Medical Abbreviations
What is the medical abbreviation for cardiopulmonary resuscitation?
CPR
Whats the word for a condition that is often severe but starts and ends quickly?
Acute
Whats the root word that talks about water?
Aqua-
Mal-
What is the suffix for a condition?
What is the medical abbreviation for intensive care unit?
ICU
What is the word for when your doing an examination?
Exam
Whats the root word when it relates to the stomach?
Gastr(o)-
What is the prefix for a drug or medicine?
Pharmaco-
What is the suffix for when you expanding or dilating?
-ectasis
What is the medical abbreviation for gunshot wound?
GSW
What is the terminology for when a catheter inserts into the bladder to help with urinary drainage?
Foley
What is the root word for when it relates to eggs?
Ov-
What is the prefix when something is new?
Neo-
What the suffix for paralysis?
-plegia
What is the medical abbrivation for gait training?
What is the term for when a patient in unconscious and open-mouthed?
O sign
What is the root word for when something has to do with the lungs?
Pulmon(o)-
What is the prefix for fungus?
Myc/o-
-ptosis
What is the medical abbreviation for otolaryngology?
Oto
What's the terminology for when something is shallow and weak?
Hint: Normally references a person's pulse.
Thready
What is the root word for when it has to do with the brain?
Encephal(o)-
What is the prefix for when something is all or everywhere?
Pan-, Pant/o-
What is the suffix for when your bleeding?