Med Term Chapter 1- Basic Word Structure

Dermat/o

• eye

• Nerve

• skin

• head

swelling of blood

• leukocyte

• hemocyte

• hematoma

• hemoglobin

cephal/o

• head

• shoulder

• knees

• toes

-ist

• study of

• inflammation

• pertaining to

• specialist

Gastric means?

• behind the brain

• inflammation of the liver

• mass or tumor of the stomach

• pertaining to the stomach

Inflammation of a joint is?

• arthritis

• encephalitis

• cerebral

• hematology

Inflammation of a joint is?

• arthritis

• encephalitis

• cerebral

• hematology

the suffix -logy means?

• inflammation

• heart

• study of

• red

-algia

• cell

• condition

• tumor; mass

• pain

hyper

• fast
• slow
• immediate
• excessive