Suffixes
Meanings
Acronyms
Abbreviations
Plurals
100

What does the suffix -ia mean?

What is condition

100

Clotting cell, Platelet

What is a Thrombocyte

100

AIDS

What is Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

100

MRI

What is Magnetic Resonance Imaging

100

Bursa

What is Bursae

200

What does the suffix -opsy mean?

What is to view, process of viewing


200

An irregularity 

What is an anomaly 

200

PICU

What is Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

200

ECG

What is Electrocardiography

200

Diagnosis

what is diagnoses

300

What does the suffix -y mean?

What is condition, process

300

Infection in the blood

What is septicemia

300

CPAP

What is Continuous Positive Airway Pressure

300

Post-op

What is after operation
300

Cortex

What is cortices 

400

What does the suffix -um mean?

What is structure.

400

What does Uremia mean?

Abnormal condition of excessive amounts of urea in blood.

400

LASER

What is Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission of Radiation 

400

COPD

What is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 

400

Ganglium

What is ganglia

500

What does the suffix -plasia mean? 

What is formation, growth. 

500

Salping/o

Fallopian tube

500

 TURP

What is TransUrethral Resection of the Prostate

500

CVA

What is Cerebrovascular accident (Stroke)
500

Ovum

What is ova