Medical definitions
Prefixes
Suffixes
Root Words
Medial Terms
100

Tracheostomy

What is the term for creating a new surgical opening in the trachea ?

100
Pre-
What Prefix mean before ?
100
-Megaly
What suffix means enlargement ?
100

Liver

What does the root word hepat/o mean ?

100

Inflammation of the mouth

What does stomatitis mean ?

200

above normal amount of vomit

What does the term hyperemesis mean ?

200

Mal-

What Prefix means bad ?

200
-Ectomy
What suffix means removal of ?
200
Bone
What does the root word osteo mean ?
200

puncture the bladder with a needle

What does cyctocentesis mean ?

300

surgical removal of the spleen

What does splenectomy mean ?

300
Brady-
What Prefix means slow ?
300

-pathy

What suffix mean disease ?

300

Heart

What does the root word cardio mean ?

300
Inflammation of the skin
What does dermatitis means ?
400

lower than normal amount of white blood cells

What does leukocytopenia mean (more commonly called leukopenia ?

400

Tachy-

What Prefix means rapid or fast ?

400
-Emia
What suffix mean blood condition ?
400
Gums
What does the root word gingivia mean ?
400
Nephrologist
What kind of specialist does a person with kidney stones need to see ?
500

enlargement of the liver

What does hepatomegaly mean ?

500

-Anti

What Prefix means stop or against ?

500
-ltis
What suffix mean inflammation of ?
500

Lung

What does the root word pneumo mean ?

500

increased urine output

What does polyuria mean ?

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