Rules you'd rather forget
Name that -ectomy
Random Stuff Jen Says
Things the ooze
100
The most basic form of a medical term
What is a word root
100
The removal of the appendix
What is an Appendectomy
100
The liquid that keeps Jen alive
What is coffee
100
This is the combining form for pus
What is py/o
200
A word root plus a vowel.
What is a combining form
200
The removal of the tongue
What is a glossectomy
200
The thing that Jen dissected in anatomy class in university.
What is a human cadaver
200
When someone spits or coughs up blood.
What is hemoptysis
300
A word ending
What is a suffix
300
Removal or a cutting of the vas deferens
What is a vasectomy
300
The number one resource in this class.
What is the textbook
300
Pus in the chest cavity.
What is pyothorax
400
The beginning of medical term
What is a prefix
400
The removal of part or all of the liver.
What is a hepatectomy
400
Everyone's favorite suffix
What is -itis
500
The removal of the ovaries, uterus and both fallopian tubes.
What is a hysterosalpingo-oophorectomy
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