Medical Term 01
Medical prefix referring to heart.
What is cardi(o)-?
Mood disorder characterized by unease, worry, of fear directed toward the future.
What is anxiety?
Primary care speciality that focus exclusively on the needs of infants, children, and adolescents.
What is pediatrics?
Defined as the scientific study of behavior and mental processes.
What is psychology?
Medical suffix referring to inflammation.
What is -itis?
Medical prefix referring to muscle.
What is my(o)-?
Mood disorder characterized by persistent sadness and hopelessness.
What is depression?
Primary care speciality that focuses on women's reproductive health and wellness.
What is obstetrics and gynecology?
Mood disorder where individual experiences manic episodes often followed by depressive episodes.
What is bipolar disorder?
Medical suffix referring to the removal of something.
What is -ectomy?
Medical prefix referring to blood.
What is hem(o)- or hemat(o)-?
Refers to the fear of a specific object and/or situation.
What is phobia?
Primary care speciality that treats patients of all ages, focusing on continuous, whole-person care.
What is family medicine?
Behavioral scientist most known for his classical conditioning experiment involving dogs.
Who was Ivan Pavlov?
What is -algia?
Medical prefix referring to liver.
What is hepat(o)-?
Refers to any significant loss of sleep, resulting in concentrations problems and increased irritability.
What is sleep depravation?
Primary care speciality that focuses exclusively on adult health as well as managing route, acute, and complex chronic conditions in adults.
What is internal medicine?
Found of the psychoanalysis who studied consciousness and was weirdly obsessed with kids being in love with their parents.
Who was Sigmund Freud?
Medical suffix referring to surgical repair or correction.
What is -plasty?
Medical root referring to kidney.
What is renal?
Refers to the co-occurrence of two or more disorders in a single individual.
What is comobordity?
Primary care specialist that is a registered nurse who comprehensive care, diagnoses illnesses, and prescribes medications.
What is a nurse practitioner?
Food intake disorder wherein individual eats a large amount of food in a short amount of time without feeling in control of what they're eating.
What is binge-eating disorder?
Medical suffix referring to an enlargement.
What is -megaly?