Intro to Med Term and Anatomy (ch18)

acronym, abbreviations, prefixes and suffixes

HTN

hypertension

Ca

cancer

HA

Headache

PT

physical therapy

ACE

angiotensin-converting enzyme

AIDS

acquired immune deficiency syndrome

ARDS

acute respiratory distress syndrome

HIPPA

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

LASER

light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation

RICE

rest, ice, compression, elevation

SIDS

sudden infant death syndrome

s̅

without

p̄

after

ā

before

a-,an-

without, no, not

ab-

away from

ad-

near, toward

af-

toward

ana-

apart, up

ante-

before, forward, in front of

anti-

against

bi-

both, two

Brady-

slow

con-

together, with

contra-

opposite

dia-

complete, through

dys-

difficult, painful, abnormal, bad

ec-, ex-

outside, out

echo-

using ultrasonic waves

ef-

away from

electro-

using electricity

end-, endo-

in, inner, within

epi-

above, upon

lip/o

fat

extra-

outside of

hemi-

half

hyper-

excessive, too much, above

hypo-

deficit, too little, below

in-

into, in

inter-

between

intra-

within

ipsi-

same

macro-

very large

mal-

bad

megalo-

large

meta-

change, beyond

micro-

small

neo-

new

par-

near, beside

para-

near, abnormal, beside

per-

through

peri-

surrounding, around

poly-

many, much, excessive, frequent

post-

after, behind

pre-

before, in front of

pro-, pros-

forward

quadri-

four

re-, retro-

behind, back

sub-

under, less than

supra-

upward, above

syn-

together, with

tachy-

fast

trans-

through, across

tri-

three

ultra-

beyond

uni-

one

-ac

pertaining to

-al

pertaining to

-ar

pertaining to

-ary

pertaining to

-eal

pertaining to

-ent

pertaining to

-ic

pertaining to

-ior

pertaining to

-ine

pertaining to

-ous

pertaining to

-tic

pertaining to

-crine

secretion

-dipsia

thirst

-gen

to produce

-is

structure

-lapse

to fall, slide

-partum

birth

-phagia

to eat, swallow

-phasia

to speak

-plasm

formation

-statsis

to stand, place, stop, control

-tension

pressure

-trophy

nourishment, development

-um

structure, membrane

-algia

pain

-ation

process, condition

-cele

herniation

-emia

blood condition

-ia

diseased or abnormal condition

-ism

condition, process

-itis

inflammation

-lysis

loosening, breakdown, separation, destruction

-malacia

softening

-megaly

enlargement