Word Parts
Terminology
Conditions
Description Terms
Surgical Procedures
100
Head

A.) Aden/o
B.) Cephal/o
C.) Caud/o
What is B.) Cephal/o?
100
The study of body structures.

A.) Anaplasia
B.) Anomaly
C.) Anatomy
What is C.) Anatomy?
100
Excessive body fat.

A.) Chachexia
B.) Obesity
C.) Bariatrics
What is B.) Obesity?
100
A rumbling noise caused by movement of gas in the intestine.

A.) Borborygmus
B.) Bolus
C.) Flatus
What is A.) Borborygmus?
100
Procedure performed to affix sagging breasts in a more elevated position.

A.) Mammooplasty
B.) Breast Reduction
C.) Mastopexy
What is C.) Mastopexy?
200
Within

A.) Cyt/o
B.) Exo-
C.) Endo-
What is C.) Endo-?
200
Abnormal development of cells, tissue, or organs.

A.) Displasia
B.) Aplasia
C.) Embolism
What is A.) Displasia?
200
Infestation of lice.

A.) Bariatrics
B.) Nystagmus
C.) Pediculosis
What is C.) Pediculosis?
200
A precancerous skin growth.

A.) Acne Vulgaris
B.) Squamous Cell Carcinoma
C.) Actinic Keratosis
What is C.) Actinic Keratosis?
200
A surgical puncture to remove fluid from the pleural cavity.

A.) Pyothorax
B.) Tracheotomy
C.) Thoracentesis
What is B.)Thoracentesis?
300
Fat

A.) Adip/o
B.) Anter/o
C.) Hist/o
What is A.) Adip/o?
300
Sudden blockage of a blood vessel.

A.) Embolus
B.) Dysphagia
C.) Embolism
What is C.) Embolism?
300
Degenerative disease of the liver.

A.) Cirrhosis
B.) Polyuria
C.) Thrombus
What is A.) Cirrhosis?
300
The excessive hunger that is symptomatic of diabetes insipidus.

A.) Dysuria
B.) Polyphagia
C.) Polydispia
What is B.) Polyphagia?
300
A surgical creation of an opening between the colon and abdominal wall.

A.) Gastrostomy
B.) Colostomy
C.) Ileostomy
What is B.) Colostomy?
400
Specialist

A.) Caud/o
B.) Aden/o
C.) -Ologist
What is a C.) -Ologist?
400
Also known as vomiting

A.) Dyspepsia
B.) Emesis
C.) Diverticulitis
What is B.) Emesis?
400
Paralysis of all four extremities.

A.) Trichomonas
B.) Quadriplegia
C.) Arteriostenosis
What is B.) Quadriplegia?
400
An abnormal redness of the entire skin surface.

A.) Lipedema
B.) Erythema
C.) Erythroderma
What is C.) Erythroderma?
400
The procedure of surgically suturing together the divided ends of a tendon.

A.) Tenorrhaphy
B.) Tenotomy
C.) Tendorrhaphy
What is A.) Tenorrhaphy?
500
Tissue

A.) Anter/o
B.) Hist/o
C.) Cephal/o
What is B.) Hist/o?
500
The presence of diverticula.

A.) Diverticulosis
B.) Dysphagia
C.) Thrombus
What is A.) Diverticulosis?
500
Lack of cortisol.

A.) Chron's Disease
B.) Cushing's Syndrome
C.) Addison's Disease
What is C.) Addison's Disease?
500
Inflammation of the gallbladder.

A.) Cholecystitis
B.) Cholecystic
C.) Cholelithiasis
What is A.) Cholecystitis?
500
A surgical procedure to create an opening between an organ and the body's surface.

A.) Anastomosis
B.) Diverticulectomy
C.) Ostomy
What is C.) Ostomy?
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