Prefix/Suffixes
Integumentary
Respiratory
Women
Men
100
An excision of the spleen.
What is splenectomy?
100
This, the largest organ of our body, consisting of our hair, nails, and glands.
What is our skin? also called 'integument'.
100
The definition for this abbreviation, 'RD'
What is 'Respiratory Distress'?
100
The part of a woman's reproductive system responsible for the production of 'eggs'.
What is/are the 'ovarie(s)'?
100
Pertaining to the genitals and urinary tract.
What is 'genitourinary'?
200
This prefix meaning 'one'.
What is 'mono'? mono/therapy: one treatment
200
This is absorbed when our skin is exposed to sunlight.
What is vitamin D?
200
A condition of the lungs.
What is 'pneumonia'?
200
Relating to the uterus and cervix.
What is 'uterocervical'?
200
Waste substances produced by the male reproductive organs are removed by the help of this system.
What is the 'urinary system'?
300
Prefix meaning 'different'.
What is 'hetero'? hetero/graft; different transplant
300
This is calculation is used to estimate the percentage of the adult body surface affected by burns.
What is 'The Rule of Nines'? Head: 9% Back: 18% Front: 18% Arm(1): 9% Leg(1): 18% Groin: 1%
300
Dilation or expansion of the bronchus.
What is 'bronchiectasis'?
300
A woman who has had one pregnancy that has resulted in a viable offspring.
What is 'primipara'?
300
Inflammation of the seminal vesicle.
What is 'vesiculitis'? vesicul: seminole vesicle itis: inflammation
400
The definition of the prefix 'inter'.
What is 'between'?
400
Abnormal growths of new tissue that are classified as benign or malignant.
What are 'Neoplasms'?
400
Oxygen deficiency in body tissues.
What is 'hypoxia'?
400
This is the formation or production of milk.
What is 'galactopoiesis'?
400
BHP.
What is 'benign prostatic hypertrophy'?
500
Arterio______, or 'rupture of an artery'.
What is arteriorrhexis? arteri/o/rrhexis
500
Epidermal growth caused by a virus; also known as a 'wart'.
What is 'verruca'?
500
An intradermal test to determine tuberculin sensitivity.
What is a 'Mantoux' test?
500
An inflammation of an ovary and oviduct.
What is 'oophorosalpingitis'?
500
This condition is the failure of the testes to descend into the scrotal sac prior to birth.
What is 'cryptorchidism'?
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