The Basics
Prefixes/Suffixes
Root words
What does it mean?
What is the term?
100
This group were the founders of modern medicine
Who are the Greeks
100
The suffix meaning enlargement
What is -megaly?
100
This is the meaning of the term cardi/o
What is heart
100
The meaning of gastroenterology
What is the study of the stomach and small intestine?
100
Pertaining to a time before birth?
What is prenatal?
200
When was Dorland's first published?
What is 1890
200
Meaning of the prefix ab
What is away from?
200
What is the root word for gray?
What is poli/o?
200
The meaning of the word hepatitis
What is inflammation of the liver?
200
This term means surgical removal of a stone
What is lithectomy
300
This is a term named after a person
What is an eponym
300
These 2 suffixes mean pertaining to
What is -al and -ac
300
Define arteri/o
What is artery
300
Meaning of the term endoscopy
What is a visual examination of the inside?
300
Pertaining to surrounding the heart
What is pericardium?
400
Define the Rule of O
If your suffix starts with a vowel drop the combining vowel on the root word
400
These are 2 suffixes for pain
What is -dynia and -algia
400
Laryng/o
What is larynx or throat?
400
Gerontology
What is the study of old age?
400
Abnormal flow of pus
What is pyorrhea?
500
Medical terminology describes what in detail?
What is the human body?
500
Name the opposing terms meaning above and below
What is supra and sub
500
Myel/o
What is bone or spine
500
arteriomalacia
What is the abnormal softening of the artery?
500
Disease of the heart muscle
What is cardiomyopathy?
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