Digestive
Cardiovascular
Respritory
Prefixes
Abbreviations
100

Enter/o

What is Small Intestine

100

Cardi/o

Heart

100

Nas/o, Rhin/o

What is Nose

100

Hypo-

What is Deficient, Under

100

SOB

What is Shortness of Breath

200

Hepat/o

What is Liver

200

Angi/o

What is Vein

200

Phon/e

What is Voice

200

Peri-

What is Surrounding, Around

200

Fx

What is Fracture

300

Pancreat/o

What is Pancreas

300

Thromb/o

What is Clot

300

Pulmon/o

What is Lung

300

Hyper-

What is Above, Excessive

300

ADL

What is Activities of Daily Living



400

Choleycst/o

What is Gallbladder

400

arteri/o

What is Artery

400

Capn/o

What is CO2, Carbon Dioxide

400

Meta-

What is Beyond, Change

400

WNL

What is Whithin Normal Limits

500

Lapar/o, Celi/o

What is Abdomen

500

Diastole

Relaxation

500

Spir/o

What is Breathing

500

Brady-

What is Slow

500

q4h

What is Every 4 Hours