Word Part Wizards
Means "bad" — it's used in words like feeding difficulty.
What is dys-?
The term that means “inflammation of the bursa.”
What is bursitis?
This abbreviation means “each night at the hour of sleep.”
What is QHS?
These two ancient languages form the basis of most medical terms.
What are Greek and Latin?
The suffix that means “inflammation.”
What is -itis?
Translate the root lacrim/o.
What is tear?
The medical term that means "a large bruise."
What is ecchymosis?
This suffix means "reconstruction," often used in cosmetic surgery terms.
What is -plasty?
The correct medical term for "removal of a joint."
What is arthrectomy?
This abbreviation means “four times daily.”
What is QID?
These two body directions are opposites: one means "above," the other "below."
What are superior and inferior?
The medical term that means “inflammation of a joint.”
What is arthritis?
Translate the root myring/o.
What is eardrum?
The medical term that means “loss of bone density.”
What is osteoporosis?
A root that means "nerve."
What is neur/o?
Break down the term "osteoarthritis" and define the suffix.
What is -itis, meaning inflammation?
This abbreviation means “twice a day.”
What is BID?
These two terms are opposites, meaning "closer to" and "farther from" the center.
What are proximal and distal?
The term for “inflammation of the bursa.”
What is bursitis?
The correct breakdown and meaning of dacryocystitis.
What is dacryo (tear) + cyst (sac) + itis (inflammation) = inflammation of the tear sac?
The medical term that means “inflammation of the bone and bone marrow.”
What is osteomyelitis?
The root word used to mean "bone."
What is oste/o?
Translate the term "myopathy."
What is muscle disease?
This abbreviation means “three times a day.”
What is TID?
The medical terms ventral, antral, and anterior all mean this.
What is front?
The correct medical term for “inflammation of the vertebra.”
What is spondylitis?
Translate the root cycl/o.
What is ciliary body?
The medical term that means “inflammation of the vertebra.”
What is spondylitis?
This suffix means "inflammation."
What is -itis?
Translate the abbreviation “Pt is a 20 y/o ♂.”
What is The patient is a 20-year-old male?
This abbreviation means “nothing by mouth.”
What is NPO?
The root "brachi/o" refers to this body part.
What is the arm?
The term for “inflammation of the conjunctiva.”
What is conjunctivitis?
The correct breakdown and meaning of presbyopia.
What is presby (old age) + opia (vision condition) = decreased vision caused by old age?
The medical term for an overgrowth of scar tissue.
What is keloid?
Three roots that all mean "fat."
What are adip/o, lip/o, steat/o?
Translate the term "steatoma."
What is fatty tumor?
This abbreviation means “both eyes.”
What is OU?
The body position for lying face up.
What is supine?
The term for “inflammation of the tear sac.”
What is dacryocystitis?
The correct breakdown and meaning of retinopathy.
What is retino (retina) + pathy (disease) = disease of the retina?
The medical term for “tissue death.”
What is necrosis?
A prefix that means "many."
What is poly-?
Translate the term "retinopathy."
What is disease of the retina?
This abbreviation means “left eye.”
The anatomical plane that divides the body into left and right.
What is the sagittal plane?
The medical term for “inflammation of multiple nerves.”
What is polyneuritis?
Which abbreviations refer to the eyes?
What are OU and OS?
This type of burn affects only the epidermis.
What is a first-degree burn?
The root for the color red.
What is erythr/o?
Translate the term "osteomyelitis."
What is inflammation of the bone and bone marrow?
This abbreviation stands for the four parts of a medical note: Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan.
What is SOAP?
This is the root word for "loin or lower back."
What is lumb/o?
This word means “bone inflammation.”
What is osteitis?
The medical term for “inflammation of the conjunctiva.”
What is conjunctivitis?
This burn affects the skin and underlying tissue.
What is a fourth-degree burn?
The root for the color white.
What is leuk/o?
Translate the term "polydactyly."
What is condition of having more than the normal number of fingers?
This abbreviation means “inside the skin.”
What is ID (intradermal)?
The correct root for the ankle.
What is tars/o?
The medical term that means “inflammation of the bone and bone marrow.”
What is osteomyelitis?
The medical term that means “ringing in the ears.”
What is tinnitus?
This type of burn affects epidermis and dermis.
What is a second-degree burn?
This root means "thick" and is used in terms describing skin disorders.
What is pachy/o?
Translate the term "dacryocystitis."
What is inflammation of the tear sac?
The abbreviation “♂” means this.
What is male?
This term refers to a problem resulting from a disease or injury.
What is a sequela?
This term means “a condition of tissue death.”
What is necrosis?
The medical term that means “originating from or created by nerves.”
What is neurogenic?
This type of burn reaches the subcutaneous layer.
What is a third-degree burn?