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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