Medical Terminology
This suffix means "pain."
What is -algia?
The root myel/o refers to this part of the body.
What is the spinal cord or bone marrow?
A surgical reconstruction of the eardrum is called this.
What is myringoplasty?
This acronym stands for fasting blood sugar.
What is FBS?
OD refers to this eye.
What is the right eye (oculus dexter)?
A ketogenic diet is high in this and low in carbohydrates.
What is fat?
This root means “oil.”
What is seb/o?
This part of the note includes medical history and description of the problem.
What is the subjective part?
This position means lying down on the back.
What is supine?
This suffix means "stimulating hormone."
What is -tropin?
This root means “feeling, sensation.”
What is esthesi/o?
This is the removal of cartilage.
What is chondrectomy?
This test helps diabetes patients monitor blood sugar levels.
What is HgA1C?
AU refers to these body parts.
What are both ears?
This diet encourages the body to burn this instead of sugar.
What is fat?
These two roots both mean "hair."
What are pil/o and trich/o?
This part contains physical exam findings, labs, and imaging results.
What is the objective part?
A sudden, severe symptom is known as this.
What is acute?
This root refers to the small intestine.
What is enter/o?
This root means “nerve bundle.”
What is gangli/o?
A laparoscopic adrenalectomy removes this gland using a laparoscope.
What is the adrenal gland?
This term means a word formed from the first letters of a phrase.
What is an acronym?
Dacryolith means a hard formation in this system.
What is the tear system?
These three roots all mean "sugar."
What are gluc/o, glucos/o, and glyc/o?
These three roots all mean "fat."
What are adip/o, lip/o, and steat/o?
This is the conclusion a healthcare provider makes, such as a diagnosis.
What is the assessment?
This term means the patient does not have a fever.
What is afebrile?
The combining form hemat/o means this.
What is blood?
This root means “tough outer membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord.”
What is dur/o?
A carpectomy is the removal of all or part of this body part.
What is the wrist?
This word type includes names of discoverers or first patients.
What is an eponym?
This root refers to the eardrum.
What is myring/o?
This root means adrenal gland.
What is adren/o or adrenal/o?
The root rhytid/o refers to this skin feature.
What is a wrinkle?
This term describes the action taken based on the diagnosis.
What is the plan?
Your belly button is located here on the body.
What are anterior and medial?
These three roots all mean "skin."
What are cutane/o, dermat/o, and derm/o?
This root refers to coordination, arrangement, or order.
What is tax/o?
An external fixation involves the fixation of this from the outside.
What is a fractured bone?
The word "psyche" comes from this language and means "mind" or "soul."
What is Greek?
This term means inflammation of the conjunctiva, also known as pink eye.
What is conjunctivitis?
This root means "secrete."
What is crin/o?
Onychotomy is this type of procedure on a nail.
What is an incision?
This type of report gives reasons for a test and its results.
What is a pathology report?
If you understand how medical language works, you can do this with words you've never seen before.
What is break them down and understand them?