Enter Category Name
The abbreviation for "as needed" is
PRN
LOC is the abbreviation for:
Loss of consciousness
The physician has ordered the medication "po". The nurse will administer this:
By mouth
The plural of fungus is _________
Fungi
The abbreviation for complete blood count is:
CBC
The prefix for single is
Mono-
The prefix for all is
Pan-
Identify the suffix for production
-poiesis
Identify the suffix for movement
-kinesia
Identify the suffix for feeling.
-phoria
Identify the suffix for urine.
-uria
The prefix for slow is:
Brachy-
The plural of macula is ____________________.
maculae
The prefix for without is:
A-
The physician ordered the medication to be administered tid. The nurse will administer the medication how often?
three times a day
The study of disease is _________ logy.
Patho
Postsurgical means _______ surgery.
After
The prefix for small is
micr(o)
Identify the suffix for toward
-ad
Identify the suffix for pain
-algia
Identify the suffix for condition
-osis
Identify the suffix for the process of surgical cutting.
-tomy
The prefix for self is:
Auto-
The prefix for twice is:
Bi-
Word roots are used to
identify the basic meaning
The prefix for before is:
Ante-
The prefix for against is:
Anti-
The prefix for single is
Uni-
The prefix for after is:
Meta-
The suffix -itis identifies
inflammation
Identify the suffix for the condition of cells.
-cytosis
Identify the suffix for pertaining to
-poietic
Identify the suffix for removal
-pheresis
The prefix for derived is:
Apo-
The physician has documented the patient had an "AMI". The nurse understands the patient experienced what
Acute myocardial infarction
The prefix for both is:
Ambi-
Admission orders include "npo". The nurse knows that the patient:
may have nothing by mouth
Insulin was first used to treat diabetes in what year?
1922
The prefix for large is:
Mega-
Parasympathetic means _____________ the sympathetic system.
Beside
Identify the suffix for cell.
-cyte
The prefix for around is:
Peri-
Identify the suffix for condition
-ema
Identify the suffix for treatment
-ics
The plural of nucleus is ____________________.
Nuclei
The prefix for toward is:
Ad-
The prefix for short is:
Brachy-
The prefix for down is:
Cata-
The prefix dys- identifies:
Abnormal
The prefix for around is:
Peri-
The prefix for same is:
Iso-
Identify the suffix for separate
-crit
Identify the suffix for killing
-cide
Identify the suffix for a pathological condition.
-iasis
Identify the suffix for softening
-malacia
The prefix for without is:
An-
The prefix for away from is:
Ab-
The plural of urethra is ____________________.
Urethras
The term hepatomegaly means:
enlarged liver
The prefix for outside is:
ect(o)-
The prefix for several is
Pluri-
The prefix for beside is
Para-
Identify the suffix for binding.
-desis
Identify the suffix for hernia
-cele
Identify the suffix for deficiency.
-penia
Identify the suffix for producing
-parous
The prefix for together is
Co-
The prefix for toward is:
Ad-
The prefix for not is:
Di-
The prefix for against is
Anti-
The prefix for within is:
Endo-
The prefix for through is:
Per-
The prefix for middle is
Meso-
What does the prefix in tachycardia mean?
Fast
Identify the suffix for weakness
-asthenia
Identify the suffix for drooping.
-ptosis
Identify the suffix for breakdown or destruction
-lysis
The prefix for over is
Epi-
The prefix for between is
Inter-
The prefix for beneath is
Infra-
The prefix for well is:
Eu-
The prefix for above norm is
Hyper-
The prefix for bad is:
Mal-
Hyperactive means to be __________ active
Overly
Identify the suffix for skin
-derma
Identify the suffix for removal of.
-ectomy
Identify the suffix for enlargement
-megaly
Identify the suffix for stopping
-stasis
The prefix for below normal is
Hypo-
The prefix for external is:
Exo-
The prefix for half is:
Hemi
The prefix for without is
An-
The prefix for out of is
Ex-
The prefix for many is
Multi-
The prefix for again is
Re-
Identify the suffix for in the shape of.
-form
Identify the suffix for dilation
-ectasia
Identify the suffix for expanding.
-ectasis
Identify the suffix for to form a new opening.
-stomy
The prefix for within is
Endo-
Postnasal means ____________ the nose
Behind
Dysmenorrhea means _________ menses
Difficult
Malabsorption means _______ absorption.
Inadequate
The prefix for after is
Meta-
To be abducted is to be __________.
taken away
Medication given subcutaneously is _______ the skin
Under
Identify the suffix for pain.
-algia
Identify the suffix for condition.
-ema
Identify the suffix for to practice.
-logy
Identify the suffix for turning
-version
Identify the suffix for swelling
-edema
Identify the suffix for recording.
-gram
Identify the suffix for the process of recording
-graphy
Identify the suffix for tumor.
-oma
Identify the suffix for breaking
-clasis
Identify the suffix for a recording
-gram
Identify the suffix for resembling
-oid
Identify the suffix for producing
-parous
Identify the suffix for recording instruments.
-graph
Identify the suffix for speech.
-phasia
Identify the suffix for lessening in density.
-porosis
A pandemic affects _______
All
Identify the suffix for binding
-desis
Identify the suffix labor or birth
-parous
Identify the suffix for numbness.
-paresis
What does the prefix in antibiotic mean?
Against
Identify the suffix for eating
-phage
Identify the suffix for rupture.
-rrhexis
Identify the suffix for vomiting
-emesis
Identify the suffix for sensation.
-esthesia
Identify the suffix for breathing.
-pnea
Identify the suffix for decrease in cell numbers.
-penia