Potpourri
Terms
Abbreviations & Symbols
Prefixes and Suffixes
Hodgepodge
200
A patient's VS will go into this part of the patient record...
What is Objective?
200
Another term for preventative treatment is...
What is prophylaxis?
200
f/u
What is follow-up?
200
This suffix literally means, inflammation of...
What is -itis?
200
These two suffixes indicate pain and can be used interchangeably
What are -algia and -dynia?
400
the proper breakdown of the word dysentery
What is dys/enter/y?
400
Inflammation of the stomach and intestines is known by this term
What is gastroenteritis?
400
CTA
What is clear to auscultation?
400
This suffix refers to an instrument used to produce a record
What is -graph?
400
This body plane refers to a hypothetical line separating the body into front and back sides
What is the Coronal or Frontal Plane?
600
Correct pronunciation of the term cyanosis...
sai/uh/NO/sis
600
These two terms indicate lying on your back and lying on your stomach...
What are supine (back) and prone (stomach)?
600
Of, SC/IM; PO/NPO; NPO/PR, and IM/IV, the one that reflects opposites...
What is PO/NPO?
600
Identify and define the suffix in the term hepatosplenomegaly?
What is -megaly and enlargement?
600
Identify and Define the prefix in the word, hypotrophic
What is hypo- and under?
800
The medical term for what the clinician thinks the patient has is known as this...
What is diagnosis?
800
This term refers to a nerve tumor
What is a neuroma?
800
PERRLA
What is pupils are equal, round, and reactive to light and accommodation?
800
Of oligo-, pan-, and uni-, the one that means few.
What is oligo-?
800
This body plane refers to a hypothetical line separating the body into a right and left side.
What is the sagittal plane?
1000
The correct breakdown of the term subcutaneous
What is sub/cutane/ous?
1000
This term indicates there is no known cause.
What is idiopathic?
1000
Read the following excerpt from a clinic note: "Mark is a 35 y/o 
What is, "Mark is a 35 year-old male"?
1000
This suffix refers to a "blood condition"
What is -emia?
1000
This suffix indicates "rupture"
What is -rrhexis?