Abbreviations
prefix
Suffix
Root Word
Mixture
100
D/C
What is discontinue.
100
What is mal?
What is bad or abnormal?
100
Itis
What is inflammation?
100
inflammation
What is itis ?
100
5tsp
What is five teaspoons would be written as?
200
EKG
What is electrocardiogram?
200
What is a or an?
What is without or lack of?
200
pain
What is the suffix algia?
200
red
What is erythro?
200
hydrocephaly
What is a condition that causes brain damage?
300
npo
What is not by mouth
300
What is dys?
What is difficult or painful?
300
Within or Into
What is emia ?
300
rhin
What is noes
300
Hysterectomy What surgery would be physically impossible for Mr. Smith?
what is a Hysterectomy
400
STAT
What is immediately at once ?
400
What is hyper?
What is excessive or high?
400
Away
What is ab-?
400
skull
What is cranio
400
The common colds medical term is called?
What is rhinitis
500
Vs
what is vital signs?
500
What is new?
What is neo?
500
Back, again, up.
What is ana-?
500
chest
What is thorac
500
what is name tag ?
What does the nurses ALWAYS have to have on there uniform?
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