Who am I?
Medical Suffixes
(The Ending)
(The Ending)
Roots & Prefixes
(The Beginning)
(The Beginning)
Common Terminology
(The Lingo)
(The Lingo)
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100
This professional draws blood for testing and transfusion.
What is a Phlebotomist?
100
"surgical removal" (e.g., append-).
What is -ectomy?
100
This means "fast" or "rapid" (e.g., -cardia)
What is tachycardia? Heart rate >??
100
Term for "difficult or painful breathing."
What is dyspnea?
100
This specialist focuses specifically on the treatment of feet and their ailments.
What is a podiatrist?
200
This professional uses imaging machines like X-rays to help diagnose patients.
What is a Radiologic Technologist?
200
This is an "abnormal condition" or "disease" (e.g., cyan-).
What is -osis?
200
This means "liver" (e.g., -megaly)
What is hepatomegaly?
200
The term for "blood in the urine."
What is Hematuria?
200
This common instruction means "nothing by mouth".
What is nothing by mouth?
300
- This professional provides routine care, such as bathing, and assists with other ADLs under the supervision of a nurse.
What is a PCT or CNA?
300
This means "tumor" or "swelling" (e.g., hemat-).
What is -oma?
300
This means "few," "little," or "scanty" (e.g., -uria)
What is Oligo-? Oliguria
300
Term for "ringing in the ears."
What is tinnitus?
300
This abbreviation is used when a medication or action is required "immediately" or "at once".
What is STAT?
400
This professional assists with surgical procedures, prepares the operating room, and maintains sterile environments.
What is a Surgical Technologist?
400
This means "lighted instrument for examining" (e.g., ot-).
What is -scope? Bronchoscope
400
This means "against" or "opposite" (e.g., -indicated)
What is contraindicated?
400
Abbreviation for "below-knee amputation."
What is BKA?
400
A term used to describe a growth or tumor that is non-cancerous or dangerous to one's health.
What is benign?
500
This specialist fits patients for contact lenses and tests visual acuity.
What is an Ophthalmic Medical Technologist?
500
This means "surgical fixation" or "binding" (e.g., pleuro-).
What is -desis? Pleurodesis
500
This means "blue" (e.g., -osis
What is cyanosis?
500
Medical term for "inflammation of the kidney."
What is nephritis?
500
This is the medical term for a wound, sore, or cut.
What is a leision?