Suffixes
Abbreviations associated with pharmacology
Word roots
Prefixes
Abbreviations
100

algia

What is pertaining to pain?

100

gtt

What is drops?

100

Cheek

What is bucc?

100

angio

What is vessel?

100

ETOH

What is ethyl alcohol?

200

lysis

What is decline, disintegrate, destruct?

200

mEq

What are milliequivalents?

200

asphyxia

What is lack of oxygen or excess CO2 in the body that results in unconsciousness?

200

mening

What is pertaining to a membrane, particularly the meninges?

200

AICD

What is automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator?
300

Drooping

What is ptosis?

300

KVO

What is keep vein open?

300

Pertaining to swallowing

What is phagia?

300

chole

What is pertaining to bile?

300

H/A

What is headache?

400

Pertaining to presence of substance in the blood

What is emia?

400

IVBP

What is IV piggy back?

400

A disordered sensation in which one's own body or the surroundings are perceived as moving

What is vertigo?

400

Black

What is melan?

400

Estimated blood loss

What is EBL?

500

scopy

What is examination with an instrument?

500

LR

What is lactated ringers?

500

Lact

What is milk?

500

Excessive 

What is hyper?

500

Hypertension

What is high blood pressure (hypertension)?