Prefixes
The prefix for Needle.
What is acu- ?
means rapidity, restlessness
What is agit/o ?
Suffix for Hearing
What is -cusis?
Substance is represented by the root words aque/o ; hydr/o in medical terms.
What is water?
Abbreviation for Body Mass Index.
What is BMI?
The prefix for good, normal, well.
What is eu-?
means protein
What is prote/o ?
Suffix for Instrument for visual examination
What is scope?
Substance is represented by gluc/o; glyc/o; or sacchar/o in medical terms.
What is sugar?
Abbreviation for Nurse Practitioner
The prefix for sharp, quick, sour.
What is oxy?
means to aerate, oxtgenate.
What is ventil/o?
Suffix for mastication ( chewing )
What is -masesis?
Represented by words "adip/o, lip/o, pimel/o, and steat/o" in medical terms
What is fat?
Abbreviation for Post Anesthesia Care Unit
What is PACU?
The prefix for closed or lacking an opening.
What is atreto-?
is sand, sand-like material
What is psamm/o?
what is -mimesis?
Terms "-para, -parous, -partum, -tocia, and toc/o" are all related to this biological process.
What is childbirth?
The abbreviation for Fracture.
What is FX?
The prefix for one and a half.
What is sesqui-?
Means to soothe or relieve
What is palliat/o?
2 Suffixes for Swelling
What is -tumescence and -edema?
" -pnea, respir/o, respirat/o, spir/o" are all connected to this function of the lungs and diaphragm.
What is breathing/ breathe?
This abbreviation stands for Seborrheic Keratosis and also Streptokinase.
What is SK?