Word parts
This medical term is commonly known as a red blood cell.
What is an erythrocyte?
This is defined as a pounding or racing heart.
What is palpitation?
This describes an inflammation of the stomach.
What is gastritis?
This is the surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface.
What is -ostomy?
this is a physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating disorders of the skin.
What is a dermatologist?
This is the study of the ear, nose and throat.
What is otorhinolaryngology?
This is decided by a physician; when there is an identification of a disease.
What is diagnosis?
The loss of a large amount of blood in a short time
What is hemorrhage?
The word part attached at the beginning of a word that usually, but not always, indicates location, time, number, or status.
What is prefix?
This term is used to mean wound or injury.
What is trauma?
This is the term for higher-than-normal blood pressure.
What is hypertension?
This is used to describe a disease or condition that has a rapid onset and a short duration.
What is acute?
The term meaning pain in a joint or joints.
What is arthralgia?
The word part attached at the end of a word that usually, but not always, indicates the procedure, condition, disorder, or disease.
What is suffix?
This means pertaining to a virus.
What is viral?
This is a surgical puncture of the abdominal cavity to remove excess fluid.
What is abdominocentesis?
This is when a word is formed from the use of the initial letter of the major parts of a compound term.
What is acronym?
Meaning, Pertaining to birth.
What is natal?
The word parts that usually, but not always, indicate the part of the body involved.
What is word root?
Swelling caused by excess fluid in body tissues
What is edema?
This is the inflammation of the stomach and small intestines.
What is gastroenteritis?
This is a term for when a disease is named after the person who discovered it.
What is an eponym?
This is the blue discoloration of the skin caused by a lack of adequate oxygen in the blood.
What is cyanosis?
A word root that has a vowel, usually the letter “ o,” put on the end before the addition of another word root or a suffix.
What is combining form?
This is the medical screening of patients to determine their relative priority of need and the proper place of treatment
What is triage?