Medical terminology glossary for medical assistants

1,052 word parts, abbreviations and terms from the CCMA exam topics, each with a short definition and the sources it is checked against.

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• Medical prefixes

  80 entries

• Medical suffixes

  73 entries

• Medical word roots

  126 entries

• Medical abbreviations

  227 entries

• Medical terms

  546 entries

• Do Not Use abbreviations

  24 entries

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