Combining forms
Positions
Abbreviations
Growths & testing
Prefixes and Suffixes
100
son/o
What is sound?
100
adduction
What is to move towards the midline of the body?
100
AP
What is anteroposterior?
100
Benign tumor
What is non cancerous tumor?
100
Does not show up on an x-ray
What is radiopaque?
200
mutagen/o
What is causing genetic change?
200
flexion
What is bending a part of the body?
200
RT
What is radiation therapy?
200
neoplasm
What is "new growth"-usually not a good sign?
200
A record of the breast
What is mammography?
300
is/o
What is the same?
300
prone
What is lying on the belly (face down)?
300
CA
What is cancer?
300
protocol
What is a detailed plan of treatment?
300
To use an instrument to visually examine the colon
What is a colonoscopy?
400
viv/o
What is life?
400
extension
What is lengthening or straightening of a flexed limb?
400
US
What is ultrasound?
400
Making a record of a breast?
What is mammography?
400
Immunosuppression
What is a side effect of many chemotherapy, it decreases the body's ability to fight off infection (not a good thing)?
500
xer/o
What is dryness?
500
recumbent
What is lying down, either face up or face down?
500
KUB
What is kidney-ureter-bladder (x-ray)?
500
This category of medications fights cancer by interfering with cell division.
What are antimitotis?
500
Exfoliative cytology
What is the act of scaping some cells to study them? This is what is done in a Pap test.
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