Med Term
Prefixes
Suffixes
Root words
A&P
100
Bursitis
What is inflammation of the bursae?
100
Uni
What is One (affecting one side of the body?
100
Algia
What is pain? (pertaining to)
100
Febr
What is Fever?
100
What is the Sagittal Plane?
200
Homonym
What are words that are spelled differently, but sound almost the same?
200
Bi
What is two (both sides of the body)?
200
Pnea
What is pertaining to breathing?
200
Percuss
What is to examine by striking?
200
Pulls on the valves to stop backflow in the chambers of the heart
What are cordae tendonae?
300
Eponyms
What is the name of a disease, device, procedure, or drug named after the person who invented it?
300
Ab
What is away from?
300
Itis
What is Inflammation?
300
Phagia
What is eating/ swallowing?
300
Name the joint
What is a hinge joint?
400
Antonyms
What are pairs of words that have opposite meanings?
400
Peri
What is around?
400
Ectomy
What is the surgical removal of?
400
Palpate
What is to examine by touch?
400
Attaches bone to bone.
What is a ligament?
500
Synonyms
What are words that have the same meaning?
500
Supra
What is above?
500
Plasty
What is plastic or reconstructive surgery?
500
stasis
What is slowing, stopping, normal flow of a fluid (ex blood).
500
Sections of the vertabrae
What are cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral spines?
600
Root word
What is the foundation of the word?
600
Trans
What is across/through/beyond?
600
Phobia
What is an irrational fear?
600
Daily Double Daily Double Daily Double
Pod
What is a foot?
600
1st bone of the cervical spine
What is the Atlas?