MT C1 Intro Med Term Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
-algia | pain, suffering |
-centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
cyan/o | blue |
-dynia | pain |
dys- | difficult, painful, bad |
-ectomy | surgical removal |
surgical removal (suffix) | -ectomy |
erythr/o | red |
-graphy | writing, process of recording |
-gram | the resulting film or record |
hyper- | over, above, increased, excessive |
hypo- | under, below, decreased |
inter- | between, among |
intra- | within, inside |
-itis | inflammation |
leuk/o | white |
abnormal softening (suffix) | -malacia |
-megaly | large, great |
-necrosis | death of tissue |
olig/o | scanty, few |
-ology | the science or study of |
-osis | disease, abnormal condition |
-ostomy | surgically creating a mouth or opening |
poli/o | gray |
poly- | many |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-rrhagia | abnormal or excessive flow |
abnormal or excessive flow (suffix) | -rrhagia |
-rrhaphy | to suture or stitch |
to suture or stitch (suffix) | -rrhaphy |
-rrhea | to flow, discharge |
to flow, discharge (suffix) | -rrhea |
-rrhexis | rupture |
rupture (suffix) | -rrhexis |
-sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
-scopy | to see, visual exam |
-stenosis | abnormal tightening or narrowing |
abnormal tightening or narrowing (suffix) | -stenosis |
sub- | below |
super/supra | above, excessive |
-otomy | surgical incision |
surgical incision (suffix) | -otomy |
peri- | surrounding |
localized response to an injury or destruction of tissue | inflammation |
infection | invasion of the body by a pathogenic organism |
laceration | torn or jagged wound |
torn or jagged wound | laceration |
lesion | pathologic change of the tissues due to disease or injury |
examination technique in which the examiner's hands are used to feel body parts | palpation |
a pounding or racing heart | palpitation |
act of rotating the arm so that the palm of the hand is forward or upward | supination |
suppuration | formation or discharge of pus |
triage | medical screening of patients to determine their relative priority of need & proper place of treatment |
trauma | wound or injury |
viral | pertaining to a virus |
virile | having the nature, properties, or qualities of an adult male |
condition has a rapid onset | acute |
condition is of long duration | chronic |
objective evidence of disease such as a fever | a sign |
subjective evidence of disease, such as pain or a headache | a symptom |
identification of a disease | diagnosis |
prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disorder | prognosis |
a set of the signs and symptoms that occur together as part of a specific disease process | syndrome |
a condition in which one or more body parts are not functioning | disease |
a disease, structure, operation, or procedure named for the person who discovered or described it first | eponym |
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