The Basics
The root
What is the foundation of the word?
Cephalad
What is the movement toward the head?
What is to look and see?
The suffix meaning painful condition
What is -algia?
Also known as joint
What is Arthr/o-?
Prefix
What is found in the beginning of a word?
Frontal
What is the plane that divides body into anterior and posterior sections?
What is tapping?
A fatty tumor
What is Lipoma?
Blue discoloration of the skin
What is cyan/o-?
Suffix
What is found at the end of a word?
Lateral
What direction is movement away from the midline?
Medical word for fainting
What is Syncope?
The suffix of abnormal condition of growth
What is -plasia?
Meaning of combining form of etiology
What is cause of disease?
Study of terms used in healthcare occupations
What is Medical Terminology?
Lying face down
What is prone?
The skill of Auscultation
What is to hear and listen?
The suffix in the word neuroma meaning
What is Tumor?
What is stomach?
Consist of a root word, a forward slash and a combining vowel
What is combining forms?
Vomiting is considered as what?
Sign
The skill of Palpation
What is to feel and touch?
Suffix word for hyperthyroidism
What is -ism?
Combining form for arthropathy
What is Arthr/o-?