Medical Terminology

Prefixes

100

This prefix means "within"

endo-

200

This prefix means "above"

epi-

300

This prefix means "across"

trans-

400

This prefix means "deficient" or "below average"

hypo-

500

This prefix means "surrounding"

peri-

Suffixes

100

This suffix means "inflammation"

-itis

200

This suffix means "tumor" or "mass"

-oma

300

This suffix means "cell"

-cyte

400

This suffix means "blood condition"

-emia

500

This suffix means "process of cutting"

-tomy

Root Words

100

This root word means "mind"

psych or psycho

200

This root word means "disease"

path or patho 

300

This root word means "bone"

oste or osteo

400

This root word means "kidney"

nephr/o or ren/o 

500

This root word means "liver"

hepat or hepato 

Major Bones

100

What is the name of the thigh bone, the longest bone in the human body?

femur 

200

What are the wrist bones called?

carpals

300

What is the anatomical term for the knee cap?

patella 

400

What is the name of the bones that make up the lower back?

lumbar vertebrae 

500

What 2 bones make up our lower forearm?

radius and ulna 

Define this term

100

What is the medical term for removing and examining a small amout of living tissue 

biopsy

200

What is the medical term for the study of the heart 

cardiology

300

What is the medical term for the structure found above the glottis (opening to the trachea)

epiglottis 

400

What is the medical term for a body temperature that is too high 

hyperthermia 

500

What is the medical term for the space behing the stomach?

retrogastric