The Structure of Medical Terms
This part of the medical terms tells what the whole medical term is about.
What is a root word?
I can be for full or empty, and sometimes I growl. My wood root is gastr.
What is stomach?
I might do this if I want to observe or look at something.
What is scop?
If my joints are inflammed this would be my diagnosis.
What is arthritis?
To surgically remove
What is -ectomy?
This word part goes at the end of the word and tells which disease, condition or surgery is happening.
What is a suffix?
Sometimes people eat this if it comes from an animal. The word root is hepat.
What is liver?
Abnormal softening
What is malacia?
Many celebrities in Hollywood have this done to something on their faces.
What is rhinoplasty?
To cut into
What is otomy?
This can go in between two word roots, or between a word root and a suffix, or may be left out at times.
What is a combining vowel?
When you cut me out I make a cute shape, some refer to me as a Valentine.
What is cardi?
I leave holes where ever I go. My suffix is -centesis
What is surgical puncture?
What is a carcinoma?
Surgical repair
What is plast or plasty?
This word part tells how many, what kind, where, and what color, but we do not always use it.
What is a prefix
We see skeletons made of these in yards in October.
What is oste?
I can be normal or bad, big or small, lumpy or round. My mom just had twins.
What is -oma? or What is tumor?
The kicker had this involuntary contraction in his calf so he missed the field goal.
What is myospasm?
To create a new opening
What is ostomy?
This is something that Dean Vaughn uses when they find words that sound like the names of medical word parts.
What is a audionym?
This sounds like an animals name but it is not. It is something on your face
What is rhin/o?
What is penia?
The doctor wants an electrical recording of my heart activity so he is going to do this test.
What is an electrocardiogram?
loosening, breaking down, or destruction
What is lysis?