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SUFFIX FOR EXCISION
(SURGICALLY REMOVING)
-ECTOMY
SUFFIX FOR MAKING AN INCISION
-TOMY
ROOTS FOR TESTICLE
(TESTIS)
TEST/O
ORCHI/O
ORCHID/O
ROOTS FOR MONTH, MENSTRUAL FLOW
MEN/O
MENS
ROOTS FOR UTERUS
UTER/O
HYSTER/O
METR/O
METR/I
WHAT ARE GONADS
SEX GLANDS
ROOTS FOR BREAST
MAMM/O
MAST/O
ROOT FOR FALLOPIAN TUBE, OVIDUCT, OR SALPINX
SALPING/O
SUFFIX FOR INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE
-METER
ROOTS FOR OVARIES
OVARI/O
OOPHOR/O
ROOTS FOR OVUM (EGG)
OO
OV/O
ROOTS FOR SPERM AND SEMEN
SPERM/I
SPERMAT/O
ROOT FOR PROSTATE
PROSTAT/O
ROOT FOR VAS DEFERENS
VAS/O
ANOTHER NAME FOR VAS DEFERENS
DUCTUS DEFERENS
ROOT FOR RENAL PELVIS
PYEL/O
ROOT FOR URINARY BLADDER
CYST/O
SUFFIX FOR FLOW OR DISCHARGE
-RHEA
SUFFIX FOR PROFUSE FLOW
-RHAGE
-RHAGIA
ROOT FOR PANCREATIC ISLETS
INSUL/O
ROOT FOR URETER
URETER/O
SUFFIX FOR SEPARATION, LOOSENING, DISSOLVING, DESTRUCTION
-LYSIS
SUFFIX FOR DROPPING DOWNWARD, DISPLACEMENT
-PTOSIS
SUFFIX FOR TACKING UP, SURGICAL FIXATION
-PEXY
PREFIX FOR AFTER, BEHIND
POST
SUFFIX FOR AN INSTRUMENT USED TO RECORD THE X-RAY
-GRAPH
SUFFIX FOR THE PROCESS OF RECORDING THE X-RAY
-GRAPHY
SUFFIX FOR THE PICTURE (THE X-RAY)
-GRAM
SUFFIX FOR SUTURING
-RHAPHY
SUFFIX FOR PARALYSIS
-PLEGIA
WORD USED AS SUFFIX FOR PARTIAL PARALYSIS
-PARESIS
COMBINING FOR FOR NERVE
NEURO
COMBINING FORM FOR SPINAL CORD
MYELO
WORD USED AS A SUFFIX FOR PERSISTENT, IRRATIONAL FEAR
-PHOBIA
ROOT FOR WATER, FLUID
HYDR/O
SUFFIX FOR SURGICAL CREATION OF A NEW, PERMANENT OPENING
-STOMY
COMBINING FORM FOR GLAND
ADNEO (vs ADREN/O)
COMBINING FORM FOR BRAIN
ENCEPHALO
ROOTS FOR KIDNEY
NEPHR/O
REN/O
SUFFIX FOR INSTRUMENT USED TO VISUALLY EXAMINE (VIEW)
-SCOPE
SUFFIX FOR VISUAL EXAMINATION
-SCOPY
ROOTS FOR WOMEN
GYN/O
GYNEC/O
COMBINING FORMS FOR FEVER AND FIRE
PYRO
PYRETO
ROOTS FOR URETHRA
URETHR/O
SUFFIX FOR SEIZURE
LEPSY
SUFFIXES FOR SPEECH
-PHASIA
-LALIA
ROOT FOR THE LARGEST PART OF THE BRAIN (CEREBRUM)
CEREBR/O
THREE LAYERS THAT PROTECT THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD
MENINGES
PORTION OF THE BRAIN UNDER THE CEREBRUM
CEREBELLUM
WHAT IS A GOITER
ENLARGED THYROID GLAND
SUFFIX FOR URINE, URINARY CONDITION
-URIA
ROOT FOR URINE, URINARY TRACT
UR/0
URIN/O
ROOT FOR BONE MARROW AND SPINAL CORD
MYEL/O
KIDNEY STONE ALSO KNOWN AS
NEPHROLITH
RENAL CALCULUS
ROOT FOR EAT, INGEST
PHAG/O
SUFFIX FOR BREATHING
-PNEA
COMBINING FORM FOR ENDOCRINE GLANDS OR SYSTEM
ENDOCRINO
SUFFIX FOR TUMOR
-OMA
COMBINING FORMS FOR PARATHYROID
PARATHYRO
PARATHYROIDO
WORD USED AS A SUFFIX FOR OBESSION, EXCITED STATE
-MANIA
ROOTS FOR SLEEP
SOMN/I
SOMN/O
HYPN/O
SUFFIXES FOR PAIN
-ALGIA
-ALGESIA
-ODYNIA
BLOOD IN THE URINE
HEMATURIA
