Abbreviations
What does Rx mean?
prescription or treatment
What does derma or derm mean?
skin
What does the prefix tachy mean?
fast or rapid
What does the suffix tomy mean?
cutting into or incision
What is -megaly?
enlargement
beats per minute
What does the root hepato mean?
Liver
The prefix in pericarditis mean what?
around
What does oma mean?
tumor
The word part graphy means?
process of recording
T.P.R means what?
temperature, pulse, and respiration
Encephal(o) means what?
brain
The prefix in postmortem means?
behind
What does phasia mean in the word aphasia?
speaking
The word part plasty means?
surgical repair
What does BRP mean?
bathroom privileges
What does gaster(o) mean in the word gastritis?
inflammation of the stomach
In the word chromophobia the prefix chrom means what?
color
What does algia mean?
pain
What does Blepharoplasty mean?
surgical repair of the eyelid
What does thromb mean?
blood clot
What prefix is used for across?
trans
This suffix means “formation or development of tissue”
genesis
Cholecystectomy means what
surgical removal of the gallbladder