Unit |
ICU | Intensive Care Unit |
K | Potassium |
Na | Sodium |
NPO | Nothing per Orem |
BAP | Blood Agar Plate |