Lesson 2 - Medical Coding Language

Front 1

-algia

Back 1

Pain

Hint 1

Audionym - Algae

Visual Image - "See the algae on the pond with a window pane floating on it!"

Front 2

crani-

Back 2

Skull

Hint 2

Audionym -Crane

Visual Image - "See the crane made of a skull!"

Front 3

end-

Back 3

Inside, within

Hint 3

Audionym - The End

Visual Image - "See the end of the motion picture with real people inside or within the screen!"

Front 4

hemi-

Back 4

half

Hint 4

Audionym - Hemisphere

Visual Image - "See the hemisphere broken in half!"

Front 5

-oid

Back 5

like

Hint 5

Audionym - void

Visual Image - "See the voided checks that look alike!"

Front 6

hyper-

Back 6

Above, more than normal

Hint 6

Audionym - high purr

Visual Image - "See the cat high-purring above a more than normal number of cats on the church!"

Front 7

cyst-

Back 7

Sac containing fluid

Hint 7

Audionym - Sister

Visual Image - "See sister holding a sac containing fluid!"

Front 8

chole-

Back 8

Bile

Hint 8

Audionym - Coal

Visual Image - "See the coal pile on top of the coal!"

Front 9

hypo-

Back 9

Under

Hint 9

Audionym - Hippo

Visual Image - " See the hippo under the table!"

Front 10

-scop-

Back 10

Observe

Hint 10

Audionym - Scope

Visual Image - "See the telescope with people observing it, instead of looking through it!"

Front 11

hyster-

Back 11

Uterus

Hint 11

Audionym - His stir

Visual Image - "See his stir saying, 'You turn us!"

Front 12

-ostomy

Back 12

Create an opening

Hint 12

Audionym - "Oh stop Tommy"

Visual Image - "See Tommy's mother saying, 'Oh stop Tommy!' as he runs away after creating an opening in the wall!"

Front 13

para-

Back 13

Beside, beyond

Hint 13

Audionym - Parachute

Visual Image - "See the parachutes beside each other and other parachutes beyond them!"

Front 14

-lysis

Back 14

Loosening, destruction

Hint 14

Audionym - License

Visual Image - "See the license loosening and being destroyed!"

Front 15

cervic-

Back 15

Neck

Hint 15

Audionym - serve hic

Visual Image - "Se the waiter serving hiccups from a bottle with a real neck!"

Front 16

chondr-

Back 16

Cartilage

Hint 16

Audionym - Cone door

Visual Image - "See the cone with a door and a cart of leaves bursting out of it!"

Front 17

cyan-

Back 17

Blue

Hint 17

Audionym - Sign

Visual Image - "See the stop sign with blue paint poured over it!"

Front 18

hem(at)-

Back 18

Blood

Hint 18

Audionym - hem

Visual Image - "See the hem with blood all over it!"

Front 19

ost-

Back 19

Bone

Hint 19

Audionym - Ostrich

Visual Image - "See the ostrich made of bones!"

Front 20

psycho-

Back 20

Mind

Hint 20

Audionym - cycle

Visual Image - "See the cycle with people fighting over it saying, 'Mine, Mine!"

Front 21

lip-

Back 21

Fat

Hint 21

Audionym - Lip

Visual Image - "See the lip that is very fat!"

Front 22

my-

Back 22

Muscle

Hint 22

Audionym - My Eye

Visual Image - "See my eye with muscles!"

Front 23

lith-

Back 23

Stone

Hint 23

Audionym - Lather

Visual Image - "See the lather on the man's face with a stone in it!"

Front 24

ophthalm-

opt-

Back 24

Eye

Hint 24

Audionym - Up thumb

Visual Image - "See the up thumb (thumbs up) with an eye on it!"

Front 25

proct-

Back 25

Anus

Hint 25

Audionym - Procter & Gamble

Visual Image - " See the Procter & Gamble container with Anacins pouring out of it!"