Suffixes
Abbreviations
Common Terms
Common Diagnoses OT Practitioners Often See
Other Stuff You Need to Know
100
This suffix means abnormal condition.
What is -osis?
100
This abbreviation is commonly used when referring to a bladder infection.
What is UTI?
100
This common term means "bursting forth with blood"
What is hemorrhage?
100
An abnormal increase in curvature of thoracic vertebrae causing hunchback
What is kyphosis?
100
The prefix meaning "self."
What is auto-?
200
This suffix means "tumor"
What is -oma
200
JRA
What is Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis?
200
This term is used to explain a blood glucose level of 200.
What is hyperglycemia?
200
An injury/tear of a muscle and/or its tendon.
What is a strain?
200
An instrument used for cutting into the stomach.
What is a gastrotome?
300
This suffix means "surgical removal of"
What is -ectomy?
300
Also known as a hip replacement.
What is THA?
300
This term refers to difficult breathing.
What is dyspnea?
300
A person that has difficulty swallowing has this condition.
What is dysphagia?
300
This test is most commonly used for indidivudals who have kidney stones.
What is extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy?
400
This suffix means "oxygen."
What is -oxia?
400
ROM
What is Range of Motion?
400
This term means abnormal condition of blueness.
What is cyanosis?
400
This condition refers to a loss of or difficulty with speech.
What is aphasia?
400
Daily Triple!!! Customs, beliefs, behavior standards and expectations by the society of which the individual is a member of.
What is performance context?
500
This suffix means "surgical incision of."
What is -otomy?
500
BKA.
What is a below knee amputation?
500
DAILY DOUBLE!!! This term is used when a person has a fast heart rate. How fast must a person's heart rate be in order to have this condition?
What is tachycardia? 100 BPM.
500
In rheumatoid arthritis, scar tissue can cause fusion of bone ends, a condition known as this abnormal condition.
What is ankylosis?
500
A condition resulting in a developmental error in which one or more vertebrae fail to fuse, leaving an opening or weakness in the vertebral column.
What is spina bifida?
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