Medical Specialties
Medical Specialties
Medical Terms and Definitions
Medical terms & Meanings
Medical Terms & Meanings
100

- This doctor specializes in the care of infants, children, and adolescents.
 

What is a pediatrician?

100


- This doctor cares for skin conditions.


- What is a dermatologist?

100

 - This condition is characterized by weakened bones.

- What is osteoporosis?

100

- This suffix means inflammation.
 

What is itis

100

- Cardiomegaly refers to this condition of the heart.
 

- What is an enlarged heart?

200

- This specialist focuses on hormonal disorders.
 

What is an endocrinologist?

200

Double Jeopardy !!!!


- This doctor specializes in eye and vision care.

What is an ophthalmologist?*

200


- This term refers to inflammation of the liver.
 

- What is hepatitis?

200

- The medical term for high blood sugar.
 

- What is hyperglycemia?

200

- Rhinoplasty is a surgical procedure on this body part.
 

- What is the nose?

300

Double Jeopardy!!!


- A doctor who specializes in the digestive system and its disorders.
 

What is a gastroenterologist

300

- This doctor is an expert in heart and cardiovascular system disorders.
 

What is a cardiologist
300

- This suffix means surgical removal.


- What is -ectomy?

300

Double Jeopardy!!!


- The study of the immune system.
 

- What is immunology?

300

- Hematology is the study of this.
 

What is blood

400


- This specialist diagnoses and treats mental health disorders.
 

What is a psychiatrist

400

- This doctor studies and treats blood disorders.
 

What is a hematologist 

400


- This prefix means slow.
 

What is brady

400

- A specialist in the treatment of cancer.
 

- What is an oncologist?

400

- Hypoglycemia means this blood sugar condition.
 

What is low blood sugar

500


- This doctor specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
 


What is an oncologist

500

This doctor specializes in the health and diseases of the female reproductive system 

What is a gynecologist

500

- This prefix means fast.
 

What is tachy

500

 The term for difficulty in breathing.
 

- What is dyspnea?

500

What is the normal range for a patient's pulse

60-100