Prefixes
Suffixes
Word Analysis
Body system terminology
Abbreviations
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tachy
What is fast
100
enlargement
What is megaly?
100
root (blood) combining vowel suffix (study of)
What is the word analysis for hematology?
100
joint
What is the meaning of arthr/o?
100
AB
What is the abbreviation for abortion?
200
trans
What is across, or through
200
emia
What is a blood condition
200
root (electricity) comb. vowel root (heart) comb. vowel suffix (record)
What is the word analysis of electrocardiogram?
200
cartilage
What is the meaning of chondr/o?
200
Carcinoma in situ
What is CIS?
300
endo
What is within
300
algia
What is the suffix for pain?
300
root (stomach) root (intestines) suffix (study of)
What is word analysis for gastroenterology?
300
muscle
What is the meaning of my/o?
300
Fever of unknown (undetermined) origin
What is FUO?
400
Hyper
What is excessive, more than normal?
400
disease
What is the suffix ia mean?
400
root (stomach) suffix (instrument used to visually examine)
What is the word analysis for gastroscope?
400
bone marrow
What is the meaning of myel/o?
400
OSA
What is the abbreviation for obstructive sleep apnea?
500
hypo
What is below or less than normal?
500
abnormal condition
What is the meaning of the suffix osis?
500
root (intestines) suffix (inflammation)
What is the word analysis of enteritis?
500
vertebra
What is the meaning of spondyl/o?
500
Radiation therapy
What is the abbreviation for XRT?
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