HESC 111 Chp 1 Delgado
Discharge Summary - Comprehensive outline of patient's entire hospital stay; includes condition
at time of admission, admitting diagnosis, test results, treatments and patient's response, final diagnosis,
and follow-up plans
Prefix - beginning of a word
suffix - end of the word
combining vowel - usually an "o" that links the word root to another word root or a suffix
bi/o - life
carcin/o - cancer
cardi/o - cardic
chem/o - chemical
cis/o - to cut
dermat/o - skin
enter/o - small intestine
gastr/o - stomach
, gynec/o - female
hemat/o - blood
immun/o - protection
laryng/o - larynx
nephr/o - kidney
neur/o - nerve
ophthlam/o - eye
ot/o - ear
path/o - disease
pulmon/o - lung
rhin/o - nose
a- / an- - without
anti- - against
auto- - self
Discharge Summary - Comprehensive outline of patient's entire hospital stay; includes condition
at time of admission, admitting diagnosis, test results, treatments and patient's response, final diagnosis,
and follow-up plans
Prefix - beginning of a word
suffix - end of the word
combining vowel - usually an "o" that links the word root to another word root or a suffix
bi/o - life
carcin/o - cancer
cardi/o - cardic
chem/o - chemical
cis/o - to cut
dermat/o - skin
enter/o - small intestine
gastr/o - stomach
, gynec/o - female
hemat/o - blood
immun/o - protection
laryng/o - larynx
nephr/o - kidney
neur/o - nerve
ophthlam/o - eye
ot/o - ear
path/o - disease
pulmon/o - lung
rhin/o - nose
a- / an- - without
anti- - against
auto- - self
