Medical Terminology Jeopardy Game

Medical definitions

100

Tracheostomy

What is the term for creating a new surgical opening in the trachea ?

200

above normal amount of vomit

What does the term hyperemesis mean ?

300

surgical removal of the spleen

What does splenectomy mean ?

400

lower than normal amount of white blood cells

What does leukocytopenia mean (more commonly called leukopenia ?

500

enlargement of the liver

What does hepatomegaly mean ?

Prefixes

100

Pre-

What Prefix mean before ?

200

Mal-

What Prefix means bad ?

300

Brady-

What Prefix means slow ?

400

Tachy-

What Prefix means rapid or fast ?

500

-Anti

What Prefix means stop or against ?

Suffixes

100

-Megaly

What suffix means enlargement ?

200

-Ectomy

What suffix means removal of ?

300

-pathy

What suffix mean disease ?

400

-Emia

What suffix mean blood condition ?

500

-ltis

What suffix mean inflammation of ?

Root Words

100

Liver

What does the root word hepat/o mean ?

200

Bone

What does the root word osteo mean ?

300

Heart

What does the root word cardio mean ?

400

Gums

What does the root word gingivia mean ?

500

Lung

What does the root word pneumo mean ?

Medial Terms

100

Inflammation of the mouth

What does stomatitis mean ?

200

puncture the bladder with a needle

What does cyctocentesis mean ?

300

Inflammation of the skin

What does dermatitis means ?

400

Nephrologist

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

500

increased urine output

What does polyuria mean ?