Abbreviations
Prefix
Suffixes
Body Organs
Safe Words
100

PPE

What is personal protective equipment

100

Dys

What is bad, painful, difficult

100

Ectomy: Give an example of a procedure ending in ectomy

What is hysterectomy,  tonsillectomy

100

A patient who has severe pain in their nerve ending is going to see what type of specialist?

What is a neurologist

100

On friday's students have a hard time getting OOB for remediation?

What is Out of Bed

200

R/0

What is rule out

200

Bi

What is two, both

200

What is amniocentesis?

What is the removal of fluid of the amniotic sac during pregnancy

200

Myocardial Infarction are part of what body system?

What is cardiovascular

200

The students where nervous before taking their test on today and many of them had several BM's before the test because of nervousness.

What is BM

What is Bowel Movement

300

CNS

What is Central Nervous System

300

Intra

What is within

300

What does hemolysis mean?

Hemolysis is the destruction or the separation of RBC's during blood draw.

300

An zygotic egg is produced by which systems of the body?

What are male and female reproductive system

300

Before heading off to clinicals, the student handbook requires that students take a UDS before they can accept clinical placement.

What is UDS

What is Urine Drug Screen

400

BRP

What is Bathroom Privileges

400

Meta

What is change, beyond

400

What is surgical repair of the nose called?

What is Rhinoplasty

400

While taking an antibiotic, the Physician told the patient to take the medication with food. Antibiotics are known to cause watery diarrhea? What system helps excrete diarrhea from the body?

What is the digestive system

400

A patient who is having difficulty swallowing is having what?

What is dysphagia

500

MAEW

What is moves all extremities well

500

Para

What is beside, near, along the side of

500

Stomy- Give an example

What is an opening.

Example: is Colocolostomy or Colostomy


500

A patient who is on dialysis is losing function in which organ?

What is the kidney

500

Cutting into a part of the body is known as 

What is incision

600

Endotracheal Tube

What is ETT

600

Syn

What is with, together

600

Tomy

What is incision, cutting into

600

B-Cell and T-Cells, along with molecules that help fight off infections are part of this body system

What is Lymphatic 

600

Pertaining to the outside of the liver is 

What is extrahepatic