Medical Terminology Jeopardy

Suffixes

100

-oxia

What is oxygen?

200

-pathy

What is disease?

300

-phil/philia

What is attraction?

400

-opia/opsia

What is vision?

500

-phoresis

What is carrying?

Roots

100

mening/o

What are the meninges?

200

phleb/o

What is the vein?

300

cerebr/o

What is the cerebrum, the largest part of the brain

400

ot/o

What is the ear?

500

cholecyst/o

What is the gallbladder?

Procedures

100

-ectomy

What is removal?

200

-graphy

What is the process of recording?

300

-stomy

What is opening?

400

-centesis

What is a surgical puncture made to remove fluid?

500

-pheresis

What is removal?

Prefixes

100

sub-

What is below or under?

200

re-

What is back?

300

pro-

What is before or forward?

400

trans-

What is across or through?

500

retro-

What is behind?

Definitions

100

Hypoxia

What is oxygen deficiency?

200

Autopsy

What is the postmortem examination of the body?

300

Arachnophobia

What is the fear of spiders?

400

Anthropathy

What is disease of the joints?

500

Hemianopsia

What is the loss of vision in half the visual field?