Abbreviations
The abbreviation for "blood pressure"
What is BP?
Suffix meaning "pain"
What is -algia
Prefix meaning "without"
What is a- or an-?
Root word meaning "bone"
What is oste/o-?
A disorder of the integumentary system in which the melanocytes fail to secrete melanin.
What is hypopigmentation?
Will also accept vitiligo or albinism
The abbreviation for "ambulate"
What is AMB?
Suffix meaning "inflammation"
What is -itis?
Prefix meaning "excessive"
What is hyper-?
Root word meaning "sugar or glucose"
What is gluc/o- or glyc/o-?
A musculoskeletal disorder resulting in inflammation of a tendon
What is tendonitis?
The abbreviation for "fracture"
What is Fx?
Suffix meaning "tumor"
What is -oma?
Prefix meaning "false"
What is pseudo-?
Root word meaning "muscle"
What is my/o-?
Often called "water on the brain" caused by an abnormal accumulation of CSF within the cerebral ventricles that cause enlargement of the cranium
What is hydrocephalus?
The abbreviation for "as desired"
What is ad lib?
Suffix meaning "condition of"
What is -osis?
Prefix meaning "difficult or painful"
What is dys-?
Root word meaning "bone marrow"
What is myel/o-?
Bands of internal scar tissue that bind or constrict organs.
What are adhesions?
The abbreviation for "four times a day"
What is QID?
Suffix meaning "break down"
What is -lysis?
Prefix meaning "alongside"
What is para-?
Root word meaning "fungus"
What is myc/o?