Abbreviations
Prefixes
Suffixes
Root Word
Acronyms
100

DOB

What id date of birth?

100

Tri-

What is three?

100

-phobia

What is morbid fear of or intolerance?

100

Bio

What is life?

100

ACL

What is anterior cruciate ligament?

200

BPM

What is beats per minute?

200

Hyp-, hypo-

What is below, beneath, deficient?

200

-ologist

What is one who studies, specialist?

200

Gastr/o

What is stomach?

200

ADHD

What is attention deficit hyperactive disorder?

300

ER

What is emergency room?

300

Co-, con-, com-

What is together or with?

300

-gram

What is a written record?

300

Dors/i, dors/o

What is back or posterior?

300

CVA

What is cerebrovascular accident?

400

ADM

What is admission?
400

Retro-

What is behind, backward?

400

-ent, -er, -ist

What is a person, agent?

400

Sept/o

What is infection?
400

DNR

What is do not resuscitate?

500

Dx

What is diagnosis?

500

A-, an-

What is lack of, without, not?

500

-oma

What is a tumor?

500

Encephal/o

What is the brain?

500

ICU

What is intensive care unit?

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