Medic/o terms Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| -algia | pain |
| dys- | difficulty |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| hyper- | high |
| hypo- | low |
| itis- | inflammation |
| -osis | abnormal or disease |
| -ostomy | surgical opening |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhage | bleeding, abnormal fluid drainage |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -rrhea | discharge |
| -sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
| cyan/o | blue |
| erythr/o | red |
| leuk/o | white |
| melan/o | black |
| poli/o | grey |
| -dynia | pain |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -necrosis | tissue death |
| -centesis | surgical procedure to remove fluid |
| -graphy | process of recording a picture or record |
| -gram | record or picture |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| pre- | before |
| peri- | surrounding |
| post- | after |
| -ology | study of |
| sub- | means under or below |
| -otomy | surgical incision |
| ab- | take away |
| ad- | drawn toward |
| supra- | above or excessive |
| inter- | between or among |
| intra- | within or inside |
| ather/o | plaque or fatty substance |
| -oma | tumor |
| myc/o | fungus |
| py/o | pus |
| ankl/o | crooked, bent, stiff |
| adip/o | fat |
| caud/o | tail-lower part of the body |
| cephal/o | head |
| kyph/o | hump |
| coron/o | coronary |
| cyt/o | cell |
| lord/o | bent backwards |
| hist/o | tissue |
| -lysis | breaking down, destruction, loosening |
| -poietic | formation |
| scoli/o | curved |
| spondyl/o | vertebrae |
| path/o, pathy | disease, suffering, feeling |
| retr/o | behind,backwards, back of |
| homeo- | constant |
| stasis- | control |
| a- | without |
| -plasia | formation |
| hemat/o | blood |
| -crine | secrete hormones |
| -ologist | specialist |
| eti- | cause |
| -porosis | porous condition |
| bi- | two |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| tax/o | coordination |
| ton/o | tone, stretching, tension |
| tri- | three |
| quad- | four |
| angi/o | blood or lymph vessels |
| bradi- | slow |
| tachy- | fast |
| -emia | blood condition |
| phleb- | vein |
| thromb/o | blood clot |
| ven/o | vein |
| phag/o | eat, swallow |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -lytic | destroy |
| blast/o | embryonic, immature |
| carcin/o | cancerous |
| cervic/o | neck |
| -genesis | creation, reproduction |
| immun/o | immune, protection, safe |
| neo- | new, strange |
| -plasma | formative material of cells |
| bronchi/o | bronchial tubes |
| -ectasis | stretching, dilation, enlargement |
| ox/i, ox/o, ox/y | oxygen |
| phon/o | sound, voice |
| thorac/o, -thorax | chest |
| an/o | anus |
| chol/e | bile, gall |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| -lithiasis | stones |
| -pepsid | digestion |
| odonti | teeth |
| reno- | kidney |
| -trispy | crushing |
| -urea | urination |
| edema | |
| -algia | pain |
| dys- | difficulty |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| hyper- | high |
| hypo- | low |
| itis- | inflammation |
| -osis | abnormal or disease |
| -ostomy | surgical opening |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhage | bleeding, abnormal fluid drainage |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -rrhea | discharge |
| -sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
| cyan/o | blue |
| erythr/o | red |
| leuk/o | white |
| melan/o | black |
| poli/o | grey |
| -dynia | pain |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -necrosis | tissue death |
| -centesis | surgical procedure to remove fluid |
| -graphy | process of recording a picture or record |
| -gram | record or picture |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| pre- | before |
| peri- | surrounding |
| post- | after |
| -ology | study of |
| sub- | means under or below |
| -otomy | surgical incision |
| ab- | take away |
| ad- | drawn toward |
| supra- | above or excessive |
| inter- | between or among |
| intra- | within or inside |
| ather/o | plaque or fatty substance |
| -oma | tumor |
| myc/o | fungus |
| py/o | pus |
| ankl/o | crooked, bent, stiff |
| adip/o | fat |
| caud/o | tail-lower part of the body |
| cephal/o | head |
| kyph/o | hump |
| coron/o | coronary |
| cyt/o | cell |
| lord/o | bent backwards |
| hist/o | tissue |
| -lysis | breaking down, destruction, loosening |
| -poietic | formation |
| scoli/o | curved |
| spondyl/o | vertebrae |
| path/o, pathy | disease, suffering, feeling |
| retr/o | behind,backwards, back of |
| homeo- | constant |
| stasis- | control |
| a- | without |
| -plasia | formation |
| hemat/o | blood |
| -crine | secrete hormones |
| -ologist | specialist |
| eti- | cause |
| -porosis | porous condition |
| bi- | two |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| tax/o | coordination |
| ton/o | tone, stretching, tension |
| tri- | three |
| quad- | four |
| angi/o | blood or lymph vessels |
| bradi- | slow |
| tachy- | fast |
| -emia | blood condition |
| phleb- | vein |
| thromb/o | blood clot |
| ven/o | vein |
| phag/o | eat, swallow |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -lytic | destroy |
