Name the Word Part
What does -itis mean?
What is inflammation?
Which word part means heart?
What is cardi/o
What does BP stand for?
What is blood pressure?
What does gastritis mean?
What is inflammation of the stomach?
You count how many times a patient breathes in one minute. Which abbreviation represents this measurement?
What is RR
What prefix means slow?
What is brady?
What body part does hepat/o refer to?
What is the liver?
What does SOB stand for?
What is shortness of breath?
What does myalgia mean?
What is muscle pain?
A patient reports pain in several joints. Which word part means joint, and which suffix means pain?
What is arthro and algia?
Which prefix means within or inside?
What body part does cholecyst/o refer to?
What is the gallbladder?
A patient is ordered NPO. What does that mean?
What is nothing by mouth?
What does neuropathy mean?
What is nerve disease/disorder?
A patient is breathing unusually fast. Combine a prefix and suffix to name this condition.
What is tachypnea?
Which word part means few or scanty?
Name the two word parts that mean kidney.
What is ren/o and nephr/o
What do UA and UTI stand for?
What is urinalysis and urinary tract infection?
Break dysphagia into its word parts and explain its meaning.
What is dys meaning difficult, phagia meaning swallowing? What is difficulty swallowing
A patient is producing an unusually large volume of urine. Build the word that means excessive or many/much urine output.
What is polyuria?
What is the difference between -plegia and -paresis?
What is pelgia meaning paralysis and paresis meaning weakness?
Match each word part to its meaning: neur/o, encephal/o, cephal/o, crani/o.
Neuro - nerve
Encephalo - brain
cephalo - head
cranio - skull
Match these readings to their abbreviations: 120/80 mmHg, 72 beats/minute, 18 breaths/minute, and 97% oxygen saturation.
72 beats/minute - HR
18 breaths/minute - RR
97% oxygen saturation - SpO2
Break oliguria into its word parts and explain its meaning.
What is olig/o meaning few or less and uria meaning urine condition? What is decreased urine output?
A patient reports painful urination. Build the term using your vocabulary and explain both parts.
What is dysuria?