Acronyms
Prefixes
Roots
Suffices
words words words
100
abdominal aortic aneurysm
What is AAA?
100
pre, ante
before
100
hema, hemat
blood
100
tome
a cutting instrument
100
cholecystectomy
a gallbladder removal
200
exam under anesthesia
What is EUA?
200
against
anti
200
joint
arthro
200
death of tissue
necrosis
200
hysteroscopy
looking inside the uterus
300
minimally invasive surgery
What is MIS?
300
painful
dys
300
opening
stoma
300
to suture
rrhaphy
300
antepartum
before the onset of labor
400
dilatation and curettage
What is D&C?
400
outside
extra
400
cartilage
chondro
400
surgical restoration
plasty
400
bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy
romoval of both ovaries and fallopian tubes
500
tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy
What is T&A?
500
trans
across, through
500
herni
rupture
500
ac, al, ic, eal, ary, ous
pertaining to (6 of them)
500
esophagogastroduodenoscopy
looking at the first 3 portions of the alimentary system
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