Types of Medical Terms
Greek and Latin
This part of the medical term is one of the vowels and is used to make the word easier to spell and pronounce.
o
This is the word root for stomach
gastr
The study of the heart
The most commonly used suffix in medicine that means inflammation
itis
Easy-to-understand medical terms are written in this language
English
This part of a medical term tells the subject of the entire medical term.
word root, or root word
This is the word root for joint
arthr
What is the meaning of rhinoplasty
surgical repair of the nose
This commonly used suffix means the study of
logy
The type of medical term that is named after a person who discovered the disease
This part of the medical term goes at the end, and it tells us what is wrong with the organ or body part; or what surgery is being done.
Suffix
This is the word root for bone
oste
This term means enlarged heart
There are many of these suffixes, such as ar, ous, and al. What do they all mean?
pertaining to
This disease is an eponym and usually affects elderly people by making them forget things.
Alzheimer's Disease
This part of a medical term is sometimes used at the beginning to tell location or the number of something.
prefix
The word root that means heart is _________
cardi
This word means enlarged liver
hepatomegaly
rhino__________
plasty
This medical term has two word roots, two combining vowels, and a suffix. The meaning of it is: the study of the stomach and the intestine.
gastroenterology
What are the two reasons why we use a combining vowel?
when the suffix starts with a consonant and to separate two word roots.
What word root goes here to make a term that means under the skin: sub__________ous
cutane
This medical term means inflammation of the bones and the joints
osteoarthritis
malacia