Medications and Treatments
A drug that reduces fever.
What is an antipyretic?
The root meaning rib.
What is cost/o?
Suffix meaning removal of.
What is -ectomy?
ICU
What is the Intensive Care Unit?
osteoporosis
What is loss of bone density?
The term for a drug that relieves pain
What is an analgesic?
The root meaning muscle.
What is my/o or myos/o?
Suffix meaning swelling.
What is -edema?
(B)
What is Bilateral (both sides)?
costochondritis
What is inflammation of the cartilage of the rib?
What is an anti-inflammatory?
What is tars/o?
Suffix meaning softening.
What is -malacia?
f/u
What is follow up?
myosarcoma
What is a cancerous tumor of the muscle?
A drug that causes loss of sensation
What is anesthetic?
The root meaning vertabrae.
What is spondyl/o?
Suffix meaning flow.
What is -rrhea?
WNL
What is within normal limits?
craniectomy
What is removal of a piece of the skull?
A drug that lessons anxiety.
What is an anxiolytic?
What is brachi/o?
Suffix meaning surgical reconstruction.
What is -plasty?
BID
What is twice daily?
genu valgum
What is knock-kneed?