Abbreviations
Terms
Prefixes
Suffixes & Miscellaneous
Roots
100

ROM

What is range of motion?

100

High blood sugar

What is hyperglycemia?

100

This prefix means slow

What is brady?

100

This suffix means infection or inflammation

What is itis?

100

This root means skin

What is derma?

200

M

What is one thousand?

200

Inflammation of a join

What is arthritis?

200

This prefix means large

What is mega?

200

This suffix means blood

What is emia?

200

This root pertains to the heart

What is cardio?

300

BM

What is bowel movement?

300

Fluid in the head

What is hydrocephalus?
300

This prefix means fast

What is tachy?

300

This suffix means the study of

What is ology?

300

This prefix means blue

What is cyan?

400

abx

What is antibiotics?

400

Excessive urination during the night

What is nocturia?

400

This prefix means against

What is anti?

400

An appendectomy is the surgical removal of what organ?

What is the appendix?
400

This root means nose/nostrils

What is nares?

500

BRP

What is bathroom privileges?

500

A red blood cell

What is an erythrocyte?

500

This prefix means painful and difficult

What is dys?

500

This word is the surgical repair of the nose

What is a rhinoplasty?

500
This root means stomach

What is gastro?

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