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Doctor Who?
Can you say it?
100

Diagnoses and treats skin disorders

What is a Dermatologist?

100

gynec/o

What is woman, female?

100

chest

What is thorac/o?

100

Orthopedist

What is a doctor who performs bone surgery?

100

Shortness of breath

What is dyspnea?

200

Treats heart disease

What is a Cardiologist?

200

neur/o

What is nerve?

200

urinary tract

What is ur/o?

200

Ophthalmologist?

What is a doctor who specializes in surgery and medical treatment of disorders of the eye?

200

Difficulty swallowing

What is dysphagia?

300

Diagnoses and treats malignant and benign tumors

What is an Oncologist?
300

ophthalm/o

What is eye?

300

child

What is ped/o?

300

Geriatrician

What is a doctor who specializes in the treatment of older people?

300

Paralysis of all four limbs

What is quadriplegia?

400

Treats disease with high- energy radiation

What is a Radiation Oncologist?

400

ot/o

What is ear?

400

lung

What is pulmon/o

400

Infectious disease specialist

What is a doctor who diagnoses and treats diseases that are caused by micro organisms?

400

Abnormal protrusion of the eyes

What is exophthalmos?
500

Diagnoses disease by analysis of cells

What is a Pathologist?

500

enter/o

What is intestines?

500

disease

What is nos/o?

500

Pathologist

What is a doctor who reads biopsy samples and performs autopsies?

500

Visual examination of the esophagus and stomach

What is esophagogastroscopy?

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