Common Med terms Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| Combining forms | |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| col/o | colon, large intestine |
| cardi/o | heart |
| my/o | muscle |
| mamm/o | breast |
| cyst/o | pelvis |
| pelv/o | bladder |
| crani/o | cranium (skull) |
| erythr/o | red |
| Diagnostic suffixes | |
| -algia | pain |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | measure |
| -oma | tumor, mass |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -pathy | disease condition |
| -rrhagia | bursting forth of blood |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scopy | to view |
| Procedural suffixes | |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -ectomy | removal, resection, excision |
| -gram | record |
| -lysis | separation, breakdown, destruction |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -stomy | opening |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tomy | incision, to cut into |
| Prefixes | |
| a-, an- | without |
| ante- | before |
| anti- | against |
| brady- | slow |
| dys- | painful, difficult |
| endo- | inside, within |
| epi- | upon, above |
| ex- | out, out of |
| hemi- | half, partial |
| hypo- | below, deficient |
| infra- | below |
| inter- | between |
| neo- | new |
| pan- | all |
| para- | beside |
| per- | through |
| poly- | many |
| pre- | before, in front of |
| pseudo- | false |
| Root words | |
| arth | joint |
| cephal | head |
| cholecyst | gall bladder |
| chondro | cartilage |
| colp | vagina |
| derm | skin |
| enter | intestine |
| episi | vulva |
| gastro | stomach |
| gloss | tongue |
| hepato | liver |
| hyster | uterus |
| lapar | abdomen |
| lact | milk |
| lith | stone |
| mast | breast |
| myo | muscle |
| nat | birth |
| oophor | ovary |
| Anatomical directional terms | |
| Coronal, forward | vertical plane dividing the body into front and back surfaces |
| Transverse | horizontal plane dividing the body into top and bottom sections |
| Sagittal | vertical plane dividing the body into right and left sides |
| Medial | middle of the body structure |
| Lateral | pertaining to the side |
| Inferior | below |
| Distal | far from origin, away from |
| Anterior, ventral | front of the body surface |
| Posterior, dorsal | back of the body surface |
| Superior | above |
| Proximal | near the origin, closer |
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