Chapter - 1 Building Medical Terms Starting with Medical Specialties

Question 1

-er, -ist

Answer 1

One who

Question 2

-iatrician

Answer 2

practitioner

Question 3

-logist

Answer 3

one who studies; specialist

Question 4

-ac, -al, -ar, -ic, -ical

Answer 4

pertaining to

Question 5

-iatrics, -iatry

Answer 5

medical profession or treatment

Question 6

-logic, -logical

Answer 6

pertaining to the science or study of

Question 7

-logy

Answer 7

study or science of

Question 8

cardi(o)

Answer 8

heart

Question 9

crin(o)

Answer 9

To secrete

Question 10

dermat(o)

Answer 10

Skin

Question 11

esthesi(o)

Answer 11

Feeling or sensation

Question 12

gastr(o), enter(o)

Answer 12

Stomach, intestines

**Enter(o) sometimes refers specifically to the small intestine.

Question 13

ger(a), ger(o), geront(o)

Answer 13

elderly or aged

Question 14

gynec(o)

Answer 14

female

Question 15

immun(o)

Answer 15

immune

Question 16

ne(o), nat(o)

Answer 16

new, birth

Question 17

neur(o)

Answer 17

nerve

Question 18

obstetr(o)

Answer 18

midwife

Question 19

onc(o)

Answer 19

Tumor

Question 20

ophthalm(o)

Answer 20

Eye

Question 21

orth(o), ped(o)

Answer 21

orth(o) means straight, ped(o) means child (sometimes, foot)

Question 22

ot, laryng(o)

Answer 22

ear, larynx

Question 23

path(o)

Answer 23

disease

Question 24

ped(o)

Answer 24

child (sometimes foot)

Question 25

psych(o)

Answer 25

mind

Question 26

radi(o)

Answer 26

radiant energy, radiation (sometimes, radius)

Question 27

rheumat(o)

Answer 27

rheumatism

Question 28

rhin(o)

Answer 28

Nose

Question 29

ur(o)

Answer 29

urinary tract (sometimes, urine)