Intro
The word part at the beginning of the term that changes the meaning
What is a prefix?
The smallest independently function unit of a living organism
What is a cell?
Meaning of the combining form ungu/o
What is nail?
The meaning of the prefix dys-
What is painful, abnormal, difficult, labored?
This is the combining form that means stiff or bent
What is ankly/o?
The word part at the end of the term that changes the meaning of the
What is a suffix?
The highest level of organization
What is an organism?
Meaning of the combining form xanth/o
What is yellow?
The meaning of the combining form cepha/o-
What is head?
This term means without nourishment or development
What is atrophy?
The foundational meaning of a word
What is a word root?
A body that is lying face down is described as
Meaning of the prefix para-
What is bedside, around, beyond, abnormal?
This is the combining form for nerve root
What is radicul/o, radic/o, or rhiz/o?
The meaning of the suffix -lysis
What is loosening, separating, dissolution?
Denotes the primary emphasis when pronouncing a medical term
What are capitial letters?
Describes a position in a limb that is nearer to the point of attachment or the trunk of the body
What is proximal?
Meaning of the suffix -osis
What is abnormal condition?
This is the suffix that means paralysis
What is -plegia?
This is the suffix that means surgical fixation, fusion
What is desis?
Terms that are exceptions to the rules for building medical terms
What is a rebel?
The two sub divisions of body cavities that make up the ventral body cavity
What are the abdomino-pelvic and thoracic body cavity?
Meaning of the suffix -stasis
What is stop, controlling, standing?
This is the suffix that means suturing or repairing
What is -rrhaphy?
What is the term that means inflammation of the sheath that envelopes muscles on the sole of the foot
What is plantar fascitis?