Abbreviations
Suffixes
Prefixes
Integumentary System
Digestive System
100
TPR
What is temperature, pulse, respirations.
100
-centesis
What is a surgical puncture.
100
dia-
What is across.
100
Medical term for baldness
What is alopecia.
100
The liver produces this.
What is bile.
200
VS
What is vital signs.
200
-ptosis
What is downward displacement.
200
epi-
What is above.
200
The layer of skin that a first degree burn affects.
What is the epidermis.
200
A protrusion of an organ through a wall.
What is a hernia.
300
TPN
What is total parenteral nutrition.
300
-malacia
What is softening.
300
dia-
What is across.
300
The combining for that means hidden
What is crypt/o.
300
The epiglottis covers this
What is the trachea.
400
H&P
What is history and physical.
400
-cele
What is a hernia.
400
ultra-
What is excess.
400
The combining form for sweat.
What is hidr/o
400
THe mucosal folds in the stomach wall are called
What is rugae.
500
qam
What is every morning.
500
-rrhage
What is bursting of.
500
brady-
What is slow.
500
True or False: Another term for a black head is a melanoma.
What is false. (comedo)
500
The three parts of the small intestine.
What are duodenum, jejunum and the ilium.
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