CA Medical Terminology

Prefix

100

Placed at the start of a word and consists of one or more syllables.

What is a prefix

200

beyond, over, between, change, after

What is meta

300

Difficult, bad, painful, abnormal

What is the prefix dys-

400

Pan-

What is the prefix for all or entire

500

Opposite, reverse, remove

What is the prefix de-

Suffix

100

itis

What is inflammation

200

Surgical puncture

What is -centesis

300

Flow or discharge

What is -rrhea

400

Deficiency of, or lack of

What is -penia

500

Usually indicates procedure, disease, disorder or condition

What is a suffix

Root

100

Central part of the word, and the foundation or essential meaning of a word.

What is the root of a word

200

Lapar-

What is the flank or abdomen

300

Cost-

What is the rib

400

Pneum

What are the lungs

500

A root without a combining vowel.  The purpose is to make the resulting word easier to pronounce

What is a combining form

Anatomical

100

Intestine

What is enter-

200

Kidney root word

What is nephr-, ren-

300

Phleb, Ven

What are veins 

400

Later-

What is side

500

Root word for bladder

What is cyst-

Abreviations

100

BAR

What is Bright, Alert and Responsive

200

CBC

What is complete blood count

300

TPR

What is Temperature, Pulse and Respiration

400

R/O

What is Rule Out

500

Occulus unitas

What is both eyes