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chapt 5 words

prefixes and suffixes

QuestionAnswer
a- without
auto- self
hetero- different
meta- after
im- in
in- not
bi- two
tri- three
quadri- four
allo- different
pre- before
de- from
end- within
re- backward
dis- apart
poly- many
dys- bad
mal- bad
non- not
inter- between
con- together
ad- toward
circum- around
trans- across
ab- away from
sub- under
-scopy to examine
-scope instrument for viewing
-ist specialist
-pathy disease
-blast embryo
-genesis creation
-lysis detruction
-ectomy surgical excision
-penia deficient
-oma tumor
-malacia abnormal softness
-itis inflammation
-ac pertaining to
-eal pertaining to
-graphy process of
-plasty surgical repair
-osis condition
-plasia formation
-centesis to puncture
-desis bind together
-or a doer
-fication remove
-genic creation
-ment resulting state
-iatry treatment
-iatrist practitioner
MD DOCTOR OF MEDICINE
DO DOCTOR OF OSTEOPATHY
BMD BONE MINERAL DENSITY
DEXA DUAL ENERGY X-RAY ABSPORTIOMETRY
FDA US FOOD & DRUG ADMINISTRATION
IU INTERNATIONAL UNITS
Fx FRACTURE
DJD DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE
MCP METACARPOPHALANGEAL
JRA JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
SI SACROILIAC
ACL ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT
PCL POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT
PT PHYSIOTHERAPY
ROM RANGE OF MOTION
mg MILIGRAMS
MRI MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGE
TMJ TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT
OA OSTEOARTHRITIS
PIP PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL
THR TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT
RA RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
t.i.d. THREE TIMES A DAY
DMD DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
NSAID NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUG
PCP PHENCYCLIDINE
R.I.C.E REST, ICE, COMPRESSION, & ELEVATION
-ius pertaining to
-imus most
-ity condition
-in substance
-er agent
-alis pertaining to
-is belonging to
-ica pertaining to
-isone cortisone
-ive quality of
-algia pain
-ure result of
-ed pertaining to
Created by: shannonwilkins
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