By the way my little brother was clutching his abdomen after eating, I knew he was experiencing ___________ pains.
What is subgasteric.
100
The exploritory surgery revealed a mass in my aunt's breast. Luckily it was an ____________, which is benign, and they were able to successfully remove it.
What is adenoma.
200
Word parts meaning "in" and "out".
What is in and ex.
200
Word parts meaning "stomach" and "blood".
What is gastr and hemat.
200
Word parts meaning "pertaining to".
What is ic and al.
200
Dexter was always fascinated by blood, so he decided to go into the field of ___________.
What is hematology.
200
The long distance runner began experiencing ___algia after the second mile due to lactic acid build up in her muscles.
What is my.
300
Meanings to the word parts "in", "ex", and "sub".
What is in, out, under/below.
300
Word parts meaning "head", "largest part of the brain", and "heart".
What is cephal, cerebr, and cardi.
300
Word parts meaning "process", "tumer", and "view of".
What is ion, oma, and opsy.
300
Surgeons first had to preform an ___________ to gain access to the patient's liver. They then had to preform an _________ of the liver tissue in order to visually examine it in a _________.
What is incision, excision, biopsy.
300
My uncle studies animals, or as he says "zoology", which I know is just a specialized field within the field of _________.
What is biology.
400
This is the missing word to the following sentence:
In order to preform the biopsy, the surgeon had to preform an ___cision on the lung tissue.
What is ex.
400
Meanings to the word parts "my", "aden", "bio", "rhin", and "cis".
What is muscle, gland, life, nose, and cut.
400
This is the missing word to the following sentence:
Due to circulation problems, my sister developed arthr____ late in her pregnancy because fluid was not able to flow adequately and lubricate her joints. Fortunately, this condition cured itself after she had her child.
What is itis.
400
At first my aunt was complaining of _________, which I wasn't too concerned about because she does a lot of hiking on dirt trails. However, when she went to the doctor, she ordered an xray that revealed that the cartilage had worn down in her knees and she was diagnosed with _________.
What is arthralgia and arthritis.
400
After our grandfather's heart attack, my sister decided to work in the field of __________ in order to better understand how heart attacks happen and how they can be avoided.
What is cardiology.
500
This is the missing word to the following sentence:
In order to later make an excision of the tissue, the surgeon had to first make an ___cision.
What is in.
500
This is the missing word to the following sentence:
The radiologist said that the CAT scan revealed a ______oma. Because of my studies with Medical Terminology, I knew that this was a tumor located in the largest part of the brain.
What is cerebr.
500
After running on uneven ground, my brother experienced a bad case of arthr______, which passed after a couple of hours.
What is algia.
500
After my cousin's car accident, the docter said that she had sustained a __________ injury and was in a coma. This was completely different from the _________ injury that my little sister sustained to her head after running into a glass door.
What is cerebral and cephalic.
500
After his heart attack, my uncle had to get an ____________ in order to examine how electricity flowed through his heart.