Medical Prefixes
Study of/to study
What is -ology?
One who studies blood
What is a hematologist?
Facing forward, feet together, standing erect, and palms facing forward
What is the Anatomic Position?
"To flow profusely"
What is -rrhage?
Muscle
What is my/o
Nerve specialist
What is nerologist
The study of the structures of the human body.
What is Anatomy?
"Narrowing"
What is -stenosis?
Kidney
What is nephr/o or ren/o
inflammation of the tonsils
What is tonsillitis
A vowel used to make the word easier to pronounce, joins root to root and root to suffix.
What is a combining vowel?
Nose
What is rhin/o
Doctor / Specialist
What is -ologist.
spinal cord
What is myel/o
wound or injury
What is trauma
The most important part of a complete medical term
What is the root.
Skin
What is derm
Study of movement
What is kinesiology
Pus
What is py/o
Pain of the stomach
What is gastralgia
"Pertaining to or nearer to the head"
What is cephalic?