| blast/o | embryonic, immature |
| carcin/o | cancerous |
| cervic/o | neck |
| -genesis | creation, reproduction |
| immun/o | immune, protection, safe |
| neo- | new, strange |
| -plasma | formative material of cells |
| bronchi/o | bronchial tubes |
| -ectasis | stretching, dilation, enlargement |
| ox/i, ox/o, ox/y | oxygen |
| phon/o | sound, voice |
| thorac/o, -thorax | chest |
| an/o | anus |
| chol/e | bile, gall |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| -lithiasis | stones |
| -pepsid | digestion |
| odonti | teeth |
| reno- | kidney |
| -trispy | crushing |
| -urea | urination |
| edema | swelling |
| -algia | pain |
| dys- | difficulty |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| hyper- | high |
| hypo- | low |
| itis- | inflammation |
| -osis | abnormal or disease |
| -ostomy | surgical opening |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhage | bleeding, abnormal fluid drainage |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -rrhea | discharge |
| -sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
| cyan/o | blue |
| erythr/o | red |
| leuk/o | white |
| melan/o | black |
| poli/o | grey |
| -dynia | pain |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -necrosis | tissue death |
| -centesis | surgical procedure to remove fluid |
| -graphy | process of recording a picture or record |
| -gram | record or picture |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| pre- | before |
| peri- | surrounding |
| post- | after |
| -ology | study of |
| sub- | means under or below |
| -otomy | surgical incision |
| ab- | take away |
| ad- | drawn toward |
| supra- | above or excessive |
| inter- | between or among |
| intra- | within or inside |
| ather/o | plaque or fatty substance |
| -oma | tumor |
| myc/o | fungus |
| py/o | pus |
| ankl/o | crooked, bent, stiff |
| adip/o | fat |
| caud/o | tail-lower part of the body |
| cephal/o | head |
| kyph/o | hump |
| coron/o | coronary |
| cyt/o | cell |
| lord/o | bent backwards |
| hist/o | tissue |
| -lysis | breaking down, destruction, loosening |
| -poietic | formation |
| scoli/o | curved |
| spondyl/o | vertebrae |
| path/o, pathy | disease, suffering, feeling |
| retr/o | behind,backwards, back of |
| homeo- | constant |
| stasis- | control |
| a- | without |
| -plasia | formation |
| hemat/o | blood |
| -crine | secrete hormones |
| -ologist | specialist |
| eti- | cause |
| -porosis | porous condition |
| bi- | two |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| tax/o | coordination |
| ton/o | tone, stretching, tension |
| tri- | three |
| quad- | four |
| angi/o | blood or lymph vessels |
| bradi- | slow |
| tachy- | fast |
| -emia | blood condition |
| phleb- | vein |
| thromb/o | blood clot |
| ven/o | vein |
| phag/o | eat, swallow |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -lytic | destroy |
| blast/o | embryonic, immature |
| carcin/o | cancerous |
| cervic/o | neck |
| -genesis | creation, reproduction |
| immun/o | immune, protection, safe |
| neo- | new, strange |
| -plasma | formative material of cells |
| bronchi/o | bronchial tubes |
| -ectasis | stretching, dilation, enlargement |
| ox/i, ox/o, ox/y | oxygen |
| phon/o | sound, voice |
| thorac/o, -thorax | chest |
| an/o | anus |
| chol/e | bile, gall |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| -lithiasis | stones |
| -pepsid | digestion |
| odonti | teeth |
| reno- | kidney |
| -trispy | crushing |
| -urea | urination |
| edema | excessice fluid |
| noct- | night |
| olig- | scanty |
| poly | many |
| ambul/o | walk |
| contus/o | bruise |
| concuss/o | shaken together |
| -esthesia | sensation, feeling |
| klept/o | steal |
| mening/o | meninges, membranes |
| narc/o | numbness, stupor |
| -phobia | abnormal fear |
| psych/o | mind |
| somn/o | sleep |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hyster/o, uter/o | uterus |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| osteo/o | bone |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| arthr/o | joints |
| fasci/o | fascia |
| my/o | muscles |
| ten/o, tend/o | tendons |
| ateri/o | arteries |
| hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
| card/o, cardi/o | heart |
| phleb/o, ven/o | veins |
| lymph/o | lymph, lymph vessels, lymph nodes |
| splen/o | spleen |
| thym/o | thymus |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| pneum/o, pneumon | lungs |
| nas/o | nose |
| phanyng/o | pharynx |
| trache/o | trachea |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| col/o | colon, large intestines |
| or/o | mouth |
| pacreat/o | pancreas |
| enter/o | small intestines |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| uteter/o | ureters |
| urethra/o | urethra |
| cyst/o, vesic/o | urinary bladder |
| encephal/o | brain |
| acoust/o, ot/o | ear |
| acul/o, ophthalm/o | eyes |
| neur/o | nerves |
| myel/o | spinal cord |
| seb/o | sebaceous glands |
| cutane/o, dermat/o, derma/o | skin |
| adren/o | adrenals |
| cost/o | ribs |
| crani/o | skull |
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