The word "cardiomyopathy" has this number of combining forms.
What is two?
200
This prefix means "around"
What is "peri-"?
200
The suffix "-al" means_____________.
What is "pertaining to"?
200
If a medical specialist in the study of disorders of the nervous system is a neurologist, what is a medical specialist in the study of the disorders of the urinary system?
What is an "urologist"?
200
Choose the correct word to complete the sentence:
The patient's nasal (mucus/mucous) membrane is severely infected.
What is "mucous"?
200
This "element" is the core of a medical term.
What is "root"?
300
This prefix means "within or inside"
What is "intra-"?
300
The suffix "-ia" means_____________.
What is "the condition of "?
300
What root element in the word cardiomyopathy, means "muscle"?
What is "my/o"?
300
The term "cervical" can apply to 2 different places in the body. Name both.
What is "the neck" and "the neck of the uterus".
300
Define the term "pneumonectomy".
What is "surgical excision of the lung"?
400
This prefix means "large".
What is "macro-"?
400
The suffix in the word rheumatology means "to study".
What is "-logy".
400
What is the root in the word "gastric" and what is its meaning?
What is "gastr" it means "stomach".
400
What substances go through a transfusion that do not go through an infusion?
What is "blood"?
400
"Rapid heart rate"
What is "tachycardia"?
500
Organisms that are too small to be seen with the naked eye are called "------scopic".
What is "micro-"?
500
Define the prefix in the word "neurologist".
What is "specialist"?
500
Your patient has "nerve" damage. Refer him to the department of ______________.
What is "neurology".
500
What two sets of terms have prefixes denoting numbers?
a. hypertension and hypotension
b. premature and postmature
c. bilateral and unilateral
d. pericardial and perinatal
e. epigrastric and hypogastric