Body Parts
The word part for bone
What is ost(eo)?
This word part means the study of
What is -ology?
What is the Medical Terminology word for inflammation of the stomach?
What is gastritis
Dx in a medical chart means
Diagnosis
What is the abbreviation for Activities of Daily Living?
What is ADL
The wrist is _____ to the elbow.
What is distal
CC
What is Chief Complaint?
The word part for lung
What is Pneum/o or pulm/o?
The word for specialist of pharmacology
What is pharmacologist?
What is the Medical Terminology word part for bones?
What is Oste/o
Which word describes what can be seen by others when a person has a disease?
sign
What is the abbreviation for SOB?
What is Shortness of Breath
What is the body plane that splits your body in half left to right?
Sagittal
The abbreviation for as necessary or as needed?
What is PRN?
The word part for kidney
What is ren- or nephr-
The doctor who specializes in the study of the female body
What is gynecologist?
What is the Medical Terminology word part for heart?
What is cardi/o
What does the Medical Terminology word part noct/o mean
What is night
What is the abbreviation for take medication as necessary?
what is PRN
How do viruses spread?
Through air and touch
The medical professional trained in the removal of blood from the body
What is a Phlebotomist?
The word part for skin
What is dermat/o, -derma, or derm/o ?
The word for the study of the skin
What is dermatology
What is the Medical Terminology word part for adrenal gland?
What is adren/o
Which part of the medical term do you explain first when defining a medical term?
The suffix
What is the abbreviation for twice a day?
What is BID
A person who is standing in a normal _______ position is standing upright and facing forward, with feet slightly spread apart, arms to the sides and the palms facing forward
What is anatomical position
The part of a word that indicates a disease, disorder, condition, procedure, process, specialty, test, or status
What is the suffix?
The word part for stomach
What is gastr/o?
The word for a doctor who specializes in treatment of the heart
What is cardiologist?
What is the Medical Terminology word part for head?
What is cephal/o
What is the Medical Terminology word for runny nose?
What is "rhinorrhea" and "rhinitis"
What is the abbreviation for Cancer?
what is CA
What is carcin/o?
Cancer
The word cerumen means...
What is ear wax?
Th word that describes the sensations that a person feels when they have a disease
What are symptoms?
The word for medical doctor who specialize in the study of teeth
What is a dentist?
What is the Medical Terminology word part Rapid?
Tachy
What is the Medical Terminology word part for headache?
What is Cephalgia
What does DNR mean?
Do not Resuscitate
What is Thromb/o?
Bloodclot
The word part that is the subject of the word and is in the middle of the word when a prefix is present.
What is a root?
The word part for record
What is gram?
The word for medical doctors who specialize in the study of the kidneys
What is a Nephrologist?
What is the Medical Terminology word for below/under?
Sub or Hypo
What is the Medical Terminology word for nose?
Rhin/o
What is the abbreviation for four times a day??
QID is written as q.i.d. on prescriptions
What is Gluc/o
What is Sugar Glucose
In the word Osteoarthritis, the part that tells us what is wrong with the bone
What is the suffix: -itis?
The definition of pericarditis
What is inflammation around the heart?
The word for a doctor who specializes in the treatment of the nervous system
What is a Neurologist?
What is the Medical Terminology -ectomy mean
What is removal; excision; resection
What an ENT doctor treats
What are the ears, nose and throat?
What does OB/GYN mean?
obstetrics and gynecology
The elbow is _____ to the wrist.
proximal
This word part that describes characteristics such as location, direction, number, quantity, amount, size, or color
What is the prefix?