Prefixes
The prefix for low
What is hypo-?
The suffic for inflammation
What is -itis?
Medical abbreviation for congestive heart failure
What is CHF?
Heart rate >100 BPM?
What is tachycardia?
A 5 year old male with a fever.
What is a 5 y/o M that is febrile.
The prefix for without
What is a-/an-?
What is -pathy?
Medical abbreviation for four times a day
What is QID?
A nose bleed
What is epistaxis?
The prefix for difficulty
What is dys-?
The suffix for remove
What is -ectomy?
Medical abbreviation for nothing by mouth?
What is NPO?
Bruising
What is ecchymosis?
A 85 year old male that is showing signs and symptoms of not knowing when he needs to void.
The prefix for blood
What is hema-?
The suffix for enlargement
What is -megaly?
Medical abbreviation for Aspirin
What is ASA?
A cut in the skin/tissue
What is laceration?
A 50 year old male with diabetes mellitis that takes subcutaneous insulin before meals and at bedtime.
What is A 50 y/o male with DM that takes SQ insulin ACHS.
The prefix for half
What is hemi-?
The suffix for pain
What is -algia?
Medical abbreviation for cerebrovascular accident
What is CVA?
Bloody urine
What is hematuria?
The patient presented with an elevated heart rate, low blood pressure, was given intravenous fluids, and the electrocardiogram showed atrial fibrillation.
What is the pt presented with tachycardia, hypotension, was given IVF, and ekg showed AF.