Planes / Directions / Positions
Beginning Word Parts
Ending Word Parts
Diseases and Conditions
Medical Words
100
Situated in the front.
What is anterior.
100
Meaning within.
What is endo-
100
Meaning specialist.
What is -ologist.
100
Abnormal softening of a gland.
What is adenomalacia
100
Defective development of an organ or tissue.
What is aplasia
200
Situated in the back.
What is posterior
200
Meaning tissue.
What is hist/o
200
Meaning the study of.
What is -ology.
200
Group of hereditary bleeding disorders in which a blood-clotting factor is missing.
What is hemophilia
200
Abnormal development of cells, tissues, or organs.
What is dysplasia
300
Farthest from the midline or point of attachment.
What is distal
300
Meaning out of.
What is exo-
300
Meaning formation.
What is -plasia.
300
Genetic variation associated with characteristic facial appearance, learning disabilities, and physical abnormalities such as heart valve disease.
What is Down Syndrome
300
Change in cell structure or orientation.
What is anaplasia
400
Back of the body or organ.
What is dorsal.
400
Meaning disease, suffering, emotion.
What is path/o.
400
Meaning control.
What is -stasis.
400
Malignant tumor that originates in glandular tissue
What is adenocarcinoma.
400
Unfavorable response arising from a medical treatment.
What is iatrogenic illness
500
Refers to the front or belly side of the body or organ.
What is ventral.
500
Meaning back.
What is poster/o.
500
Meaning abnormal softening.
What is -malacia.
500
A genetic disorder that causes nerve degeneration with symptoms that most often appear in midlife.
What is Huntington's Disease
500
Illness without known cause.
What is idiopathic disorder