Medical Prefixes
Medical Suffixes
Medical Root Words
Medical Terms
Med Term 101
100
Life
What is bio-?
100
Study of/to study
What is -logy?
100
Blood
What is hem/o?
100
One who studies the female reproductive system
What is a gynecologist?
100
Facing forward, feet together, standing erect, and palms facing foward
What is the Anatomic Position?
200
Under/low/below
What is hypo-?
200
"To flow profusely"
What is -rrhage?
200
Skull
What is crani/o?
200
Pertaining to above the stomach
What is epigastric?
200
The study of the structures of the human body.
What is Anatomy?
300
Means "Painful"
What is dys-?
300
"Narrowing"
What is -stenosis?
300
Kidney
What is ren?
300
Disease of the joints
What is arthropathy?
300
A vowel used to make the word easier to pronounce, joins root to root and root to suffix.
What is a combining vowel?
400
Hidden
What is crypt-?
400
Movement
What is -kine?
400
Blood clot
What is thromb/o?
400
The third portion of the small intestine
What is ileum?
400
Meaning "situated below"
What is inferior?
500
Meaning "Half"
What is hemi-?
500
Life
What is -bic?
500
Throat
What is pharynx?
500
The study of the process and problems of aging.
What is gerontology?
500
"Pertaining to or nearer to the head"
What is cephalic?
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