Medications and Treatments
Roots
Suffixes
Abbreviations
Pathology
100

A drug that reduces fever.

What is an antipyretic?

100

The root meaning rib.

What is cost/o?

100

Suffix meaning removal of.

What is -ectomy?

100

ICU

What is the Intensive Care Unit?

100

osteoporosis 

What is loss of bone density?

200

The term for a drug that relieves pain

What is an analgesic?

200

The root meaning muscle.

What is my/o or myos/o?

200

Suffix meaning swelling.

What is -edema?

200

(B)

What is Bilateral (both sides)?

200

costochondritis

What is inflammation of the cartilage of the rib?

300
The term for a drug that reduces inflammation.

What is an anti-inflammatory?

300
The root meaning ankle.

What is tars/o?

300

Suffix meaning softening.

What is -malacia?

300

f/u

What is follow up?

300

myosarcoma

What is a cancerous tumor of the muscle?

400

A drug that causes loss of sensation

What is anesthetic?

400

The root meaning vertabrae.

What is spondyl/o?

400

Suffix meaning flow.

What is -rrhea?

400

WNL

What is within normal limits?

400

craniectomy

What is removal of a piece of the skull?

500

A drug that lessons anxiety.

What is an anxiolytic?

500
The root meaning arm.

What is brachi/o?

500

Suffix meaning surgical reconstruction.

What is -plasty?

500

BID

What is twice daily?

500

genu valgum

What is knock-kneed?

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