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medical term. 1-50
intro to health to occ.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| gastr- (gas truck) | stomach |
| cardi- (cards) | heart |
| megal- (my gal) | enlarged |
| -itis (eye test) | inflammation |
| dermat- (door mat) | skin |
| plast- (plastic cement) | surgical repair |
| cerebr- (zebra) | brain |
| path- (path) | disease |
| -ectomy (exit tommy) | surgical repair / ectomy |
| enter- (enter) | intestines |
| -osis ("oh sis") | any condition |
| -otomy ("oh tommy") | to cut into / incision |
| aden- (a den) | glands |
| angi- (angel) | vessels |
| -oma ("oh ma") | tumor |
| nephr- (nephew) | kidney |
| hepat- ( he pat) | liver |
| arthr- (art) | joints |
| blephar- (blue fur) | eyelids |
| -ologist (hollow chest) | specialist |
| rhin- (rhineocerous) | nose |
| gingiv- (gingerbread man) | gums |
| -malacia (my late show) | soft |
| -ology (hollow cheese) | the study of |
| spasm (space man) | involuntary contraction |
| -algia (algea) | pain |
| crani- (crane) | skull |
| end- ("the end") | inside / within |
| hemi- (hemisphere) | half |
| -oid (void) | like |
| hyper- (high purr) | above, more than normal |
| cyst- (sister) | sac containing fluid |
| chole- (coal) | bile |
| hypo- (hippo) | under |
| -scop- (scope) | observe |
| hyster- (his stir) | uterus |
| -ostomy ("oh stop tommy") | create an opening |
| para- (parachute) | beside, beyond |
| -lysis (license) | loosening destruction |
| cervic- (serve hic) | neck |
| chondr- (canal door) | cartilage |
| cyan- (sign) | blue |
| hem(at)- (hem) | blood |
| ost- (ostrich) | bone |
| physco- (cycle) | mind |
| lip- (lip) | fat |
| my- (my eye) | muscle |
| lith- (lather) | stone |
| ophthalm- (up thumb) | eye |
| proct- (practer and gumble) | anus |