Body Parts
This root word, pronounced rine, refers to the nose.
what is rhin-
This suffix, pronounced eye-tis, is used to describe inflammation.
What is -itis?
A specialist in a particular field of medicine is known by this suffix.
What is -ologist?
The root megal- means this.
What is enlarged or large?
If a doctor is looking at your gingiv-, they are examining this part of your mouth
What are gums?
If a tissue is experiencing malacia, it is undergoing this process.
What is softening?
While an -otomy is an incision, an -ectomy refers to this permanent action.
What is surgical removal?
Pronounced an-jee, this term refers to a vessel, such as a blood vessel.
What is angi-?
Pronounced blef-ar, this term refers to the eyelid.
What is blephar-?
An -oma refers to one of these two things, often found during a biopsy.
What is a tumor or mass?
If a surgeon is performing a -plasty, they are doing this to a body part.
What is surgical repair?
This root, used in "dermatology," refers to the body's largest organ.
What is dermat-(skin)?
While gastr- refers to the stomach, enter- refers to this part of the digestive tract.
What are intestines?
he suffix -osis indicates this type of "condition," often used when things aren't normal.
What is an abnormal condition?
Biology and Cardiology both end in -ology, which means this.
What is the study of?
Pronounced seh-ree-br, this root identifies the brain.
What is cerebr-?
These three roots—nephr-, hepat-, and aden-—refer to these three structures in order.
What are the kidney, liver, and gland?
This term describes a sudden, involuntary contraction of a muscle.
What is a spasm?
This four-letter root word, pronounced path, simply means disease.
What is path-?
Arthr- is the root word for this, the point where two bones meet.
What is a joint?