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MedTerm Quiz 1
Intro To Medical Terminology
Question | Answer |
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The suffix begins with a vowel. | Do not use a combining vowel. |
The suffix begins with a consonant. | Use a combining vowel. |
Two root words are combined. | Use a combining vowel. |
Gland | Aden/o |
Cancer | Carcin/o |
Heart | Cardi/o |
Chemical | Chem/o |
To Cut | Cis/o |
Skin | Dermat/o |
Small Intestine | Enter/o |
Stomach | Gastr/o |
Female | Gynec/o |
Blood | Hemat/o |
Water | Hydr/o |
Immune | Immun/o |
Voice Box | Laryng/o |
Shape | Morph/o |
Kidney | Nephr/o |
Nerve | Neur/o |
Eye | Ophthalm/o |
Ear | Ot/o |
Disease | Path/o |
Lung | Pulmon/o |
Nose | Rhin/o |
Urine | Ur/o |
Without | A- |
Without | An- |
Before | Ante- |
Against | Anti- |
Self | Auto- |
Slow | Brady- |
Painful | Dys- |
Within | Endo- |
Upon | Epi- |
Normal | Eu- |
Different | Hetero- |
Same | Homo- |
Over, Above | Hyper- |
Under, Below | Hypo- |
Between | Inter- |
Inside | Intra- |
Large | Macro- |
Small | Micro- |
New | Neo- |
All | Pan- |
Beside, Beyond, Near | Para- |
Through | Per- |
Around | Peri- |
After | Post- |
Before | Pre- |
Backward, Behind | Retro- |
Below | Sub |
Above | Super- |
Above | Supra- |
Fast | Tachy- |
Through | Trans- |
Two | Bi- |
Half | Hemi- |
One | Mono- |
Many | Multi- |
None | Nulli- |
Many | Poly- |
Four | Quad- |
Partial, Half | Semi- |
Three | Tri- |
One | Uni- |
Pain | -Algia |
Hernia | -Cele |
Cut | -Cis |
Cell | -Cyte |
Pain | -Dynia |
Dilation | -Ectasis |
That which produces | -gen |
Produces, generates | -genesis |
Producing, produced by | -genic |
State, condition | -ia |
Abnormal condition | -iasis |
State of | -ism |
Inflammation | -itis |
One who studies | -logist |
Study of | -logy |
Destruction | -lysis |
Abnormal Softening | -malacia |
Enlargement | -megaly |
Tumor Mass | -oma |
Abnormal Condition | -osis |
Disease | -pathy |
Development | -plasia |
Formation, Development | -plasm |
Drooping | -ptosis |
Excessive, Abnormal Flow | -rrhage |
Discharge, Flow | -rrhea |
Rupture | -rrhexis |
Hardening | -sclerosis |
Narrowing | -stenosis |
Treatment | -therapy |
Development | -trophy |