Word Parts
The combining form uter/o
What is uterus?
The medical word for present at birth
What is congenital?
Dissect the medical word "gerontology" into word parts.
What is geront/o/logy?
SIDS
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
A disease, structure, syndrome, or procedure named after an individual.
What is an eponym?
The root ped
What is child?
The term for very low core temperature.
What is hypothermia?
The condition that involves binge and purge.
What is bulimia (bulimia nervosa)?
ADHD
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
NIDDM
What is non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus?
The suffix -osis
What is condition?
The wasting away of tissue or organs
atrophy
The medical term that means "to relieve symptoms and pain without curing."
What is palliative care?
CSF
cerebrospinal fluid
poly- (P): many, excessive
men/o (CF): menses
-rrhea (S): flow
The root enur
What is urinate?
It is characterized by small cerebral hemispheres.
What is microcephaly?
Used in the evaluation of a newborn's status
What is APGAR score?
FTT
failure to thrive
The surgical procedure for BPH.
What is transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP)?
The suffix -penia
What is deficiency?
Define myelomeningocele.
What is protrusion of the spinal cord and meninges through a defect in the vertebral arch of one or more vertebrae?
The Latin term to grow old.
What is senescence?
MCS
What is a minimally conscious state?
Define the medical word: Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
What is "a lung condition caused by extremely small particles in volcanic dust that look like sand?"