Abbreviations
Suffix/Prefix
Greek/Latin
Definitions
Miscellaneous
100
American Health Information Management Association
What is AHIMA
100
-pnea (suffix)
What is Breathing
100
Myces (greek)
What is Mushroom or fungus
100
Apnea
What is Absence of breathing
100
Abbreviation of RHIA
What is Registered Health Information Administrator
200
PD
What is Pulmonary Disease
200
Suffixes -Estasia and -Ectasis
What is Dialation or Expansion
200
Pneumon (greek)
What is Lung
200
Ptyalorrhea
What is Flow of saliva
200
Symptom of hypoxia
What is Low oxygen levels in organs and tissues
300
COLD
What is Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease
300
Epi- (prefix)
What is Upon
300
Sinister (latin)
What is left
300
Larynx
What is The voice box
300
Orth/o means
What is Straight
400
IV
What is Intravenous
400
Diaphragm (all)
What is phren/o diaphragmat/o diaphragm/o
400
Pedias (greek)
What is child
400
Gerontology
What is the study of treatment of aging and the elderly
400
An infection caused by a protozoan-like organism
What is Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia
500
FVC
What is Forced Vital Capacity
500
-plegia (suffix
What is Paralysis
500
Hand (greek)
What is cheir
500
Diaphragmatic Breathing
What is Breathing that is automatic as during sleep is controlled by the brain signaling the diaphragm
500
Measures lung volume
What is Spirometer
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