Abbreviations
Directional Terms
Suffixes
prefixes
Root
100

C:V

COMPRESSION TO VENTILATION RATIO

100

To the front

Anterior

100

-ectomy

surgical removal

100

brady

slow

100

Cardi

heart

200

DOA

DEAD ON ARRIVAL
200

further away from the body

distal
200

pathy

disease

200

tachy

fast

200

pulmon

lung

300

pts

patients

300

To the side

Lateral

300

ia

condition of

300

hyper

high, excessive

300

gastr

stomach

400
PPE

Personal protection equipment

400

Towards the middle

Medial

400

itis

inflammation

400

hypo

low, below

400

hepat

liver

500

BSI

body substance isolation

500

closer to the body

proximal

500

phobia

fear

500

dys

difficult 

500

nephr

kidney

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