Abbreviations
BID
What is twice per day
a/an
What is not/no?
Cyan
What is blue?
The story of the patient's problem
What is the history of present illness?
-al
What is pertaining to?
AIDS
What is acquired immunodeficiency syndrome?
Tachy
What is fast?
Aorto
What is aorta?
Identify and define the root words in Spondyloarthropathy
What are:
Spondylo = vertebrea
Arthro = joint
-algia
What is pain?
HIV
What is human immunodeficiency virus?
Brady-
What is slow?
Nephro
What is kidney?
Anesthetic
What is no sensation?
-osis
What is condition?
PERRLA
What is pupil, equal, round, reactive to light and accommodation?
Dys-
What is bad? (difficult/painful)
Arthr/o
What is joint?
Break down and translate: Osteoporosis
What is
osteo = bone
por = pore
osis = condition
Loss of bone density
-ai
What is condition?
SV
What is stroke volume?
Syn -
What is together with? (EX: Syndrome)
Leuk/o
What is white?
Break apart the word parts in Dialysis
What is dia/lysis?
-ectomy
What is surgical removal?