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chapt 5 words
prefixes and suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a- | without |
| auto- | self |
| hetero- | different |
| meta- | after |
| im- | in |
| in- | not |
| bi- | two |
| tri- | three |
| quadri- | four |
| allo- | different |
| pre- | before |
| de- | from |
| end- | within |
| re- | backward |
| dis- | apart |
| poly- | many |
| dys- | bad |
| mal- | bad |
| non- | not |
| inter- | between |
| con- | together |
| ad- | toward |
| circum- | around |
| trans- | across |
| ab- | away from |
| sub- | under |
| -scopy | to examine |
| -scope | instrument for viewing |
| -ist | specialist |
| -pathy | disease |
| -blast | embryo |
| -genesis | creation |
| -lysis | detruction |
| -ectomy | surgical excision |
| -penia | deficient |
| -oma | tumor |
| -malacia | abnormal softness |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -graphy | process of |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -osis | condition |
| -plasia | formation |
| -centesis | to puncture |
| -desis | bind together |
| -or | a doer |
| -fication | remove |
| -genic | creation |
| -ment | resulting state |
| -iatry | treatment |
| -iatrist | practitioner |
| MD | DOCTOR OF MEDICINE |
| DO | DOCTOR OF OSTEOPATHY |
| BMD | BONE MINERAL DENSITY |
| DEXA | DUAL ENERGY X-RAY ABSPORTIOMETRY |
| FDA | US FOOD & DRUG ADMINISTRATION |
| IU | INTERNATIONAL UNITS |
| Fx | FRACTURE |
| DJD | DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE |
| MCP | METACARPOPHALANGEAL |
| JRA | JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS |
| SI | SACROILIAC |
| ACL | ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT |
| PCL | POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT |
| PT | PHYSIOTHERAPY |
| ROM | RANGE OF MOTION |
| mg | MILIGRAMS |
| MRI | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGE |
| TMJ | TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT |
| OA | OSTEOARTHRITIS |
| PIP | PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL |
| THR | TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT |
| RA | RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS |
| t.i.d. | THREE TIMES A DAY |
| DMD | DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY |
| NSAID | NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUG |
| PCP | PHENCYCLIDINE |
| R.I.C.E | REST, ICE, COMPRESSION, & ELEVATION |
| -ius | pertaining to |
| -imus | most |
| -ity | condition |
| -in | substance |
| -er | agent |
| -alis | pertaining to |
| -is | belonging to |
| -ica | pertaining to |
| -isone | cortisone |
| -ive | quality of |
| -algia | pain |
| -ure | result of |
| -ed | pertaining to |
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shannonwilkins
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