URINARY WASTE IN THE BLOOD
UREMIA
ROOT FOR ELECTRICITY
ELECTR/O
ROOT FOR EPIDIDYMIS
EPIDIDYM/O
ROOTS FOR THYROID
THYR/O
THYROID/O
ROOTS FOR VENTRICLE
VENTRICUL/O
SUFFIIX FOR READING
-LEXIA
AN- vs - A-
ANOPHTHALMIA
APHASIA
conditon of
ia
ism
sis
y
pertaining to (adjective suffix)
ac, al
ar, ary
ic, ical
ile, ous
like or resembling (adjective suffixes)
-form
-oid
specialist
-ist
-ian
medical speciality
-iatrics
-iatry
ONE
MON/O-
UNI-
TWO, TWICE
BI-
DI-
DOUBLE
DIPL/O-
HALF ,ONE SIDED
HEMI
HALF, PARTIAL
SEMI
THREE
TRI
FOUR
QUADR/I
many
multi
many, much
poly
blue
cynan/o
red
erthyr/o
white
leuk/o-
black, dark
melan/o
xanth/o
yellow
not, without
a-, an
against
anti-
contra-
down , without
de
absence, removal, separation
dis-
not
in-
im-
un-
away from
ab-
toward or near
ad-
through
dia-
per-
trans-
over, excess, abnormally high, increased
hyper
under, below
hypo
few, scanty
olig/o
CNS
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSYTEM
CSF
CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
EEG
ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM
ELECRTOENCEPHALOGRAPH
PNS
PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
TIA
TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK
(MINI STROKE)
ADH
ANTIDIEURETIC HORMONE
FBS
FASTING BLOOD SUGAR
IDDM
INSULIN-DEPENDENT DIABETES
MELLITUS
TSH
THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE
BUN
BLOOD URIA NITROGEN
CNS
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSYTEM
CSF
CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
EEG
ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM
ELECRTOENCEPHALOGRAPH
PNS
PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
TIA
TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK
(MINI STROKE)
IVP
INTRAVENOUS PYELOGRAPHY
K
POTASSIUM
Na
SODIUM
UA
URINALYSIS
CO2
CARBON DIOXIDE
COPD
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
CXR
CHEST X-RAY
T & A
TONSILS AND ADENOIDS;
TONSILLECTOMY AND ADENOIDECTOMY
URI
UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION
AIDS
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
HIV
HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS
RBC
RED BLOOD CELL; RED BLOOD (CELL) COUNT
WBC
WHITE BLOOD CELL; WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT
CAD
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
CHF
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
CPR
CARDIOPULMONARY - RESUSCITATION
HTN
HYPERTENSION
MI
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
X
TIMES
tid
three times a day
ac or a.c.
before meals
pc or p.c
after meals
_
c
with
_
s
without
prn or p.r.n.
as needed
FDA
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATYION
MED(S)
MEDICINE(S),
MEDICATION(S)
NSAID(s)
NONSTEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUG
OTC
OVER THE COUNTER
PDR
PHYSICIAN DESK REFERENCE
Rx
PRESCRIPTION
bid
twice a day
dc or D/C
discontinue
gt(t)
drop(s)
hs
at bedtime
IM
intramuscular(ly)
IV
intravenous(ly)
po or PO
by mouth
qd
every day
qh
everyhour
q4h
every 4 hours
qid
four times a day
qm
every morning
qn
every night
qod
every other day
tid
three times a day
AMA
AGAINST MEDICAL ADVISE
NPO
NOTHING BY MOUTH
STAT
IMMEDIATELY
AP
ANTEROPOSTERIOR
PA
POSTANTERIOR
LLQ
LEFT LOWER QUADRANT
LUQ
LEFT UPPER QUADRANT
RLQ
RIGHT LOWER QUADRANT
RUQ
RIGHT UPPER QUADRANT
BX, bx
BIOPSY
Dx
diagnosis
ICU
intensive care unit
postop
postoperative
preop
preoperative
Rx
drug, prescription, therapy
BP
BLOOD PRESSURE
CC
CHIEF COMPLAINT
c/o
COMPLAINS OF
HEENT
HEAD, EARS, EYES, NOSE, AND THROAT
h/o
HISTORY AND PHYSICAL
Hx
HISTORY
I & O
INTAKE AND OUTPUT
NKDA
NO KNOWN DRUG ALLERGIES
P
PULSE
PE(R)RLA
PUPILS EQUAL (regular) REACT TO LIGHT AND ACCOMMODATION
PT
PATIENT
CA
CANCER
FUO
FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN
VAGINA
VAGIN/O
COLP/O
HERNIA
CELE
ABOVE , EXCESS
SUPER
TRUE, GOOD, EASY, NORMAL
EU-
OTHER, DIFFERENT, UNEQUAL
HETERO
SAME, UNCHANGING
HOMO-
HOMEO
LARGE, ABNORMALLY LARGE
MACRO-
MEGA-
MEGALO-
SMALL
MICRO-
NEW
NEO-
NORMAL
NORMO-
UPRIGHT, STRAIGHT, CORRECT
ORTHO-
FALSE
PSEUDO
AGAIN, BACK
RE-
OLD
PRESBY
BEFORE
ANTE-
BEFORE, IN FRONT OF
PRE-
PRO-
AFTER, BEHIND
POST-
AWAY FROM, OUTSIDE
EX/O
IN, WITHIN
ENDO/O
MIDDLE
MID-
TOGETHER
SYN-
SYM
FORM/SHAPE
MORPH/O
CELL
CYT/O
CYTE
NUCLEUS
NUCLE/O
TISSUE
HIST/O
HISTI/O
FIBER
FIBR/O
GLAND
ADEN/O
MUCUS, MUCUS MEMBRANE
MUC/O
IMMATURE CELL
BLASTO
-BLAST
ORIGIN, FORMATION
GEN
GENESIS
EAT, INGEST
PHAG/O
ATTRACT, ABSORB
PHIL
ACT ON, AFFECT
TROP
FEEDING, GROWTH, NOURISHMENT
TROPH/O
FORMATION, MOLDING, DEVELOPMENT
PLAS
ENZYME
-ASE
SUGAR
-OSE
FAT
LIP/O
ADIP/O
GLUCOSE
GLUC/O
HEAD
CEPHAL/O
NECK
CERVIC/O
CHEST, THORAX
THORAC/O
ABDOMEN
ABDOMIN/O
ABDOMINAL WALL
LAPR/O
LUMBAR REGION, LOWER BACK
LUMB/O
PERITONEUM
PERITON
PERITONE/O
EXTREMITY, END
ACRO
ARM
BRACHI/O
FOOT
PED/O
POD/O
FINGER, TOE
DACTYL/O
AROUND
CIRCUM-
PERI-
IN, WITHIN
INTRA-
UPON, OVER
EPI-
OUTSIDE
EXTRA-
BELOW
INFRA-
BELOW, UNDER
SUB-
BETWEEN
INTER-
NEAR, BESIDE
PARA-
BACKWARD
RETRO
ABOVE
SUPRA
PAIN
ALG/O
ALGI/O
ALGESI/O
CANCER
CARCIN/O
FILLED SAC OR POUCH, CYST, URINARY BLADDER
CYST/O
CYST/I
STONE
LITH
TUMOR
ONC/O
DISEASE
PATH/O
PUS
PY/O
HARD
SCLER/O
POISON, TOXIN
TOX/O,
TOXIC/O
SLOW
BRADY-
FAST, RAPID
TACHY-
DYS-
ABNORMAL, PAINFUL, DIFFICULT
BAD, POOR
MAL-
THICK
PACHY-
DRY
XERO
BREAKING
-CLASIS
-CLASIA
INFLAMMATION
ITIS-
ENLARGMENT
-MEGALY
TUMOR
-OMA
ANY DISEASE OF
-PATHY
EXPANSION OR WIDENING
DILATION, DILATATION
SWELLING
EDEMA
SOFTENING
MALACIA
