Use the word parts list below to build a medical term for each of the given definitions. 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 viewing
tonsils
1. surgical removal of tonsils _________________/_________________
2. study of the lungs _________________ /_________________ /_________________
3. pertaining to within the skull _________________/_________________ /_________________
4. study of nerves _________________/_________________ /_________________
5. surgical repair of the skull _________________ /_________________ /_________________
6. instrument for viewing the bronchus _________________/_________________ /_________________
7. inflammation of the tonsils _________________ /_________________
8. inflammation of nerves _________________/_________________
9. pertaining to within the lungs _________________/_________________ /_________________
10. surgical repair of a bronchus _________________/_________________/_________________
1. tonsillectomy
2. pulmonology
3. intracranial
4. neurology
5. cranioplasty
6. bronchoscope
7. tonsillitis
8. neuritis
9. intrapulmonary
10. bronchoplasty
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