Intoductions
I'm made up of a word root with an added vowel.
What is a Combining Form.
I'm a suffix that means "enlarged".
What is "-megaly".
Meaning of suffix -oma
What is tumor or mass.
I'm a prefix that gets "around"
What is "peri-".
Meaning of inner lining of the heart.
What is endocardium.
What type diagnostic procedure is cardiac enzymes or troponin?
What is a blood test.
Pretty "rosy red" cells - granules in white cells look like "fish eggs".
What is eosinophils
Name for a "protection protein".
What is an Immunoglobulin.
The first thing to do to analyze a medical term.
What is divide the term into its word parts.
I'm a suffix that means
"inflammation".
What is "-itis".
Suffix that means "movement".
What is kinesia.
This is a prefix that means "below".
What is "infra-" or "sub-".
My heart is quite large!
What is cardiomegly.
Blood exits the left ventricle of the heart and then goes into what vessel?
What is the aorta.
Common test that measures how long it takes blood to clot.
What is Pro-Time or Prothrombin Test.
Meaning of anaphylactic shock.
What is a life-threatening allergic reaction.
Alzheimer Disease is an example of this.
What is an Eponym.
I'm a suffix that means "swelling".
What is edema.
Suffix that means "small".
What is "-ule" or "-ole".
The meaning of the prefix that is "above". A skin layer would be an example of this.
What is "epi". Example would be epidermis.
I'm vessels that go back to the heart.
What is veins.
To Coagulate.
What is formation of a blood clot.
A technical term for a "bruise".
What is a hematoma.
Type of white blood cell that carries out functions of the immune system.
What is a lymphocyte.
Combining form that means "nose".
What is rhin/o
I'm a suffix that means "abnormal condition".
What is "iasis" or "osis".
Suffix that means "stopping".
What is -stasis.
Prefix that is "many" splendored!
What is "poly-" or "multi"
I'm the smallest & narrowest blood vessels.
What is capillaries.
Abbreviation CBC
What is Complete Blood Count
Term for blood protein.
Wht is hemoglobin
A cell type that physically attacks and kills pathogens.
What is a cytotoxic cell.
You place a hyphen in front of me.
What is a suffix.
Spelled wrong: -ektomy, -logy, -megaly, or -itis?
What is -ektomy.
Suffix that means "paralysis".
What is "-plegia"
Meaning of prefix "trans-"
What is "across".
These vessels carry oxygenated blood to the body.
What are arteries.
Test that measures the volume of red blood cells within the total volume of blood.
What is the hematocrit
Term for a "floating clot".
What is an embolus.
Thw spleen and thymus gland are part of what system in the body?
What is the lymphatic system.
I'm a combining form that means "head".
What is cephal/o.
What condition would a combining vowel NEVER be used?
What is between a prefix and a word root.
Suffix means "attracted to".
What is "-phil".
The prefix "auto" means this.
What is "self".
Yellow fatty deposits of lipids in an artery.
What is plaque.
Term for 'Formation of Red Blood Cells".
What is erythropoiesis
Where blood cells are produced.
What is the red bone marrow.
Stimulates antibody production for protection against infectious diseases.
What is vaccination.
I'm the essential meaning of a word.
What is a Word Root.
Example of a pregnancy suffix.
What is -cyesis or -gravida.
Suffix that means "childbirth".
What is "partum".
This prefix is really a "primi"-donna! What does the prefix "primi-" mean?
What is "first".
Complete stoppage of heart activity is called:
What is Cardiac Arrest.
Meaning of Septicemia.
What is blood infection condition.
What is another name for a White Blood Cell?
What is a Leukocyte.
An extreme condition from swelling caused by a blockage of lymph flow.
What is elephantiasis.