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Prefixes
Building Terms
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These terms enable you to give priority to the most important words in your study of medical terminology. These terms are shown in black boldface.
What are Primary Medical Terms?
100
This is the name of one of the two main groups of bones.
What is the axial skeleton or the appendicular skeleton?
100
This prefix means all.
What is "pan"?
100
This is an inflammation of the renal pelvis.
What is Pyelitis?
100
A synovectomy is the surgical removal of a synovial membrane from this body part.
What is joint?
200
These word parts are usually, but not always, indicate the part of the body involved.
What are Word Roots?
200
You get a new one of these every seven to ten years.
What is a skeleton?
200
This prefix means through or between.
What is "dia"?
200
This is a physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating disorders of the skin.
What is a dermatologist?
200
Hemopoietic means pertaining to the formation of these type of cells.
What are blood cells?
300
This term is 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?
300
When classifying bone we do so with a word the rhymes with grape.
What is shape?
300
This prefix means slow.
What is "brady"?
300
This term pertains to the interior or lining of an artery.
What is Endarterial
300
This is an abnormal increase in the forward curvature of the lumbar spine.
What is Lordosis?
400
This is the name of the very first assignment in Mind Tap where you match each word part to the correct meaning.
What is "Reality Check?
400
It takes about 25 years for your skeleton to do this.
What is stop growing?
400
This prefix means different.
What is "hetero"?
400
The term we use when we have pain in a joint or joints.
What is Arthralgia.
400
A partial displacement of a bone from its joint is called this.
What is Subluxation?
500
You can download this as part of your medical terminology course, it gives you access to an exciting pronunciation activity.
What is the MindTap Pronounce Mobile App?
500
These joints allow free movement in a variety of directions.
What are Synovial joints?
500
This prefix means good or normal.
What is "eu"?
500
This is any acute, inflammatory, pus-forming bacterial skin infection, such as impetigo.
What is Pyoderma?
500
The acetabulum is the large circular cavity on each side of the pelvis that is commonly known by this term.
What is the hip socket?