Medical Terminology Jeopardy Game

Abbreviations

100

Immediately or at once

What does the abbreviation STAT mean ?

200

This acronym means "No Known Drug Allergies"

What is NKDA?

300

b.i.d.

What is twice a day?

400

Nothing By mouth

What does the abbreviations NPO mean ?

500

Electrocardiogram

What is ECG, EKG ?

Prefixes

100

A-

What is “not, without, lacking”?

200

Blood

What is hemo-?

300

Brady-

What Prefix means slow ?

400

Tachy

What Prefix means rapid or fast ?

500

Medi/a-

What is “middle”?

Suffixes

100

-Megaly

What suffix means enlargement ?

200

-Ectomy

What suffix means removal of ?

300

path

What suffix mean disease ?

400

-Emia

What suffix mean blood condition ?

500

-philia

What is "love of"?

Root Words

100

Liver

What does the root word hepat mean ?

200

Bone

What does the root word osteo mean ?

300

Spleno- is the prefix or root word for which organ.

What is spleen?

400

The prefix for ear is: 

What is “aur-“?

500

cholecysto-

What is gallbladder?

Misc. Medial Terms

100

Gastritis means:

Inflammation of the stomach

200

Hypoglycemia means this:

What is low blood sugar?

300

Inflammation of the skin

What is dermatitis?

400

Nephrologist

What kind of specialist does a person with kidney stones need to see ?

500

This medical term means "on both sides"

What is bilaterally?