Medical Terminology

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Medical Terminology Game I JEOPARDY
Mrs Linda Coleson, RN,BA Robert B. Glenn High
School
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Prefixes Suffixes Root Words Misc. Medical Terms Combined Word Parts Prefixes or Suffixes
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200 200 200 200 200 200 200
300 300 300 300 300 300 300
400 400 400 400 400 400 400
500 500 500 500 500 500 500
Abbreviations
FINAL JEOPARDY
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Question I 100

• What does the abbreviation STAT mean?

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Answer I 100

• Immediately
• or at once!
• Abbreviations

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Question I 200
What does the abbreviation DNR mean? 200
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Answer I 200

• Do Not
• Resuscitate
• Abbreviations

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Question I 300
What is the medical abbreviation for twice a
day ?
300
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Answer I 300

• BID
• Abbreviations

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Question I 400

• What does the
• abbreviation NPO
• mean?

400
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Answer I 400

• Nothing
• By Mouth
• Abbreviations

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Question I 500

• What does the
• abbreviation EEG
• mean?

500
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Answer I 500

• Electroencepholagram
• Abbreviations

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Question II 100
What prefix means before?
100
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Answer II 100

• Pre-
• Prefixes

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Question II 200

• What prefix means
• half?

200
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Answer II 200

• Hemi
• Prefixes

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Question II 300

• What prefix means
• slow?

300
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Question II 300

• Brady
• Prefixes

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Question II 400
What prefix means rapid or fast?
500
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Answer II 400

• Tachy
• Prefixes

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Question II 500
What prefix means side?
500
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Question II 500

• Later
• Prefixes

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Question III 100

• What suffix means
• enlargement?

100
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Answer III 100

• Megaly
• Suffixes

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Question III 200

• What suffix means
• removal of?

200
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Answer III 200

• Ectomy
• Suffixes

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Question III 300
What suffix means disease?
200
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Answer III 300

• -Path
• Suffixes

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Question III 400
What suffix means blood condition?
300
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Answer III 400

• Emia
• Suffixes

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Question III 500
What suffix means inflammation of?
500
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Answer III 500

• Itis
• Suffixes

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Question IV 100
What does the root word hepat mean?
100
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Answer IV 100
Liver
Root Words
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Question IV 200

What does the root word osteo mean?
200
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Answer IV 200
Bone
Root Words
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Question IV 300
What do the root words lingua or glosso mean?
300
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Answer IV 300
Tongue
Root Words
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Question IV 400
What does the root word gingivia mean?
400
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Answer IV 400
Gums
Root Words
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Question IV 500
What does the root word leuko mean?
500
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Answer IV 500
White
Root Words
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Question V 100
What does bilaterally mean?
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Answer V 100
On both sides
BONUS
Medical Terminology
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Bonus What does septicemia mean? Bonus

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Bonus Answer
Infection in the blood
Medical Terminology
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Question V 200
What does dermatitis mean?
200
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Answer V 200
Inflammation of the skin
Medical Terminology
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Question V 300
What kind of specialist does a person with
kidney stones need to see?
300
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Answer V 300
Nephrologist
Medical Terminology
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Question V 400
What is the likely cause of upper abdominal pain
which is experienced after eating spicy foods?
400
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Answer V 400
Gastritis
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Question V 500
What is a rhinoplasty?
500
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Answer V 500
Surgical repair of the nose
Medical Terminology
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Question VI 100
What is osteoporosis?
100
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Answer VI 100
A bone disease that causes bones to become dry,
brittle and very prone to breaking.
Medical Terminology
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Question VI 200
What is an ophthalmoscope used for?
200
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Answer VI 200
To visually inspect the eyes
BONUS
Medical Terminology
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Bonus What is the most likely reason to
perform a mastectomy? Bonus
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Bonus Breast Cancer
Medical Terminology
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Question VI 300
What instrument is used to inspect the urinary
bladder?
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Answer VI 300
Cystoscope
Medical Terminology
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Question VI 400
Which of the following would be performed in an
operating room? a. Audiogram b. Appendectomy
400
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Answer VI 400
Appendectomy
Medical Terminology
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Question VI 500
What does erythrocytopenia mean?
500
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Answer VI 500
Too few red blood cells
Medical Terminology
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Question VII 100
What is the prefix that means after?
100
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Answer VII 100
Post-
Prefixes or Suffixes
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Question VII 200
What does the prefix mal- mean?
200
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Answer VII 200
Bad
BONUS
Medical Terminology
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Bonus A person with bladder cancer would
likely have this as a symptom.
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Bonus
Hematuria
Medical Terminology
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Question VII 300
What does the suffix - oma mean?
300
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Answer VII 300
Tumor
Prefixes and Suffixes
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Question VII 400
What is the suffix that means surgical opening
of?
400
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Answer VII 400
-ostomy
Prefixes and Suffixes
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Question VII 500
What does the suffix - toxic mean?
500
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Answer VII 500
Poisonous
Prefixes and Suffixes
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FINAL JEOPARDY Someone with a superficial burn
has damaged the a. Epidermis b. Hypodermis
answer
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Epidermis
The End