Medical Abbreviations and Terminology Review

A complete anatomical and chemical terminology guide covering medical roots, prefixes, suffixes, systems, and standard laboratory abbreviations.

alb/o, albin/o, leuk/o

white

chlor/o

green

cirrh/o

orange-yellow

cyan/o

blue

eosin/o, erythr/o, rhod/o, rose/o, rubr/i/o

red, rosy

flav/o, jaund/o, lute/o, xanth/o

yellow

fusc/o

dark brown

glauc/o

gray, bluish-green, black

poli/o, tephr/o

gray, ash

purpur/i

purple

acu

needle

acro

extremities

hetero

opposite, different

homo

same, similar

hydro

fluid, water

hyster

uterus

multi

many, more than one

post

after, behind

quadri

four

-cele

herniation, swelling

-ism

condition, disease

-megaly

enlarged

-opia/opsia

vision

-plasm

growth/formation of tissue

-pnea

breath, breathing

-porosis

porous, decrease in density

-ptosis

drooping, prolapsed

-ptysis

spitting, spit up

-rrhaggia

excessive flow, profuse fluid discharge

-rrhaphy

suture

-rrhexis

rupture

-desis

surgical fixation, fusion

-pexy

fixation

-plasty

surgical repair, correction

-stomy

forming a new opening

-tripsy

to crush, break down

nanometer

instrument for measuring pressure

nanometry

process of measuring pressure

agglutin/o

clumping

amyl/o

starch

angi/o

blood/lymph vessels

coagul/o

coagulation, clotting

ferr/i/o

iron

kal/i

potassium

myel/o

bone marrow, spinal cord

natr/o

sodium

poikil/o

variation, irregular

pykn/o, pycn/o

thick, dense

sapr/o

rotten, decay

schist/o

split, cleft

thromb/o

clot, thrombus

ather/o

fatty substance, plaque

isch/o

suppress, restraint

sphygm/o

pulse

hirsut/o

hairy

sial/o

saliva

celi/o

abdomen

cholecyst/o

gallbladder

dips/o

thirst

jejun/o

jejunum

peps/o

digestion

phag/o

eating, ingestion

stomat/o

mouth

acanth/o

thorny, spiny

steat/o

fat

rhytid/o

wrinkle

lien/o

spleen

ankyl/o

stiff, crooked, bent

kyph/o

humpback

spondyl/o

vertebrae, spinal cord

esthesi/o

sensation, feeling

narc/o

numbness, stupor

amni/o

sac around the embryo

galact/o, lact/o

milk

crypt/o

hidden, concealed

orchid/o

testis

capn/o

carbon dioxide

azot/o

nitrogen, urea

myring/o

eardrum

blephar/o, palpebr/o

eyelid

ABG

Arterial Blood Gas

CBCD

Complete Blood Count with Differential

$$NH_3$$

Ammonia

TIBC

Total Iron Binding Capacity