Know the following abbreviations:
CA,
PX,
DX,
CAD,
ARMD,
IOP,
ENT,
Ophth,
RA,
OA,
MD,
DM,
FX.
Know the following Prefixes:
poly,
endo,
dys,
an,
hypo,
trans,
epi,
intra,
inter,
glyc,
per,
sub,
brady,
tachy,
a,
hemi,
dia,
xero,
Know the following suffixes:
-a,
-aces,
-ices,
-nx,
-logist,
-genic,
-logy,
-graphy,
-gram,
-oid,
-oma,
-plasm,
-stasis,
-is,
-osis,
-ous,
-tomy,
-centesis,
-ectomy,
-ia,
-scope,
-scopy,
-stomy,
-iasis,
-plasty,
-tripsy,
-cele,
-pexy,
-ptosis,
-rrhaphy,
-rrhexis,
-megaly,
-penia,
-sclerosis,
-algia,
-metry,
-plegia,
-emia,
-uria,
-ary,
-otomy,
-itis,
-pepsia,
-trophy,
-sarcoma
-ptosis,
-tripsy,
Know all the suffixes that mean pertaining to: eal, ic, ac, ial, ous, al, ary, ior, iac,ical.
Know the following combining forms:
anter/o,
infer/o,
poster/o,
super/o,
caud/o,
cephal/o,
dist/o,
proxim/o,
centr/o,
later/o,
medi/o,
ventr/o,
bronch/o,
laryng/o,
pharyng/o,
trache/o,
cyst/o,
nephr/o,
urethr/o,
pyel/o,
hemat/o,
ur/o,
lith/o,
noct/o,
olig/o,
hem/o,
colp/o,
cervic/o,
hyster/o,
vagin/o,
mast/o,
oophor/o,
orchi/o,
prostat/o,
salping/o,
vas/o,
scrot/o,
endometri/o,
ven/o,
thrombo/o,
phlebo/o,
lymph/o,
rect/o,
appendic/o,
gastr/o,
or/o,
pancreat/o,
abdomin/o,
hepat/o,
esophag/o,
chol/e,
ile/o,
col/o,
meningi/o,
myel/o,
cerebr/o,
phas/o,
pleg/o,
endocrin/o,
thym/o,
adrenal/o,
thyroid/o,
glyc/o,
viscer/o,
eti/o,
lei/o,
kerat/o,
crypt/o,
strep/o.
staph/o,
rhytid/o,
thorac/o,
pneum/o,
ox/i,
ren/o,
pyel/o
balan/o,
prostat/o,
orchi/o,
metr/o,
mast/o,
salping/o,
colp/o,
angi/o,
celi/o,
proct/o,
ocul/o,
ton/o,
tympan/o,
cost/o,
spondyl/o,
arthr/o,
burs/o,
myc/o,
myel/o,
esthesi/o,
poli/o,
phac/o,
phak/o,
sarc/o,
sacr/o
balan/o,
prostat/o,
orchi/o,
Know the word parts on pages 357-361.
Related Terms:
benign,
remission,
pallor,
jaundice,
erythema,
xanthoma,
leukoderma,
nevus,
herpes,
laryngitis,
rhinitis,
Leukemia,
thrombocytopenia,
lymphadenopathy,
thrombus,
thrombophlebitis,
aneurysm,
glaucoma,
astigmatism,
cataract,
presbyopia,
macular degeneration,
presbyopia,
carpal tunnel syndrome,
rheumatoid arthritis,
osteoarthritis,
gout,
muscular dystrophy,
kyphosis,
lordosis,
scoliosis,
parasagittal,
Fowler’s Position,
unilateral,
bilateral,
Kaposi Sarcoma,
basal cell carcinoma,
squamous cell carcinoma,
actinic keratosis,
Atelectasis,
Bronchiectasis,
upper airway,
lower airway,
ABG’s,
Peak flow meter,
spirometer,
nebulizer,
dysuria,
azotemia,
hydrocele,
orchiopexy,
dysmenorrhea,
endmetriosis,
tubal ligaton,
arrhythmia,
cardiac arrest,
heart failure,
myocardial infarction,
angina pectoris,
coronary bypass graft,
percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty,
gingivitis,
intussusception,
Crohn’s Disease,
ulcerative colitis,
vertigo,
tinnitus,
encephalitis,
electroencephalograph,