LEGAL
Prefixes
Suffixes
Root words
Abbreviations
100

causing bodily harm to or restraining a preson

Battery

100

Neck

Cervic/o

100

pertaining to

-ary

100

swelling

edema
100

COPD

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

200

consent of treatment granted by the authority of a court order

Involuntary Consent

200
above, upon, on

epi-

200

enlargement

-megaly

200

cardio

heart
200

BPM

Beats per Minute

300

POLST

Physician Ordered Life-Sustaining Treatment

300

sole of foot

platar-

300

study of

-ology

300

myo

muscle


300

CNS

Central Nervous System

400

a breach of duty by performance of a legal act in a manner that is harmful or injurious

Misfeasance

400

posterior knee

poplit

400

inflammation

-itis

400

hard thick skin

callus

400

CPR

cardiopulmonary resuscitation

500

the thing speaks for it self

res ipsa loquitur

500

vein

phleb-

500

break down, separation

-lysis

500
breast

mamm/o

500

CABG

coronary artery bypass graph