Suffixes
Prefixes
Medication Timing
Shorthand
Routes
100

...itis

What is inflammation or swelling?

100

Brady

What is too slow?

100

qd

What is once daily?

100

STAT

What is immediately?

100

PO

What is by mouth?

200

To cut out

What is ectomy?

200

Too much

What is poly?

200

As needed

what is PRN

200

NPO

What is nothing by mouth?

200

Intramuscular

What is IM?

300

To view a body part through a scope

What is oscopy?

300

Dys

What is difficult or painful?

300

Once every other day

What is qod?

300

Out of bed

What is OOB?

300

Otic

What are ear drops?

400

...pathy

What is disease or sickness?

400

Tachy

What is too fast?

400

bid

Twice daily

400

ADL

What is activities of daily living?

400

Held under tongue

What is sublingual?

500

Tumor or mass

What is oma?

500

Hypo

What is too low?

500

qid

What is four times a day?

500

Within normal limits

What is WNL?

500

SQ

What is subcutaneous?