medical language 1-3 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
hyper- | excessive |
glyc/o | sugar |
-emia | a blood condition |
hyperglycema | a blood condition of excessive sugar |
hypo- | under, or deficiency |
derm/o | skin |
-ic | pertaining to |
bi- | two |
later/o | side(s) |
-al | pertaining to |
echo- | using sound |
cardi/o | heart |
-gram | a record |
hypodermic | pertaining to under the skin |
bilateral | pertaining to 2 sides |
echocardiogram | a record using sound of the heart |
echocardiograph | a machine used to record using sound of the heart |
echocardiography | the process of recording using sound of the heart |
electrocardiogram | a record of the electric activity of the heart |
-graph | the machine used to record |
-graphy | the process of recording |
electro- | the electrical activity |
micro- | small |
bi/o | life |
-logy | study of |
-ist | a specialist |
microbiologist | a specialist in the study of small life |
supra- | above |
ren/o | kidney |
epi- | above |
gastro/o | the stomach |
suprarenal | pretaining to above a kidney |
epigastric | pertaining to above the stomach |
nephr/o | kidney |
lith/o | stone(s) |
-iasis | abnormal condition |
nephrolithiasis | abnormal condition of kidney stone(s) |
electrocardiograph | machine used to record the electrical activity of the heart |
electrocardiography | the process of recording the electrical activity of the heart |
thromb/o | clot |
cyt/o | cell(s) |
-osis | abnormal condition |
thrombocytosis | abnormal condition of clot cell(s) |
pre- | before |
nat/i | birth |
prenatal | pertaining to before birth |
post- | after |
postnatal | pertaining to after birth |
prandi/o | meals |
a- | no |
men/o | menstrual |
nas/o | nose |
-rrhea | flow |
sub- | under |
postprandial | pertaining to after meals |
subnasal | pertaining to under the nose |
amenorrhea | no menstral flow |
intra-, endo- | within |
muscul/o | muscle |
-ar | pertaining to |
inter- | between |
vertebr/a | vertebrae AKA the spinal column (back bones) |
endo-, intra- | within |
retro- | behind |
trache/o | trachea AKA windpipe |
stern/o | sternum AKA the breast bone |
trans- | across or through |
urethr/o | urethra |
urethra | the tube that carrires urine from the urinary bladder to the outside world |
anti- | against |
bacteri/o | bacteria |
leuko- | white |
-penia | deficiency |
vascul/o | (blood) vessels |
multi- | many |
para- | live (viable) birth |
-ous | pertaining to |
arthr/o | joint |
-centesis | surgical puncture |
colon/o | the colon |
-scope | a usually lighted instrument used to view |
-scopy | the process of using a usually lighted instrument to view |
lapr/o | the abdomen |
append/o | appendix |
-ectomy | surgical removal (excision - the process of cutting out) |
excision | the process of cutting out |
hepat/o | liver |
-itis | inflammation |
rhin/o | nose |
-plasty | surgical repair |
mast/o | a breast |
-pexy | surgical fixation (surgically fix it so it does not move) |
splen/o | spleen |
-megaly | enlargement |
oste/o | bone |
-tome | an instrument to cut |
phleb/o | a vein |
-tomy | a surgical incision |
-stomy | a new arificial opeing |
cephal/o | the head |
-algia or -dynia | pain |
thorac/o | the thorax (chest) |
hem/o, or hemat/o | blood |
-lysis or -lytic | break up or destruction |
-emesis | vomiting |
herni/o | hernia |
-rrhaphy | suturing |
-cide | killing |
path/o | disease |
-gen | creation |
-ic | pertaining to |
carcin/o | cancerous |
-oma | tumor or mass |
acr/o | heights |
phob/o | fear |
-ia | a condition of |
therm/o | heat |
-meter | an instrument to measure |
pelv/i | pelvis |
-metry | the process of measuring |
angi/o, or vas/o | vessel |
-rrhexas | a rupture |
-spasm | an involuntary muscle contraction |
quadri- | (4)four (extremities) |
pleg/o | paralysis |
thyr/o | the thyroid |
-oid | resembling |
tox/o | poisoning |
dipl- | double |
-opia | vision |
lip/o | fat |
-tripsy | crushing |
phas/o | speech |
hepat/o | the liver |
dys- | difficult or painful |
phag/o | swallowing |
-cele | herniation |
neur/o | nerves |
-y | a condition |
arteri/o | artery (ies) |
-stenosis | narrowing |
blephar/o | an eyelid |
-plasia, or -trophy, or plasm | growth or development |
neo- | new |
hyper- | excessive |
hemi-, or semi- | right or left half (side) of the body |
circul/o | a circle |
uni- | one |
later/o | side |
poly-, or hyper- | excessive |
-uria | urination |
tri- | three |
angul/o | angles |
an- or a- | no |
esthesi/o | feeling or nervous sensation |
circum-, or peri- | around |
cis/o | cutting |
-ion | the process of |
oste/o | bone |
ex- | out |
hetero- | different |
sex/o | sexes |
-ual | pertaining to |
homo- | same |
brady- | slow |
card/o | heart |
tachy- | fast |
-pnea | breathing |
-ptosis | drooping or sagging |
-rrhage or -rrhagia | rapid flow |
contra- | against |
cept/o | conception |
medic/o | medicine |
audit/o | hearing |
cutane/o | skin |
acous/o | sound |
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