Medical Word Elements

Question 1

(Cellular)

Cyt/o

Answer 1

Cell-cytologist

Question 2

(Cellular)

hist/o

Answer 2

Tissue-Histology

Question 3

(Cellular)

Kary/o

Answer 3

Nucleus- Karyolysis (death of a cell)

Question 4

Cellular

nucel/o

Answer 4

Nucleus- Nuclear

Question 5

(Position and Direction)

anter/o

Answer 5

anterior-front

Question 6

(Position and Direction)

caud/o

Answer 6

tail- caudad (toward tail)

Question 7

(Position and Direction)

cephal/o

Answer 7

head- cephalad (toward head)

Question 8

(Position and Direction)

dist/o

Answer 8

far-farthest (distal)

Question 9

(Position and Direction)

dors/o

Answer 9

back of body (dorsal)

Question 10

(Position and Direction)

infer/o

Answer 10

lower, below (inferior)

Question 11

(Position and Direction)

later/o

Answer 11

side, to one side (lateral)

Question 12

(Position and Direction)

medi/o

Answer 12

middle (medial)

Question 13

(Position and Direction)

poster/o

Answer 13

back of body, behind (posterior)

Question 14

(Position and Direction)

Proxim/o

Answer 14

Near, nearest (proximal)

Question 15

(Position and Direction)

ventr/o

Answer 15

belly, belly side (ventral)

Question 16

(Color)

Albin/o

Answer 16

white - albino

Question 17

(Color)

leuk/o

Answer 17

white- leukocyte

Question 18

(Color)

chrom/o

Answer 18

color- multi color like people eyes

Question 19

(Color)

cirrh/o

Answer 19

yellow - cirrhosis

Question 20

(Color)

jaund/o

Answer 20

Yellow- jaundice

Question 21

(Color)

xanth/o

Answer 21

Yellow- xanthoma (a nodule of lipid material )

Question 22

(Color)

cyan/o

Answer 22

Blue- cyanotic (blue color when not breathing)- lack of oxygen in blood

Question 23

(Color)

erythr/o

Answer 23

Red- erythrocyte

Question 24

(Color)

melan/o

Answer 24

Black- melanoma

Question 25

(Color)

poli/o

Answer 25

gray, gray matter (poliomyelitis-bone marrow inflammation)

Question 26

(Other)

radi/o

Answer 26

radiation, x-rays, radius

Question 27

(Other)

tom/o

Answer 27

to cut- tomography- an imagining procedure that allows images to be sliced

Question 28

(Other)

viscer/o

Answer 28

internal organs- visceral

Question 29

(Suffixes)

-ar. pertaining to

Answer 29

lumbar

Question 30

(Suffixes)

-ic. pertaining to

Answer 30

Gastric

Question 31

(Suffixes)

-graphy. process of recording

Answer 31

Sonography

Question 32

(Prefixes)

infra-

Answer 32

below, under- infracostal (below the ribs)

Question 33

(Prefixes)

peri-

Answer 33

around- periumbilical

Question 34

(Prefixes)

super-

Answer 34

upper, above- superior

Question 35

(Prefixes)

ultra-

Answer 35

excess, beyond- ultrasonic (excess sound)