Prefixes
Root Words
Suffixes
Imaging
Abbreviation
100

Xeno-:

Foreign, strange

100

cyt/o

Cell

100

-ia

condition

100

CT

Computerized tomography

100

ant

anterior, front

200

Oligo-:

Deficiency, few

200

enter/o

small intestine

200

-oma

tumor

200

US

Ultrasound, Ultrasonography

200

Sx

Syptom

300

Para-:

Beside

300

cis/o

to cut

300

-centesis

surgical puncture

300

MRI

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

300

pc

after meals

400

Tachy-:

Rapid, fast

400

nephr/o

kidney

400

-tripsy

crushing

400

CXR

Chest X-Ray

400

stat

immediatly

500
Dia-:

Through, across

500

ophthalm/o

eye

500

-pexy

surgical fixation

500

SPECT

Single-photon emission computer tomography

500

q

every

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