Prefixes
Suffixes
Abbreviations
Combining Forms
Medical Terms
100
a-, an-, in-
What is without
100
-algesia, -algesic, -algia, -dynia
What is pain
100
A&O
What is alert & oriented
100
adip/o
What is fat
100
myocardial
What is pertaining to heart muscle
200
hemi-, semi-
What is half
200
-scopy
What is visual examination
200
H&P
What is history & physical
200
melan/o
What is black
200
orthopnea
What is breathing in the straight position (or can not breath laying flat)
300
mal-
What is bad
300
-tomy
What is cutting into, incision
300
NPO
What is nothing by mouth
300
scler/o
What is hardening, sclera
300
aphasia
What is absence of speech
400
tachy-
What is rapid
400
-centesis
What is surgical puncture
400
OTC
What is over the counter
400
cost/o
What is ribs
400
sublingual
What is beneath the tongue
500
Oligo-
What is deficiency
500
-pexy
What is surgical fixation
500
sx
What is symptoms or surgery
500
kyph/o
What is hump (ie: kyphosis- condition of a hump)
500
hypercalcemia
What is excessive calcium in the blood
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