Rules & Regulations
Attached to the front of some words
What is prefix?
arthritis
What is inflammation of the joint?
Cardi/o
What is Heart
R
What is right?
The end of a medical term
What is suffix?
An abnormal passage or "tunnel" between two internal organs
The main part of medical terms
What is word root?
neuritis
What is inflammation of the nerve?
Hepat/o
What is the liver
DOB
What is date of birth?
-itis (define)
What is inflammation?
Term used for a diease or structure named for the person who discovered it.
What is an eponym
Used to ease pronunciation
What is combining vowel?
Inflammation of the bone
What is osteitis?
gastr/o
What is the stomach?
c/o
-ic , -ac , -ary , -eal (define)
What is pertaining to?
Mostly O, but sometimes Y
What is combining vowel?
Inflammation of the liver
pulmon/o
What is lung?
DX
What is diagnosis?
-pathy (define)
What is disease?
WR + CV separated by a forward slash
What is combining form?
Inflammation of the bone and joint
What is osteoarthritis?
my/o
What is muscle
PE
What is physical exam?
-ectomy (define)