Nervous System
Suffixes
Digestive System
Prefixes
Cardiovascular System
100
Medical specialist in disorders of the nervous system
What is a neurologist
100
Hematoma is an example of a diagnostic suffix
What is -oma
100
gastr-
What is the root for gastric
100
Around
What is the meaning of peri-
100
pertaining to the heart
What is cardiac?
200
The adjective for epilepsy
What is epileptic
200
The meaning of this suffix is inflammation
What is -itis
200
To release or give off
What is the definition of secretion
200
Coming together
What is the meaning of syn-
200
necr/o
What is the combining form of necrotic?
300
Stimulates muscle cells to contract
What is Acetylcholine
300
surgical removal of the appendix
What is the definition of appendectomy
300
latin
What is the element for the word palate?
300
Having delusions of persecution
What is the definition of paranoid
300
partition
What is the Latin word for septum?
400
Placement of a needle through an intervertebral space into the subarachnoid space to withdraw CSF
What is a spinal tap
400
destruction
What is the diagnostic suffix of -lysis
400
Pertaining to the symptoms of a disease
What is symptomatic?
400
two,twice, double
What is the meaning of bi-
400
rapid heart rate
What is tachycardia?
500
disorder of the brain
What is dementia
500
-ac, -ary, -ior
What are the adjectival suffixes
500
Around a tooth
What is periodontal?
500
single, one
What is the meaning of uni-
500
Failure of valves to close completely
What is incompetence?
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