Prefixes
Dys
painful or difficult
The science and practice of preventing disease, promoting health and extending life.
Public Health
Audio
hearing
First successful kidney transplant
Joseph E. Murray
Glosso
tonge
Hemi
Half
The use of biology to develop new products, methods and organisms intended to improve human health and society
Biotechnology
ac, al, an, ary
pertaining to
First successful open-hear surgery using the heart lung machine
John Gibbon and Frank F> Allbritten
Myelo
spinal cord
Sub
beneath or below
Medical Advancement
A discovery or new knowledge that improve the understanding of medical science and leads to better diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease.
ist
specialist
The First successful liver transplant
Thomas Starzi
Olfacto
Smell
Small
Micro
HOSA
Future Health Professionals
Cephalo
head
Artificial Heat
Robert Jarvil
Oculo
eye
Ex
out or away from
ADHD
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Diplo
double
Measles vaccine
Maurice Hilleman
Optic
eye/vision