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Combining Forms
Words
Abrevitations
I love SCHOOL!
100
The two suffixes for "Field of Medicine"
What is iatrics, iatry?
100
phag/o
What is eating or swallowing?
100
prostatoplasty
What is surgical repair of the prostate?
100
qam
What is each morning?
100
Na
What is sodium?
200
inter-
What is between?
200
cec/o
What is cecum?
200
ophthalmologist
What is special in the study of the eye?
200
LMP
What is last menstral period?
200
lipoma
What is tumor of fat?
300
Slight or partial paralysis
What is paresis?
300
spondyl/o
What is vertebrae?
300
pleuralgia
What is pain of the pleura?
300
ESRD
What is End Stage Renal Disease?
300
encephalocele
What is hernia of the brain?
400
Give me the three suffixes. 1. process of recording 2. recording instrument 3. record
What is 1. -graphy 2. -graph 3. -gram
400
lymphangi/o
What is lymphatic vessel? (or lymph vessel)
400
metrocarcinoma
What is cancerous tumor of the uterus?
400
Ca
What is calcium?
400
ESRD can be caused by this (another abreviation you know)?
What is NSAID?
500
-sclerosis
What is hardening?
500
nephr/o
What is kidney?
500
pyelonephritis
What is inflammation of the renal pelvis and kidney?
500
CRF
What is Chronic Renal Failure?
500
The name of the sphincter at the junction between the stomach and duodenum?
What is the pylorus?