Medical%20Terminology

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Medical Terminology

• Peg Bottjen
• Introduction to Health Care

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Medical Terminology

• Abbreviations
• Prefixes
• Word Roots
• Suffixes

Prefix - Root - Suffix
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Abbreviations

• D/C
• O.R.
• p.r.n.
• a.c.
• stat
• R.N.
• wt.
• Na

• Rx.
• Bl.
• T.
• N.P.O.
• spec.
• pt.
• B.P.
• R.

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Prefixes

• hypo
• hyper
• pre
• post
• pseudo

• mono
• poly
• epi
• bio

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Root Words

• derm
• neur
• cardi
• glyco

• carcin
• cyte
• oste
• myo

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Suffixes

• uria
• stasis
• logy
• itis

• oma
• emia
• pnea
• phobia
• tomy

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Practice

• biology
• hypoglycemia
• hyperglycemia

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Practice

• cardiology
• epidermis
• myocarditis

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Practice

• polyuria
• cardiostasis
• precancerous

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Practice

• osteoma
• neurology
• polyphobia

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Practice

• monocyte
• glycosuria
• myocyte