Word Parts of the Skeletal System
-blast
What is the suffix that means: Formation
What is the abbreviation for: Fracture
Fx
Cyst/o
What is the word root that means: Bladder
Adip/o
What is the word root that means: Fat
Aphasia
What is an inability to swallow
-malacia
What is the suffix that means: Softening
What does NSAID stand for?
Non-steroidal Antiinflammatory Drug
What is the word root that means intestines?
Enter/o
Leuk/o
What is the word root that means: white
Pyromania
Abnormal obsession with fire
Chondr/o
What is the root word that means: Cartilage
GI
What is the abbreviation for: Gastrointestinal
Gastr/o
What is the word root that means: stomach
What is the word root that means: red
Erythr/o, rubi/o, rubr/o
What is a term that means "many urinations"
polyuria
Carp/o
What is the root word that means: Wrist
GERD
Gastrointestinal Reflux Disease
Or/o
What is the word root that means: oral, mouth
What is the word root that means: blue
Cyan/o
What is an instrument used to visualize the urinary bladder
cystoscope
Cervic/o
What is the word part that means: neck
N&V
Nausea and Vomiting
Esophag/o
What is the word root that means: esophagus
Melan/o
What is the word root that means: black
Nephrotoxic
What is a term used to describe destruction of the/to the kidney
Arthr/o
What is the word root that means: Joint
ABCDE
Asymmetry, border, color, diameter, evolving (referencing characteristics of a tumor)
Abdomin/o
What is the word root that means: Abdominal
Cutane/o
Wat is the word root that means: skin
A term that describes a paralysis of two extremities
paraplegia
What is the word root that means: Rib
Cost/o
What is the abbreviation for biopsy?
Bx
Gloss/o, Lingu/o
What is the word root that means tongue
Onych/o, ungu/o
What is the word root that means: Nail
anuria
What is an absence of urine; without urine