Naming
prefix, root, suffice
What are the 3 basic parts of a medical term?
Dento
What is teeth?
-itis
What is inflammation?
a/an
What is without?
physician specializing in the heart
What is a "cardiologist?"
eponym
What is "to put a name on something?"
Colo
What is large intestine?
-osis
What is abnormal condition?
mega
What is enlarged?
to look into your colon
What is a "colonoscopy?"
Gabriello Fallopio
Who are the Fallopian tubes named after?
Hepato
What is liver?
-scopy
What is to look/observe?
peri
What is outer later?
Physician specializing in the kidneys
What is a "nephrologist?"
benign
What is "non life-threatening/harmful?"
Hemo
What is blood?
-ostomy
What is "to make a mouth/opening"?
hypo
What is less?
Inflammation of the stomach
What is "gastritis?"
Greek word for flat pancake
What is placenta?
Orchido
What is testis?
-ectomy?
What is "to cut out/remove?"
myo
What is "muscle"
To remove your appendix
What is appendectomy?