Medical Terms - What do you know?

The medical root word, emesis, means:

• vomitting

• finger

• stomach

• blood

The medical root word, hemo, means:

• sun

• blood

• tissue

• water

The medical prefix, leuk-, means:

• red

• new

• white

• small

The medical prefix, brady-, means:

• slow

• fast

• short

• blue

The medical prefix, auto-, means:

• both

• without

• self

• star

The medical suffix, -asthenia, means:

• pain

• pertaining to

• sensation

• weakness

The medical suffix, -ectomy, means:

• removal of

• to cut into

• originating from

• softening

The medical suffix, -itis, means

• inflammation

• suture

• narrowing

• hardening

The medical suffix, -megaly, means:

• small

• enlargement

• disease of

• pain

The medical abbreviation, ad lib, means:

• abdominal

• as desired

• amount

• axillary