Introduction of Medical Terminology

______________________ is the combining form that means heart.  

• cardi/o 
• sarc/o
•  gastr/o 
•  thorac/o 

_______________ is the suffix that means pain.  

• -plasty
• bi-
•  -algia 
• -ectomy

_____________________ is the suffix that means surgical removal or excision.  

• -oma
• -ectomy 
•  peri- 
• -algia

__________________ is the suffix that means surgical repair.    

•  -plasty
• -ectomy
• -algia
•  tachy-

________________ is the suffix that means inflammation.  

•  -algia
•  -emia 
• -pathy 
•  -itis

which of the following is not a meaning for the prefix "hyper-"?

• above
• excessive
• over
• around

surgical incision, process of cutting into

• -plasty
• -ectomy
• -otomy
• -ostomy

What are symptoms in medicine?

• objective, measurable results

• patient reported

The scientific study of disease:

• Pathology

• Etiology

• Epidemiology

• Pathogenesis

• Virulence

abnormal condition

• -dynia
• -osis
• -rrhea
• -pathy