Prefixes
The prefix for "small"
What is "micro-"?
The suffix for "disease".
What is "-pathy"?
Latin for "worm", this word denotes any fungal infection of the skin.
What is "tinea"?
The full name of the drug class abbreviated as "NSAIDs".
What are "NonSteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs"?
The term for "fainting".
What is "syncope"?
The meaning of the prefix "inter-".
What is "between"?
The meaning of the suffix "-itis".
What is "inflammation"?
The outermost layer of the skin.
What is the "epidermis?"
The Latin word for "neck".
What is "cervix"?
The term for "paralysis of all four limbs".
What is "quadriplegia"?
The prefix for "fast".
What is "tachy-"?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
The suffix for "vomiting".
What is "-emesis?"
The meaning of the term "scleroderma".
What is "chronic disease characterized by thickening and hardening of the skin"?
The term for a specialist in the study of muscle motion.
What is "kinesiologist"?
The meaning of the term "paresthesia".
What is "numbness"?
The prefix for "painful, bad, difficult".
What is "dys-"?
The meaning of the suffix "-cele".
What is "protrusion, hernia"?
This term means "itching".
What is "pruritus"?
The meaning of the term "osteopenia".
What is "abnormally low bone density"?
The term for "excessive CSF (water) in the brain".
What is "hydrocephalus"?
These two prefixes mean "beyond".
What are "extra-" and "meta-"?
Can also accept "ab-".
These two suffixes mean "pain".
What are "-algia" and "-dynia"?
The term for "viral wart".
What is "verruca"?
The term for an excision of part of a muscle.
What is "myectomy"?
The Greek word meaning "swelling" or "knot".
What is "ganglion"?