Word Roots & Combining Forms
foot or child
What is ped/o
The process of recording
What is -graphy
This systems contains the liver, esophagus, gallbladder
What is the Digestive System
Report resulting from studying tissue removed from a patient
What is a Pathology report
Red or flushed skin
What is Erythroderma
Word Root that means to secrete
crin/o
This suffix means hardening
What is -sclerosis
This system contains the heart, vessels, and arteries
What is Cadiovascular System
Results from blood test, x-rays, ultrasounds, etc.
Fatty mass or tumor
What is lipoma
This word root means cartilage
chondro/o
A suffix meaning surgical fixation
What is -pexy
This system contains spleen, thymus, tonsils
What is lymphatic system
Record of a patient's previous illnesses, past surgeries, medications, and diagnosis
What is History & Physical
What is anhidrosis
Word root meaning back
dors/o, poster/o
Suffix meaning narrowing
What is -stenosis
This systems contains erythrocytes, platelets, plasma
What is the Blood/Hematic System
Details of surgery and how the patient tolerated it
Pus on or in the skin
What is pyoderma
life
What is bi/o
suffix meaning record
What is -gram
This system contains the thyroid, adrenal, pituitary glands
What is the Endocrine System
What is a Physician's progress note or report
Oily discharge
What is seborrhea