Medical Terms
Cephalic
What is pertaining to the brain
Tachy-
What is fast ?
-malacia
What is softening?
Thromb/o
What is clotting?
Axillary
What is armpit?
Dysentery
Brady-
What is slow?
-centesis
What surgical repair to remove fluid?
Gnos/o
What is knowlege?
staphylococci
What is berry shaped bacteria in clusters?
peristalsis
What is muscular wave like movement to transport food through the digestive system:?
Uni-
What is one ?
-cele
What is hernia?
Iatr/o
What is treatment?
necropsy
What is Post mortem (After death) examination?
idiopathic
What is unknown cause of disease?
Mal-
What is bad ?
-algia
What suffix means pain ?
Myle/o
What is bone marrow or spinal cord?
Neutrophil
What is a polymorphonuclear leukocyte?
Bilirubin
What is the chemical bile pigment produced by breakdown of hemoglobin in dying RBC's.
Contra-
What is against ?
-tome
What an instrument to cut?
Radi/o
What is x-ray?
Blepharitis
What is inflammation of the eyelid?