Medication prefixes
M
What is mega? one million or 1,000,000
Glasgow Coma Scale
What is GCS?
B
What is beta?
On or affecting the same side
What is ipsi?
bi
What is two?
mc
What is micro? 1/1,000,000
AAA
What is abdominal aortic aneurysm?
/
What is per?
What is to, toward
enter/o
m
What is milli 1/1,000 or 0.001
I&O
What is intake and output?
Times 2
What is x2
supra
What is above, upper?
What is difficult, painful, abnormal?
c
What is centi? 10 or 0.01
Deep venous thrombosis
What is DVT?
<
What is less than?
Between
What is inter?
Pertaining to the head
What is cephalo?
k
What is kilo? 1,000
Fracture
What is fx?
N
What is normal?
Within
What in endo?
Pertaining to the kidney
What is nephr/o?