Prefixes
A-
What is without?
-megaly
What is enlarged?
Cardi/o
What is heart?
Nasal
What is pertaining to the nose?
NPO
What is nothing by mouth?
Post-
What is after?
-ac
What is pertaining to?
Hem/o
What is blood?
Hypotension
What is low or insufficient (blood) pressure?
CV
What is cardiovascular?
Dis-
What is apart?
-rrhea
What is discharge?
Leuk/o
What is white?
Leukoderma
What is having skin that appears white (because the normal skin pigment is absent)?
COPD
What is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?
Endo-
What is inner?
-tension
What is pressure?
Carcin/o
What is cancer?
Osteomyelitis
What is inflammation of bone and bone marrow?
AIDS
What is acquired immunodeficiency syndrome?
Tetra-
What is four?
-gram
What is record?
Pneum/o
What is air?
Anoxia
What is condition of receiving almost no oxygen from inhaled air?
IM
What is intramuscular?