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Origins of Medical Language
Body Structure
Word Parts
Words
Abbreviations
100
Greek and Latin
What is the languages used to build medical terms.
100
basic unit of all living things
What is a cell.
100
this is attached to the beginning of the word root to modify its meaning.
What is a prefix
100
neoplasm
What is new growth
100
A&Ox3
What is alert and oriented to person, place, and time
200
system of words that are used to describe medical aspects and diseases.
What is the definition of medical terminology.
200
Two or more kinds of tissues that together perform special body functions.
What is an organ.
200
This is attached to the end of a word root to modify its meaning.
What is a suffix
200
cytogenic
What is producing cells.
200
Dx
What is diagnosis
300
Eponyms
What is medical terms that are named after individuals
300
composed of cells that have a special ability to contract, usually producing movement.
What is muscle tissue.
300
This is the core of a word.
What is the word root.
300
carcinogenic
What is producing cancer
300
XRT
What is radiation therapy
400
acronym
What is the first several letters of a word that can be pronounced as the whole word.
400
exchanges oxygen and carbon dioxide between the blood and external environment.
What is the respiratory system.
400
This is added between two word roots to ease pronunciation.
What is a combining vowel.
400
benign
What is not malignant
400
AVN
What is avascular necrosis
500
How to do say Emily's last name?
What is Houseknecht.
500
Made up of the muscles, bones, cartilage, ligaments, and tendons
What is musculoskeletal system.
500
O
What is the typical combining vowel used between two root words.
500
oncologist
What is physician who studies cancer
500
AAROM
What is active assisted range of motion