Common abbreviations
Disease Symptoms
Where is it found?
Medical prefixes
100

EMS

What is emergency medical services?

100

Covid-19 (name 3)

What is:

  • fever or chills
  • cough
  • shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
  • fatigue
  • muscle or body ache
  • headache
  • new loss of taste or smell
  • sore throat
  • congestion or runny nose
  • diarrhea
  • nausea or vomiting
100

Femur

What is the thigh?

100

Cardio-

What is the heart?

200

ICU

What is Intensive care unit?

200

Arthritis

What is joint stiffening/joint pain?

200
Vertebrae

What is the spine?

200

Pneumo-

What is the Respiratory system?

300

DNR

What is Do not resuscitate?

300

Exploding Head Syndrome

Hearing extremely loud noises within your head.

300

Cranium

What is the head? (Skull)

300

Rhino-

What is the nose?

400

AED

What is an Automated external defibrillator?

400

Diabetes

Pancreas failure(uncontrolled blood glucose)

400

Phalanges

What are the fingers/toes?

400

Ossi-

What is the skeleton?

500

CPR

What is Cardiopulmonary resuscitation?

500

Pica

Eating non-nutritional substances

500

Xiphoid Process

What is the base of the sternum?

500

Chondri-

What is Cartilage?

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