Latin & Greek in Medicine

If someone has hypothermia, it means their body temperature is ______ normal.

• Above

• Below

• Around

• Inside

A person would see a cardiologist if they had problems with their _____.

• Skin

• Brain

• Heart

• Blood

What does the suffix 'itis' mean in words like tonsillitis, dermatitis, appendicitis?

• Healing

• Cutting out

• Inflammation

• Study of

What does the prefix 'ortho' mean?

• Straight, correct

• Under

• Inside

• Around

Someone with neuralgia has pain in their __________.

• Mind

• Nerves

• Muscle

• Tongue

Encephalitis is a very serious condition, meaning inflammation of the ______.

• skin

• brain

• heart

• feet

Anesthesia is used in surgery so that the patient has ______.

• an absence of feeling

• a germ free environment

• minimal bleeding

Lingua means ____.

• teeth

• lips

• tongue

• finger

A ______ treats problems with the skin such as acne, skin cancer, and rashes.

• cardiologist

• optometrist

• neurologist

• dermatologist

What does the prefix "sub" mean?

• above

• under

• around

• absence of