STARTS WITH DYS-
This is a specific learning disability that makes it difficult for a person to read and spell words.
What is dyslexia?
This classic instrument is used to auscultate, or listen to, the sounds of the heart and lungs.
What is a stethoscope?
This medical specialty is concerned with the study and treatment of the brain and nervous system.
What is neurology?
This is the body's largest organ, which protects it from germs and injury and helps regulate body temperature.
What is the skin?
The prefix for "before" combined with the word root for "birth" describes this word for the period before birth.
What is prenatal?
This intestinal infection is primarily known for causing bloody diarrhea.
What is dysentery?
Using high-frequency sound waves, this machine creates images of internal body structures without using radiation.
What is an ultrasound?
This field of medicine focuses on the study of blood, blood-forming organs, and blood diseases.
What is hematology?
This organ can regenerate itself even if a significant portion is removed, making partial donations for transplants possible.
What is the liver?
Combine the word root for "red" with the combining form for "cell" to name this word for a red blood cell.
What is an erythrocyte?
This condition is the difficulty of swallowing foods or liquids, arising from the throat or esophagus.
What is dysphagia?
This device delivers an electric shock to the heart to restore a normal rhythm during cardiac arrest.
What is a defibrillator?
This is a branch of medicine dealing with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of tumors.
What is oncology?
This small, pear-shaped sac stores bile, concentrating the digestive fluid and releasing it to help break down fats.
What is the gallbladder?
Combine the prefix meaning "fast" and the word root for "heart" to describe this word for a rapid heart rate.
What is tachycardia?
This medical term, often a symptom of a urinary tract infection, refers to painful or difficult urination.
What is dysuria?
This machine assists or replaces breathing for a patient who is unable to do so adequately on their own, often used in intensive care.
What is a ventilator?
This is the scientific study of the adverse effects of chemical, physical, or biological agents on living organisms.
What is toxicology?
Located at the base of the brain, this gland controls the function of most other endocrine glands and is often called the "master gland."
What is the pituitary gland?
The prefix for "within" and the word root for "vein" form this term for an injection given directly into a vein.
What is intravenous?
This term describes a category of movement disorders characterized by involuntary, erratic, writhing movements of the face, arms, legs, or trunk.
What is dyskinesia?
This is a long, flexible tube with a camera on the end, used to view the inside of a body cavity, such as the gastrointestinal tract.
What is an endoscope?
This is the branch of medicine that deals with the study of the causes, spread, and control of diseases in populations.
What is epidemiology?
This gland, located in the chest between the lungs, is crucial for developing the immune system in children but begins to shrink after puberty.
What is the thymus?
Combine the prefix for "excessive" with the word root for "blood" and the suffix for "flow" or "discharge" to name this condition of heavy bleeding.
What is a hemorrhage?