What is the core of a medical term & contains the fundamental meaning?
100
arthrocentesis
What is surgical puncture of the joint space with a needle and the withdrawl of fluid?
100
bronchiectasis
What is dilation or expansion of one or more bronchi?
100
Perinatal
What is pertaining to the period before birth?
100
Pseudocyesis
What is false pregnancy?
200
Combining Form
What is a word root to which a vowel is added, has no meaning on its own, allows 2 elements to be connected, and allows for easier pronunciation?
200
rhinoplasty
What is surgical repair of the nose?
200
carcinogen or carniogenesis
What is forming, producing, or origin of cancer?
200
infracostal
What is below the ribs?
200
contraception
What is against conception or impregnation?
300
Suffixes
What is a word element placed at the end of a word or word root, changes the meaning of the word, and they usually indicate a procedure, condition, disease, or part of speech?
300
tracheostomy
What is forming an opening into the trachea?
300
suprarenal
What is pertaining to above the kidney?
300
tachycardia and bradycardia
What is fast pulse or slow pulse?
400
Prefix
What is a word element attached to the beginning of a word or a word root, changes the meaning of a word, and usually indicates a number, time, position, direction, or negation?
400
pelvimeter
What is an instrument for measuring the pelvis?
400
cholelithiasis
What is abnormal condition of gall stones?
400
ectogenous
What is forming outside the body or structure?
400
epigastric
What is pertaining to above the stomach?
500
Three basic rules for defining medical words
What is rule #1 define the suffix, rule #2: define the first part of the word, and rule #3: define the middle part of the word?
500
angiography
What is the process of recording blood vessels?
500
-gram, -graph, -graphy
What is -gram: record or writing, -graph instrument for recording, and -graphy process of recording?