Abbreviations
Root Words
Prefixes
Suffixes
Medical Words
100
prn
What is as needed
100
rhin
What is nose
100
a / an
What is without
100
emia
What is blood
100
hysterectomy
What is surgical removal of the uterus
200
mL
What is milliliter
200
gastro
What is the stomach
200
dys
What is painful, difficult, or bad
200
itis
What is inflammation
200
myalgia
What is muscle pain
300
po
What is by mouth
300
hepato
What is the liver
300
hyper
What is excessive or high
300
algia
What is pain
300
rhinitis
What is runny / drainage from nose
400
stat
What is immediately, right away
400
thorac
What is the chest or thorax
400
neo
What is new
400
plegia
What is paralysis
400
cardiomegaly
What is an enlarged heart
500
EKG
What is electrocardiogram
500
cranio
What is the skull
500
erythro
What is red
500
centesis
What is surgically puncturing and withdrawing fluid from a body cavity
500
osteoarthritis
What is inflammation of bone and joint