Prefixes
Root Words
Suffixes
Directional Terms
Acronyms
100
intra-
within
100
pneum/o
lung
100
-ectomy
excision, removal of
100
transverse plane
100
ADL
Activities of Daily Living
200
hemi-
half, partly
200
gastr/o
stomach
200
-megaly
enlargement
200
How many regions is the abdomen divided into?
9
200
PO
by mouth (per os)
300
post-
after, behind
300
phleb/o
vein
300
-emia
blood
300
closer to the top of the body, above something else
superior
300
NPO
nothing by mouth (nils per os)
400
brady-
slow
400
hepat/o
liver
400
-gram
record
400
closer to the mid-sagittal plane, toward the middle or midline of the body
medial
400
mL
milliliter
500
dys-
difficult, painful, abnormal
500
nephr/o
kidney
500
-algia
pain
500
toward the front of the body
anterior
500
q4h
every 4 hours