Med Term Final - 2025

mal-

bad

Ab-

away from

Para

alongside, beside, abnormal

Syn

together, with

-gnosis

knowledge

-centesis

surgical puncture

macr/o

large

pyr/o

heat, fire

HIPAA

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Define Prefix

to fix the beginning of a word

Define Root

a word or word element from which other words are formed

Define Suffix

to fasten on, beneath, or under

Anti-

against

Pt

Patient

A-

without

BP

Blood Pressure

-logy

The study of

Adhes

stuck to

Axill

armpit

centr/i

center

chem/o

chemical

Gene

formation, produce

radi/o

ray, x-ray

Scop

instrument for examining

Palm

palm

-ive

nature of, quality of

-grade

a step

Mill-

one thousandth

Cac-

bad

onc/o

tumor

In-

in, into

dis-

apart

eti/o

cause

Cis

to cut

Tuss

cough

Bx

biopsy

CDC

centers for disease control and prevention

ENT

ear, nose, throat

Ht

Height

R

respiratory

Wt

weight

T

temperature

SOAP

subjective, objective, assessment plan

P

pulse

OP

out patient

L

liter

PCS

Procedure, coding, system

TPR

temperature, pulse, respiration

PE

physical exam

Ir-

not

Regul

rule

-ar

pertaining to

Nas/o

nose

Palp

touch

-ate

use, action

-sis

condition

-oid

resemble

Turg

swelling

-or

one who

-clasis

a break

-graphy

instrument for recording

-ize

to make

-metry

measurement

-opsy

to view

-pheresis

remove

-plasty

surgical repair

-noia

mind

-mania

madness

-oxia

oxygen

-pathy

disease, emotion

-ptysis

spitting

-rrhea

bursting forth

-phobia

fear

Pre-

before

Tachy

excessive

Eu-

normal

-Pnea

breathing

Di-

two

Sub-

under

HS

Hours of sleep

Epi-

upon, above, over

Inter-

between

BID

twice a day

Mega-

Large

Tri-

Three

Supra-

above, beyond, superior

CC

Chief complaint

QID

4x a day

PO

by mouth

Post-

during

Bi-

two

Pseudo-

false

TID

3x a day

PC

After eating

Hydro-

water

Micro-

small

HR

Heart rate

Endo-

inner

-osis

condition

Ad-

without