Question

Directions: Use the word parts list below to build a medical term for each definition. In this exercise

some of the word parts are used more than once to illustrate how using the same word parts in
different combinations produces terms with very different meanings.
Word Parts
-al
-ary
bronch/o
crani/o
-ectomy
intra-
-itis
-logy
neur/o
-plasty
pulmon/o
-scope
tonsill/o
Category
suffix
suffix
word root
word root
suffix
prefix
suffix
suffix
word root
suffix
word root
suffix
word root
Meaning
pertaining to
pertaining to
bronchus
skull
surgical removal
within
inflammation
study of
nerve
surgical repair
lung
instrument for
tonsils

Answer 1

inflammation of the lungs - pulmonitis

surgical repair of the skull - cranioplasty

instrument for examining the bronchi - bronchoscope

study of nerves - neurology

surgical removal of tonsils - tonsillectomy

within the bronchus - intra-bronchial

pertaining to the lungs - pulmonary

inflammation of the bronchi - bronchitis

surgical repair of a nerve - neuroplasty

instrument for examining the skull - cranioscope