Word Parts
The word root for fever
What is PYR/O
The medical term that means the cause of a disease.
What is etiology ?
Medical term used to describe a medical condition or illness that has a sudden onset, is usually severe, and is of short duration.
What is acute ?
(Two word answer in the correct order)
The study of tumors & a specialist in the treatment of tumors.
What is Oncology & an Oncologist ?
This type of imaging technique uses x-rays to produce images.
What is radiography ?
The word root for tumor
What is ONC/O
A physical or psychological wound or injury.
What is trauma ?
Medical Term used to describe a disease caused by wear and tear on the body, aging, or trauma.
What is Degenerative ?
A medical term used to describe tumors that are favorable for recovery and do not spread.
What is benign ?
The amount of pressure your blood is exerting against your arterial walls while the heart is resting between beats.
What is diastolic blood pressure ?
A word suffix that means tumor
What is -OMA ?
A localized response to tissue injury that is characterized by heat, pain, redness, and swelling.
What is inflammation ?
A device used to measure a patient's blood pressure. (Do not say BP cuff!)
What is a sphygmomanometer ?
A medical term used to describe a tumor that is invasive, tends to cause death, and that is capable of spreading to other tissues.
What is Malignant ?
This type of imaging technique produces images by using high frequency sound waves.
What is sonography or ultrasonography ?
A medical term that can also be used as a suffix that means the accumulation of fluid.
What is edema ?
medical term used to describe treatment or therapy that provides some relief of disease or illness symptoms, but is not intended to cure the disease or illness.
What is Palliative Treatment or Therapy ?
Condition where the skin and connective tissue gets thick, tight, and hardens.
What is scleroderma ?
A medical term for when cancerous cells spread from one part of the body to another.
What is Metastasis ?
What is Adaptive Immunity ?
A medical terminology suffix that could mean:
separation, loosening, dissolving, or destruction
What is -lysis ?
The process in which certain WBC's ingest or engulf invading microorganisms & damaged cells in order to get rid of them.
What is phagocytosis ?
The four techniques used by medical providers/practitioners when performing a physical.
What are INSPECTION, PALPATION, PERCUSSION, & AUSCULTATION ?
A malignant neoplasm that is composed of epithelial cells.
What is carcinoma ?
TREATMENT (remove diseased tissue or repair wounds), DIAGNOSIS (remove tissue for lab biopsy), RESTORATION (to fix/compensate for lost function), and RELIEF (palliative treatment).
What are the purposes of surgery ?