Word Structures
The foundation of a word?
What is Root
A term used to describe the position in which the patient is on their belly
What is prone
Cardi means?
What is Heart
Prefix for large
What is macro
The medical term for under
What is Sub
What comes before a root word?
What is Prefix
Vowel commonly used as the combining vowel?
What is "o"
Derm/o means?
What is skin
Prefix for two?
What is Bi
The medical term for upon
What is epi
A term used to describe a disease named after a doctor who discovered it
What is an eponym
Position in which the patient is lying down on their back
What is supine
Gastr means?
What is Stomach
Prefix for many
What is poly
The medical term for around?
What is Peri
Comes at the end of a medical term to give it more meaning
What is Suffix
Another way of saying the cause of a disease
What is Etiology
Arthr/o means
What is joint
Prefix for fast
What is tachy
The medical term for between
What is inter
Medical terms are made up of words primarily from two ancient languages
What is Greek and Latin
The medical term that means slow
What is brady
Hepat/o means
What is Liver
Prefix for one
What is mono or uni
The medical term for under
Hypo