The Language of Medicine Ch 1

Adenitis

• relating to teeth

• inflammation of the glands

• inflammation of the teeth

• relating to glands

-oma

• skin graft

• someone that studies tumors

• tumor, mass, swelling

• cancerous tumor

hyperthermia

• overheated

• extra sugar

• under heated

• too little sugar

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

NGSS.HS-PS3-4

retro-

• old form of music

• in front of

• behind

• pertaining to past times

not, without

• a-, an-

• demi-

• circu-

• ly-

to cut

• cephal/o

• cerebr/o

• ex/o

• cis/o

electrocardiogram

• electric heart record

• record of heart rate

• electricity in the head

• heart beating

hemoglobin

• iron in the blood

• a chromosome in the blood

• a protein in the blood

• a hormone in the blood

Who is likely to deal with renal (root word ren/o) failure?

• Cardiologist

• Neurologist

• Pediatrician

• Urologist

What is a word that describes this?

• pielolonitis

• dermology

• neurotitis

• dermatitis