Suffixes1
-itis
What is
Inflammation
poly-
What is many
Root word for heart
What is Cardi/o
Slow Heart Rate
What is bradycardia
NKA
What is no known allergies
-algia
nephro-
What is kidney
Root word for skin
What is Derm/o
Shortness of breath
What is dyspnea
LUQ
What is left upper quadrant
-logy
What is the study of
tachy-
What is fast
Root word for bone
What is oste/o
Production of abnormally large volumes of urine
What is polyuria
NPO
What is nothing by mouth
-emesis
What is vomit
rhin/o
What is nose
Root word for Nerves
What is neur/o
Sweating, especially to an unusual degree as a symptom of disease or a side effect of a drug
What is diaphoresis
PRN
What is as needed
-pnea
What is breath or repiration
Hypo-
What is Under/below
Root word for Liver
What is hepat/o
Surgical Procedure that brings one end o the large intestine out through an opening made in the abdominal wall
What is colostomy
BKA
What is below the knee amputation