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What is a myocardial infarction?
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Word Part
Example
Meaning
-emia
๐˜ฉ๐˜บ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ญ๐˜บ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ข
Presence in blood
myo-
๐˜ฎ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ
Muscle
cerebro-
๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ
Brain
cardio-
๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜บ
Heart
pneumo-
๐˜ฑ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ข
Lung
-ectomy
๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ
Removal, excision
-genic
๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค
Produced by, origin
-metry
๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บ
Measure
-pnea
๐˜ฅ๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข
Breathing
-itis
๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด
Inflammation
-algia
๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ข
Pain
opthalmo-
๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜บ
Eyes
osteo-
๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด
Bone
nephro-
๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ
Kidney
-phagia
๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ข
Eating, digestion
infra-, sub-
๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ
Below
a-, an-
๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข
Not, without
hypo-
๐˜ฉ๐˜บ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜น๐˜ช๐˜ข
Low, insufficient
-philia
๐˜ฉ๐˜บ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค
Attraction
tachy-
๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜บ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ข
Fast
-otomy
๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ
Incision
dys-
๐˜ฅ๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ข
Wrong, abnormal
endo-
๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด
Within
rhino-
๐˜ณ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜บ
Nose
hepata-
๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜บ
Liver
Word Part
Example
Meaning
super-, supra-
๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ค
Above
hemi-
๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ
Half
ambi-
๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด
Both, two
neuro-
๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜บ
Nervous system
arthro-
๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด
Joints
-oma
๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข
Tumor
hyper-
๐˜ฉ๐˜บ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ข
High, excessive
brady-
๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜บ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด
Slow
cholecysto-
๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ
Gall bladder
cranio-
๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ
Skull
derma-
๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด
Skin
gastro-
๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค
Stomach
-ology
๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜บ
Study
lingua-
๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ
Tongue
mammo-
๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜บ
Breast
-graphy
๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜บ
Recording, imaging
retro-
๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ
Behind
necro-
๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด
Death
odonto-
๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต
Teeth
-pathy
๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜บ
Disease, disorder
angio-
๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ
Blood vessel
ortho-
๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค
Straight, correct
exo-
๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ
Outside
contra-
๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ
Against
gyne-
๐˜จ๐˜บ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜บ
Women
15 Comments
+5
Level 77
Apr 7, 2023
This is obviously a hard one to cover the breadth of type-ins for, and I rated it 5 stars, but could you at least accept "removal" for -ectomy
+1
Level 72
Apr 9, 2023
Good idea; not sure why I neglected to include that initially. I'm adding this along with several others for the more difficult ones.
+1
Level 65
Apr 9, 2023
Could you accept "write" or "writing" for "-graphy", seeing how that is the actual etymology?
+1
Level 72
Apr 11, 2023
Added, among several others. (:
+2
Level 19
Feb 12, 2024
Would you consider accepting "cause" as well as "Produced by, origin" for -genic?
+1
Level 24
Mar 30, 2024
I typed inflammation 5 times and it didnโ€™t give it to me
+2
Level 72
Apr 27, 2024
"Inflammation" is the actual listed answer. The quiz would not be allowed to be live if the actual answer wasn't an acceptable type-in. "Inflammation" is the first listed type-in, alongside "swelling", "swollen", and "inflame".
+1
Level 95
Jul 17, 2024
actually -ectomy and -otomy are the same suffix, since their origin is the greek verb "temno" which means "to cut".

you could consider unifying them

+1
Level 72
Jul 24, 2024
I considered doing this. However, etymology notwithstanding, their modern medical uses are distinct and consistent, so I kept them separate. The opposite case is true for "infra-" and "sub-"; their originsโ€”though both Latinโ€”are ostensibly different, but their modern uses are similar enough that I unified them as one answer.
+2
Level 19
Jul 17, 2024
Very nice
+2
Level 74
Jul 17, 2024
Great idea. Well done on the type-ins. Would you consider accepting "defficient" for hypo?
+1
Level 72
Jul 24, 2024
Good idea. Added "deficient" and "deficiency". [:
+2
Level 52
Jul 17, 2024
Not super into anatomy, only got 25. Great quiz though, good idea and fun too!
+1
Level 61
Jul 24, 2024
Many answers here are too narrow, as in 'dys' or 'genic'. Why should 'making' not work for genic?
+1
Level 72
Jul 24, 2024
It's difficult to cover the entire scope of potential answers and their permutations for each entry. I've worked to add more generous type-ins to the ones people seem to struggle with the most. "Dys-" already accepts "bad", "wrong", "ill", "impaired", "abnormal", and "difficult". Likewise, "-genic" accepts "make", "cause", "origin", "start", "begin", "produce", and "create", though I'll add "making" as an acceptable answer as well. If you have other specific suggestions regarding how to make the answers feel less narrow, let me know.