double R
color words
pathology suffixes
direction prefixes
medical terms
100

this means sudden severe bleeding

what is rrhage?

100

this refers to the color red

what is erythr/o?

100

this means enlargement

what is megaly?

100

right side

what is dextr/o?

100

objective evidence of disease

what is a sign?

200

also a word for bleeding

what is rrhagia?


200

this refers to the color blue

what is cyan/o?

200

this means abnormal softening

what is malacia?

200

away from

what is ab?

200

also known as a rule out

what is a differential diagnosis?

300

this means flow or discharge

what is rrhea?

300

this refers to the color white

what is leuk/o?

300

this means abnormal narrowing

what is stenosis?

300

out of, outside

what is ex?

300

a set of signs and symptoms that occur together as part of a specific disease process

what is a syndrome?

400

this refers to surgical suturing

what is rrhaphy?

400

this refers to the color black

what is melan/o?

400

this means tissue death

what is necrosis?

400

toward, in the direction of

what is ad?

400

subjective evidence of a disease

what is a symptom?

500

this refers to rupture

what is rrhexis?

500

this refers to the color gray

what is poli/o?

500

this means inflammation

what is itis?

500

left side

what is sinistr/o?

500

a prediction of the outcome or course of a disease

what is prognosis?

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