The Basics
The first step in decoding a medical term
What is define the suffix?
Means pertaining to.
What is -al?
Means small.
What is micro-?
What is ren/o?
Means before meals.
What is a.c.?
What is the prefix?
Means surgical removal or excision of.
What is -ectomy?
Means above or excessive
What is hyper-?
What is hem/o?
Means nothing by mouth.
What is NPO?
Located in the middle of the medical term.
What is the word root or combining form?
Mean enlargement.
What is -megaly?
Means abnormal, painful, difficult.
What is dys-?
Means gland.
What is aden/o?
Means twice a day.
What is BID?
What is O?
Means instrument to visually examine.
What is -scope?
Means above, upon.
Means liver.
What is hepat/o?
Means after.
what is p?
Located at the end of the medical term.
What is a suffix?
Means instrument to record.
What is - graph?
Means no, not, without.
What is a- or an-?
What is cephal/o?
Means midnight
What is MN?