Module 1
A suffix
What is an element used at the end of a med term
Name the meaning of Basi-
What is Base
Name the meaning of -ology
What is the study of
Name the meaning of -crine
What is to secrete
What is slow
A word terminal
What is a word ending that denotes the part of speech
What is ligament
Name the meaning of -plast
What is surgical repair
What is pain
Name the meaning of retro
What is backwards
Adjective terminal example
What is -ic, -al, -ical, -ac
Accept one of those answers
Name the meaning of vena
Name the meaning of -penia
What is deficiency
Name the meaning of -ptosis
Name the meaning of intra-
Noun terminal
What is -y, -ia, -um, -is, a
Accept one of those answers
Name the meaning of ile-
What is ileum (part of your small intestine)
Name the meaning of -ostomy
What is creating a surgical opening
Name the meaning of -cele
What is hernia
Name the meaning of peri
What is about or around
hepat/o/megal/y
What is hepat is liver, o is a combining vowel, megal is enlarged, and y is a noun terminal
Name the meaning of ili-
What is ilium (top of the hip bone)
Conduct word surgery on the following word:
angiomalacia
What is angio is blood vessels and malacia is softening
Conduct word sugery on the following word:
Topalgia
Top/algia: Top means place, algia means pain. Topalgia means fixed or localized pain
Conduct word surgery on the following word:
semimalignant
Semi/malign/ant: Semi means half, malign means bad so semimalignant is somewhat malignant