Medical Terminology
The prefix for heart
What is cardi/o?
A professional who specializes in the management, prevention, and recovery of injured athletes
What is an athletic trainer?
Symptoms include fever, dry cough, and loss of taste.
What are some of the symptoms of COVID-19?
The largest bone in your body.
What is the femur?
Supports health and promotes hydration without adding calories to the diet.
What is water?
The medical name for high blood pressure.
What is hypertension?
A trained, licensed, and independent clinician who concentrates on managing patients’ health conditions by treating injuries and illnesses, as well as supporting injury and disease prevention. They are licensed to do much of what physicians do.
What is a nurse practitioner?
An immune response triggered by allergens, an ordinarily harmful substance.
What are allergies?
Bones that make up your fingers and toes.
What are the phalanges?
Foods packed with nutrients (antioxidants, vitamins, minerals and fiber) that help you maintain a healthy weight by keeping you full longer.
What are vegetables and fruits?
The suffix blood conditions.
What is -emia?
A medical doctor who specializes in mental health, including substance use disorders. They are qualified to assess both the mental and physical aspects of psychological problems.
What is a psychiatrist?
HIV can be spread through sexual contact and ______.
What is through blood/blood contamination?
The muscular tube that connects the mouth and stomach.
What is the esophagus?
Nutrients that help build and maintain bones, muscles and skin.
What is protein?
A substance that stimulates antibody production to provide immunity against disease.
What is a vaccine?
A healthcare professional who provides primary vision care.
What is an optometrist?
A chronic lung disease characterized by episodes of airway narrowing and obstruction, causing wheezing, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath.
What is asthma?
The three types of muscle tissue that make up the muscular system
What is the skeletal, smooth, and cardiac?
The term for nutrients that people need in relatively large quantities (examples include carbohydrates, proteins, fats, and water).
What are macronutrients?
The medical abbreviation for twice a day.
What is BID?
They help patients understand their illness or condition and provide them with information about the resources available to them to cope with the emotional, financial, and social needs that arise with a diagnosis. They act as an advocate for the patient to assure that patients’ emotional and social needs are met through their medical treatment.
What is a medical/healthcare social worker?
An illness caused by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), which is spread through saliva.
What is mononucleosis?
The proper medical term for the “funny bone”.
What is the ulnar nerve?
An electrolyte that helps maintain nerve and muscle function and regulates fluid levels in the body (found in salt).
What is sodium?