Name ____________________________________________ Per _____
Vocabulary Tutorial (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/medicalwords/) - click on Introduction (may
want to either mute or put in earbuds)
1. person working with nerves =
+ ologist
2. disease of the nerves = neuro +
3. inflammation of the throat =
+ itis
How are medical words broken-up? beginning (prefix), middle (root), ending (suffix)
4. break-up transesophageal echocardiogram:
Word roots (usually body part)
1. bone =
2. muscle =
3. nerve =
4. skin =
5. cardio =
6. veins and arteries =
7. heart and blood vessels =
8. blood =
9. blood vessels =
10. veins =
11. aorta =
12. heart =
13. arteries =
14. brain =
15. nose =
16. eardrum =
17. tooth =
18. eye =
19. ear =
20. tongue =
21. liver =
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22. gall bladder =
23. esophagus =
24. large intestine =
25. stomach =
26. small intestine =
27. abdomen =
Practice:
1. picture of the electrical waves you heart makes =
2. study of bones =
3. inflammation of the throat =
More Root Words:
1. chest =
2. lung =
3. breast =
4. blood clot =
5. kidney =
6. muscles =
7. shoulder =
8. arm =
9. wrist =
10. rib =
11. back =
12. bones =
13. foot =
14. gastro =
15. rhino =
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More Roots (practice):
1. inflammation of the area around the heart =
2. inflammation of the nose =
3. inflammation of the brain =
4. person working with nerves =
5. slow heartbeat =
Beginnings and Endings:
1. macro- =
2. micro- =
3. -megalo or -megaly =
4. hyper- =
5. hypo- =
6. tachy- =
7. brady- =
8. peri- =
9. trans- =
10. endo- =
11. inter- =
Tests and Procedures:
1. echo =
2. electro =
3. -ectomy =
4. -gram =
5. -graph(y) =
6. -otomy =
7. -scopy =
8. -stomy =
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Color:
1. chloro- =
2. leuk- =
3. eryth- =
4. cyan- =
Problems/Disorders:
1. dys- =
2. mal- =
3. -emia =
4. -itis =
5. -osis =
6. -pathy =
Specialties/Specialists:
1. -ology =
2. -ologist =
3. -iatry =
4. -iatrist =
Putting Things Together:
1. inflammation of the area around the heart =
2. dermatitis =
3. too much cholesterol in the blood =
4. disease of nerves =
5. picture of heart using electricity =
6. carditis = inflammation of the heart
7. cardiology = study of the heart
8. cardiomyopathy = disease of the heart muscle
9. echocardiography = heart test using ultrasonic waves
10. colitis =
11. colectomy =
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12. colonoscopy =
13. hepatitis =
14. pneumonitis =
15. gastritis =
16. encephalitis =
17. otitis =
18. gastrectomy =
19. colectomy =
20. nephrectomy =
21. tonsillectomy =
22. appendectomy =
23. hypertension =
24. what is a transesophageal echocardiogram?
Abbreviations:
1. CBC =
2. UTI =
3. MRI =
4. CMV =
5. b.i.d =
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