Prefix Definitions
Water
Hydro-
-itis
What is inflammation?
Bio-
Phleboplasty
Surgical repair of the vein
Egyptian priests treated illness by using these preserved bodies to study anatomy.
What are mummies?
Two
What is bi-?
-ology
What is the study of?
Tri-
What is three?
Electrocardiogram
Recording of the heart's electrical activity
This 20th-century technique allows organs to be replaced and donated.
What is organ transplantation?
Difficult or painful
What is dys-?
-ectomy
What is surgical removal?
A/an
What is no or not?
Brachialgia
Pain in the arm
The "Father of Medicine" who created an oath still used today.
Who is Hippocrates?
Back
What is dorso-?
-lysis
What is breakdown?
Encephalo-
Adenopathy
Disease of a gland
Vaccines were first developed to prevent this deadly disease.
What is smallpox?
Front
What is ventra-?
-algia
What is painful condition?
Phlebo-
What is the vein?
Encephalomalacia
Softening of the brain tissue
During the Black Death, this animal was wrongly blamed for spreading the disease.
What is a rat?