Medical Termz Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
-itis | inflammation |
-ar, -ic, -al, -us, -ac | pertaining to |
-logy | study of |
-scope | instrument used to look |
-pathy | disease |
-gastro | stomach |
Cardio- | heart |
Pulmano- | lungs |
Myo- | muscle |
Osteo- | bone |
Gingiv/o- | gums |
Lip/o- | fat |
Esophag/o- | esophagus |
Hepat/o- | liver |
Duoden/o- | duodenum |
-rrhea | discharge/flow |
Sigmoid/o- | sigmoid colon |
Stomat/o- | mouth |
Dys- | difficult/painful |
Gloss/o- | tongue |
-phagia | swallow |
Enter/o- | intestines |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-megaly | enlarged |
-scopy | process of working |
Lingu/o- | tongue |
Abdomin/o- | abdomen |
Rect/o | rectum |
Pancreat/o- | pancreas |
-pepsia | digestion |
-cele | hernia/herniation |
-ectomy | excision "cut out" |
-tomy | incision "cut into" |
-rrhagia | hemorrage |
-rraphy | suture, stitch |
-rrhexis | rupture/burst |
midsagittal plane | divides the body into equal left and right planes |
frontal plane | divides the body into front & back parts |
transverse plane | divides body into upper & lower parts |
Proct/o- | rectum & anus |
-plegia | paralysis |
Angi/o- | vessels |
Arteri/o- | arteries |
Phleb/o- | veins |
Hem/o- | blood |
-gram | picture |
Electro- | electrical |
Tachy- | rapid/fast |
Brady- | slow |
-cyte | cell |
Leuk/o- | white |
Erythr/o- | red |
Thromb/o- | clot |
-emia | low count |
-lysis | destruction of |
-grapher | person who takes the picture |
Radi/o- | x-ray |
-graphy | process of taking the picture |
-logist | specialist |
-genic | forming/to generate |
An-, A- | without |
Ech/o- | sound |
Superior | above, higher than |
Inferior | below, lower than |
Nas/o- | nose, nasal cavity |
Epiglottis | epiglottis |
Trache/o- | trachea |
Bronch/o- | bronchial tubes |
Pneum/o- | lungs |
Pneumon/o- | lungs |
Spir/o- | breathe |
-pnea | breathe |
Thorac/o- | thorax, Thoracic cavity |
Pleur/o- | pleural membrane |
Laryng/o- | larynx |
Phren/o- | diaphragm |
Pharyng/o- | pharynx |
Hyper- | increased |
Hypo- | decreased |
-algia | pain |
ENT | Ear, Nose & Throat specialist |
SOB | short of breath |
-spasm | involuntary contraction |
COPD | Chronic Obtructive Pulmonary Disease |
URI | Upper Respiratory Infection |
TB, Tb | Tuberculosis |
Rhin/o- | nose, nasal cavity |
Hemat/o- | blood |
Son/o- | sound |
Endo- | inside |
Ex- | outside |
Muscul/o- | muscle |
Oste/o- | bones |
Tendon/o- | tendons |
Chondr/o- | cartilage |
Arthr/o- | joint |
Kinesi/o- | movement |
-malacia | softening |
-plasia | developing |
-meter | instrument used to measure |
-metry | process of measuring |
cost/o- | rib |
crani/o- | skull |
dent/o- | teeth |
pelv/i- | pelvis |
-centesis | surgical puncture to draw out fluid |
Peri- | around, surrounding |
DO | Doctor of osteopathy (diseases of bones) |
CPD | cephalopelvic disproportion |
OREF | open reduction of external fracture |
ORIF | open reduction of internal fracture |
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