Use cephal/o to build a word that means surgical puncture of the head: ____________________.

Alice is a 17 yo high school basketball player complaining of a severe sore throat, swollen lymph nodes in her neck, and fatigue. Upon examination splenomegaly is discovered. She diagnosed with mononucleosis and is not allowed to play basketball for four weeks to prevent a rupture of the spleen. What is the appropriate medical term for a ruptured spleen?

Appendicitis is the inflammation of the appendix. The onset of the illness is relatively quick starting with pain in the periumbilical region, then migration to the lower right quadrant. The other indicators include nausea, vomiting, fever, and loss of appetite.

The prescription for a medication states that a drug must be taken preprandially. Based on the word part given, the medication must be taken before _______. 

A 58 yo woman is admitted with a flushed face, nervousness, nausea, and a headache. Her blood pressure is found to be 159/102. She is diagnosed with high blood pressure. What is her diagnosis?

What does “adeno-“ mean?

Using what you know about word parts answer the following question.A patient’s chart lists oligodipsia. What is altered?

Chronic hypertension often leads to other issues. One is kidney damage that can result in renal failure. The damage is done to a region of the structural unit of the kidney, the ________, that contains the capillary and is the site of blood filtration called the _______.

Considering the information provided about appendicitis, would nausea be considered a sign of the disease?

Francis is a 5 year old who cannot see the board at school. Her mother takes her to an optometrist who diagnoses her as being farsighted. What is the term for being farsighted?