Prefixes
Hypo
Below
-itis
Inflamation
Cost/o
Rib
HPI
History of present illness
-ostomy
Create an opening
Para
Beside
-graphy
The process of recording
Aden/o
Gland
ROS
Review of Systems
-ectomy
ec (outside) and tomy (to cut)= cut out
Auto
Self
-pnea
Breathing
Hepat/o
Liver
IM
-centesis
Surgical puncture to remove fluid
Pseudo
False
-stenosis
Narrowing
Ot/o
Ear
LOC
Loss of consciousness
-plasty
Surgical repair or reconstruction
Oligo
Few or little
-ptosis
Drooping or sagging
Nephr/o
Kidney
WNL
Within normal limits
-tripsy