Semester one Medical Terminology

Where does the prefix go in a medical term?

• Middle

• End

• Front

Amnioocentesis means what

• Nothing

• Inflammation of sac

• Surgical puncture to remove fluid from the sac surrounding embryo

• Production of cancer

Suffix -logist means

• Condition or state

• It is a prefix

• Specialist who studies and treats

• It is a root word

Root word is

• Location

• Time

• Foundation

• Condition

Peri- means

• half

• new

• before

• around

a.c. means

• air condition

• after medications

• around comfort

• before meals

Pancreatectomy

• Surgical removal of part of all of the pancreas

• Inflammation of the pancreas

• Condition or state of the pancreas

• Slow pancreas

LLQ

• Lateral left hours

• Long lower hours

• Left Lateral Quadrant

• Left Lower Quadrant

-ia means

• Pertaining to

• Condition or state

• Above

• Fast

Amni/o means

• sac surrounding embryo

• baby

• fetus

• fluid