Root Words
The root word for stomach.
What is gastr?
The prefix for less.
What is hypo-?
The suffix for development.
What is -trophy?
The abbreviation for heart rate.
What is HR?
Medical abbreviations are __________ forms of words.
What is shortened?
The root word for nerve.
What is neur?
The prefix for fast.
What is tachy?
The suffix for shape.
What is -form?
The abbreviation for quadriceps.
What is quads?
To determine a words meaning, you should look at this part of the word first.
What is the suffix?
The root word for nail.
What is ungi?
The prefix for change
What is meta-?
The suffix for treatment.
What is-iatric?
The abbreviation for towards the body.
What is add?
The words anemia and dystrophy are special because they do not have this part of the word.
What is the root word?
The root word for chest.
What is thorac?
The prefix for under or below.
What is infra- or sub-?
The suffix for the instrument used for viewing.
What is -scope?
The abbreviation for every other day.
What is qod?
Medical terminology is 90% from these cultures.
What is Greek and Latin?
The root word for lung.
What is pulmon?
The prefix for through.
What is per-?
The suffix for pertaining to.
What is -ac, -ary, -al, -ia, or -ic?
The abbreviation for discharge.
What is d/c?
The greek used the medical term tympanon for this body part because it looked like a tambourine.
What is the eardrum?