PN 130 MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY CHAPTER 1

-itis (suffix) - ANSWER inflammation

gastr/o (word root) - ANSWER stomach

What is an eponym? - ANSWER A medical term that is named after the
person who first identified the condition or developed the procedure.

Gastritis - ANSWER Inflammation of the stomach

-tomy (suffix) - ANSWER an incision into something

Gastrotomy - ANSWER incision made into the stomach

crani/o (word root) - ANSWER skull (cranium)

Craniotomy - ANSWER incision into the skull

What is a word root? - ANSWER The core, or main part, of a medical
term.

cardi/o (word root) - ANSWER heart

cerebr/o (word root) - ANSWER brain or cerebrum

col/o (word root) - ANSWER colon

colon/o (word root) - ANSWER colon

dermat/o (word root) - ANSWER skin

nephr/o (word root) - ANSWER kidney

neur/o (word root) - ANSWER nerve

, oste/o (word root) - ANSWER bone

pulmon/o (word root) - ANSWER lung

ren/o (word root) - ANSWER kidney

vas (word root) - ANSWER vessel

What is a prefix? - ANSWER A word part that comes before the root
word.

hypo- (prefix) - ANSWER below

Hypogastric - ANSWER below the stomach

post- (prefix) - ANSWER after, behind

pre- (prefix) - ANSWER before

Postsurgical - ANSWER after surgery

a- (prefix) - ANSWER without, not

an- (prefix) - ANSWER without, not

dys- (prefix) - ANSWER painful, difficult, abnormal

inter- (prefix) - ANSWER between, among

intra- (prefix) - ANSWER inside, within

peri- (prefix) - ANSWER around, surrounding

poly- (prefix) - ANSWER many, much

sub- (prefix) - ANSWER below, beneath