Medical Specialties 1
What is neurology?
Prefix for above normal.
What is "hyper"?
A branch of medicine dealing with the skin.
What is dermatology?
A progressive disease that destroys memory and other important mental functions.
What is Alzheimer's disease?
The study and treatment of disorders of the heart and blood vessels.
What is cardiology?
What is psychiatry?
Prefix for below normal.
What is "hypo"?
A branch of biology that covers the study of the immune system in all organisms.
What is immunology?
A dangerously overheated body.
What is hyperthermia?
What is onology?
A branch of medicine that deals with the treatment of disorders in the feet.
What is podiatry?
Suffix for inflammation.
What is "itis"?
A branch of medicine that focuses on physical fitness and the treatment of injuries relating to sports.
What is sports medicine?
A group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body.
What is cancer?
A surgical speciality that deals with the treatment of traumatic injuries.
A medical speciality that deals with the study of disorders related to the blood.
What is hemotology?
The suffix "tomy".
What is surgical removal?
A field of study focuses on pregnancy and childbirth.
What is obstetrics?
Occur when your immune cells attack your own body by mistake.
What are autoimmune diseases?
A branch of medicine that deals with disorders and treatments of the respiratory system.
What is pulmonology?
A branch of medicine that focuses on the study of blood samples, bodily fluids, tissues and organs.
What is pathology?
"Febri" refers to this.
What is fever?
A subspeciality of internal medicine that focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of the kidney.
What is nephrology?
An injury to a muscle or tendon.
What is a strain?
A branch of medicine focused on the diagnoses and treatment of the eyes.
What is ophthalmology?