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Medical Terminology
The combined Medical Terminology for final testing
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cardiologist | The heart |
| Nephrologist | The kidneys |
| Pulmonologist | The lungs |
| Neurologist | The nervous system and the brain |
| Ophthalmologist | The eyes |
| Rheumatologist | The rheumatoid system and rheumatic disease |
| Proctologist | The anus/rectum |
| Phlebotomist | People trained to draw blood from a patient for clinical or medical testing, transfusions, donations or research. |
| Gastroenterologist | The digestive tract |
| Pathologist | Tissue samples |
| Stomato | Mouth |
| Dento | Teeth |
| Glosso or Linguo | Tongue |
| Gingivo | Gums |
| Encephalo | Brain |
| Gastro | Stomach |
| Entero | Intestine |
| Colo | Large intestine |
| Procto | Anus/rectum |
| Hepato | Liver |
| Nephro or Rene | Kidney |
| Orchido | Testis |
| Oophoro | Ovary |
| Hystero or Metro | Uterus |
| Salpingo | Uterine tubes |
| Dermo | Skin |
| Mammo or Masto | Breasts |
| Masto or Mammo | Breasts |
| Metro or Hystero | Uterus |
| Rene or Nephro | Kidney |
| Linguo or Glosso | Tongue |
| Osteo | Bones |
| Cardio | Heart |
| Cysto | Bladder |
| Rhino | Nose |
| Phlebo or Veno | Veins |
| Veno or Phlebo | Veins |
| Pneumo or Pulmo | Lungs |
| Pulmo or Pneumo | Lungs |
| Hemo or Emia | Blood |
| Emia or Hemo | Blood |
| - itis | Inflamation |
| - osis | Abnormal condition |
| - ectomy | To cut out (or remove) |
| - otomy | To cut into |
| - ostomy | To "make a mouth" |
| a/an | Without (or none) |
| micro | Small |
| macro | Large |
| mega or megaly | Enlarged |
| megaly or mega | Enlarged |
| - scopy or - scopic | To look (to observe) |
| - scopic or - scopy | To look (to observe) |
| - graphy or - graph | Recording an image -- the process of |
| - graph or - graphy | Recording an image -- the process of |
| - gram | The image (x-ray) |
| - ology | The study of (or to study) |
| - ologist | One who specializes in (or one who studies) |
| Biopsy | Tissue sample |