DROPPING, DOWNWARD DISPLACEMENT, PROLAPSE
PTOSIS
SUDDEN CONTRACTION, CRAMP
SPASM
NARROWING, CONSTRICTION
STENOSIS
FUNGUS, MOLD
MYC/O
VIRUS
VIR/O
PRESSURE
BAR/O
COLOR
CHROM/O
CHROMAT/O
TIME
CHRON/O
COLD
CRY/O
ELECTRICITY
ELECTR/O
SOUND, VOICE
PHON/O
LIGHT
PHOT/O
RADIATION, X-RAY
RADI/O
SOUND
SON/O
HEAT, TEMPERATURE
THERM/O
PUNCTURE
-CENTESIS
BINDING, FUSION
-DESIS
CRUSHING
-TRIPSY
ACTING ON
-TROPIC
CHEMICAL
CHEM/O
STUPOR
NARC/O
DRUG
PHARMAC/O
POISON, TOXIN
TOX/O
TOXIC/O
HEART
CARDI/O
HEAT, TEMPERATURE
THERM/O
PUNCTURE
-CENTESIS
BINDING, FUSION
-DESIS
CRUSHING
-TRIPSY
ACTING ON
-TROPIC
CHEMICAL
CHEM/O
STUPOR
NARC/O
DRUG
PHARMAC/O
POISON, TOXIN
TOX/O
TOXIC/O
HEART
CARDI/O
ATRIUM
ATRI/O
VALVE
VALV/O
VALVUL/O
VESSEL, DUCT
VAS/O
VASCUL/O
ARTERY
ARTER/O
ARTERI/O
ARTERIOLE
ARTERIOL/O
AORTA
AORT/O
vein
ven/o
veni
lymph, lymphatic system
lymph/o
LYMPH GLAND OR NODE
LYMPHADEN/O
LYMPH VESSEL
LYMPHANGI/O
SPLEEN
SPLEN/O
TONSIL
TONSILL/O
BLOOD CONDITION
-EMIA
-HEMIA
DECREASE IN, DEFICIENCY OF
-PENIA
FORMATION, PRODUCTION
-POIESIS
BONE MARROW (SPINAL CORD)
MYEL/O
BLOOD
HEM/O
HEMAT/O
RED BLOOD CELL
ERYTHR/O
ERYTHROCYT/O
WHITE BLOOD CELL
LEUK/O
LEUKOCYT/O
LYMPHOCYTE
LYMPH/O
LYMPHOCYT/O
BLOOD CLOT
THROMB/O
PLATELET
THROMBOCYT/O
IMMUNITY, IMMUNE SYSTEM
IMMUN/O
IRON (Fe)
FERR/O
FERR/I
POTASSIUM (K)
KALI
SODIUM (Na)
NATRI
OXYGEN (0)
OX/Y
CALC/I
CALCIUM (Ca)
LEVEL OF OXYGEN
-OXIA
VOICE
-PHONIA
NOSE
NAS/O
RHIN/O
PHARYNX (THROAT)
PHARYNG/O
LARYNX (VOICE BOX)
LARYNG/O
TRACHEA (WINDPIPE)
TRACHE/O
BRONCHUS
BRONCH/O
BRONCH/I
PLEURA
PLEUR/O
LUNG
PNEUMON/O
AIR, GAS, ALSO RESPIRATION, LUNG
PNEUM/O
PNEUMAT/O
LUNGS
PULM/O
PULMON/O
BREATHING
-PNEA
SPIR/O
MOUTH
OR/O
TOOTH, TEETH
DENT/O
DENT/I
ODONT/O
GUM
GINGIV/O
TONGUE
GLOSS/O
ESOPHAGUS
ESOPHAG/O
STOMACH
GASTR/O
INTESTINE
ENTER/O
DUODENUM
DUODEN/O
JEJUNUM
JEJUN/O
ILEUM
ILE/O
COLON (LARGE INTESTINE)
COL/O
COLON/O
RECTUM
RECT/O
LIVER
HEPAT/O
BILE, GALL
CHOL/E
CHOL/O
GALLBLADDER
CHOLECYST/O
PANCREAS
PANCREAT/O
ear, nose, and throat
ENT
hearing
audi/o
ear
ot/o
eardrum, tympanic membrane
myring/o
eyelid
blephar/o
tear, tear ducts
lacrim/o
eye, vision
opt/o
-opia
eye
ocul/o
ophthalm/o
sclera (white of eye)
scler/o
cornea
corne/o
retina
retin/o
eye, vision
-opia
bone marrow (also spinal cord)
myel/o
cartilage
chondr/o
joint
arthr/o
synovial fluid, joint, or membrane
synov/i
skull, cranium
crani/o
vertebra
spondyl/o
vertebra, spinal column
vertebr/o
spine
rachi/o
rib
cost/o
ilium
ili/o
muscle
my/o
muscul/o
tendon
ten/o
tendin/o
tone
ton/o
movement
kine
kinesi/o
kinet/o
skin
derm/o
dermat/o
dark, black
melan/o
sweat
hidr/o
sebum, sebaceous
seb/o
hair
trich/o
nail
onych/o
ENT
ear, nose, and throat
Fx
fracture
OT
occupational therapy
PT
physical therapy
ROM
range of motion