Words Parts
Name the word parts that are used to make a medical term.
What is prefix, combining form (word root + combining vowel), and suffix?
There are categories that medical terms can be organized into.
What is four(4)?
Stomatopathy means
What is disease of the mouth?
The study of the heart is called
What is cardiology?
The singular form of appendices is....
What is appendix?
In the term osteoblast, the combining form is......
What is oste/o?
Gingivitis is classified as a ….
What is Pathology Term?
Hemorrhage means ...
What is heavy discharge of blood?
Enlargement of the kidney is called...
What is nephromegaly?
True/False: The leg is inferior to the foot.
What is false?
The foot is inferior to the leg.
How many words parts in the term:
dysmenorrhea
What is three?
dys/men/o/rrhea
Biospy would be ....
What is diagnostic procedure?
Avascular means ....
What is pertaining to no (blood) vessels?
The removal of the uterus is called .....
What is hysterectomy?
Explain the difference in the combining forms:
(my/o) (myc/o) (myel/o)
What is my/o means muscle, myc/o means fungus, and myel/o means bone marrow or spinal cord?
Which of the following does not mean pertaining to?
(-al) (-ary) (-ic) (-ism) (-eal) (-ous)
What is (-ism)?
Arthrocentesis is a ....
What is Therapeutic Intervention?
Osteochondritis is ....
What is inflammation of the bone and cartilage?
A person with low blood sugar would be ...
What is hypoglycemia?
The medical term for warts is .....
What is verruca?
What does the suffix -malacia mean?
What is abnormal condition of softening?
All of the following are Anatomical/Physiological terms except:
Septic
Palmar
Cuticle
Agastria
What is agastria?
Rhabdomyosarcoma means
What is malignant tumor of the connective tissue in skeletal muscle?
A parasitic infestation with lice, involving the head, body, and genital area is called ...
What is pediculosis?
The abbreviation Bx stands for
What is biopsy?