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Medical Terminology
Question | Answer |
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compound words contain more than one | word root |
identify the suffix in the word gastroenteritis | itis |
True/False A suffix is added to the end of a word root or combining form to change its meaning? | True |
Which type of suffix describes an abnormal condition or disease? | pathological |
Which of the following is not a suffix type? a. diagnostic b. surgical c. pathological d. position | d. position |
True/False A prefix is a word element located at the beginning of a word | True |
Prefixes of position describe a : | place or location |
The prefix ecto- means: | outside/outward |
place or location | position |
mono- | number |
pathway or route | direction |
prefix in microscope | measurement |
outside, outward | ecto- |
excess, beyond | ultra- |
pseudo- | false |
stomat | mouth |
erthr/o | red |
gastr/o | stomach |
hepat/o | liver |
immun/o | immune, immunity, safe |
nephr/o | kidney |
oste/o | bone |
-itis | inflamation |
-megaly | enlargment |
-oma | tumer |
-ia | condition |
an- | without |
esthes | feeling |
hyper- | excessive, above normal |
therm | heat |
intra- | in, within |
-ar | pertaining to |
muscl | muscle |
para- | near, beside: beyond |
nas | nose |
-al | pertaining to |
nat | birth |
-al | pertaining to |
brady- | slow |
circum- | around |
peri- | around |
a- | without, not |
Structural and functional unit of life | CELL |
Complete living entity | ORGANISM |
Plane that divides the body into right and left halves | MIDSAGITTAL |
Cavity that contains the heart and lungs | THORACIC |
Quadrant containing the appendix | RIGHT LOWER |
Regions used to identify the location of underlying body structures and visceral organs | ABDOMINOPELVIC |
Section of the spine that corresponds to the lower back | SACRAL |
Subjective indicator of disease | SYMPTOM |
Unknown cause | idiopathic |
Nearer to the center or the point of attachment | proximal |
In anatomical position, the: | body is erect and the eyes are looking forward |
Which directional term refers to lying face down on the abdomen? | prone |
Which plane divides the body into right and left halves? | midsagittal |
Which term refers to the neck? | cervical |
Febrile means: | feverish |
removal of a representative tissue sample for microscopic examination | biopsy |
The abbreviation Tx means | treatment |
gentle application of the hands to determine size, consistency, texture, symmetry, and tenderness of underlying structures? | palpation |
Which test is a broad screening test for anemias, infections, and other diseases? | CBC complete blood count |
Which imaging procedure displays internal structures in continuous motion on a screen? | Fluoroscopy |
Autograft | An autograft is a transplantation of healthy tissue from one site to another site in the same person |
Gland that secretes through ducts to the surface of an organ or tissue or into a vessel | exocrine exo- -crine |
Pertaining to the lips | labial labi/o -al |
Pertaining to a surgical connection of the ileum and rectum | ileorectal ile/o rect/o -al |
Excision of diseased gingival tissue | gingivectomy gingiv/o -ectomy |
Creation of an opening between the colon and the abdominal wall | colostomy col/o -stomy |
Difficult or painful digestion | dyspepsia dys- -pepsia |
Pertaining to the tongue | lingual lingu/o -al |
Herniation or protrusion of the rectum | rectocele rect/o -cele |
Physician who specializes in treating disorders of the colon, rectum, and anus | proctologist proct/o -logist |
Disease of the intestine | enteropathy enter/o -pathy |
Gallstone | cholelith chol/e -lith |
Excessive vomiting | hyperemesis hyper- -emesis |
Discharge of fat in fecal matter | steatorrhea steat/o -rrhea |
Surgical repair of a hernia | hernioplasty herni/o -plasty |
Excision of a polyp | polypectomy polyp/o -ectomy |
Branch of medicine concerned with digestive diseases | gastroenterology gastr/o enter/o -logy |
Excision of adenoids | adenoid/o -ectomy adenoidectomy |
Abnormal condition of coal dust in the lungs | anthrac/o -osis anthracosis |
Instrument used for measuring oxygen | ox/i -meter oximeter |
Inflammation of the epiglottis | epiglott/o -itis epiglottitis |
Surgical repair of the septum sept/o -plasty septoplasty | sept/o -plasty septoplasty |
Pain in the chest | pectoralgia |
Specialist in the study and treatment of lungs and respiratory diseases | pulmon/o -logist pulmonologist |
Pertaining to the alveoli | alveolar |
Breathing in an upright position | orthopnea |
Condition caused by insufficient intake of oxygen | a- -sphyxia asphyxia |
Coughing up or spitting up blood | hemoptysis |
Not breathing | apnea |
Surgical puncture of the pleural cavity pleur/o -centesis pleurocentesis | pleur/o -centesis pleurocentesis |
Incomplete expansion of the lung | atelectasis |
Difficult breathing | dyspnea |
Excision of all or part of a lung pneumectomy | pneumectomy |
Widening of the lumen of a blood vessel | VASODILATION |
Microscopic vessels | CAPILLARIES |
Muscular pump | HEART |
Largest artery of the body | AORTA |
Pacemaker of the heart | SINOATRIAL NODE |
Contraction phase of a heartbeat | SYSTOLE |
Chest pain | ANGINA |
Inflammation of the inner lining of the heart and its valves | ENDOCARDITIS |
Localized abnormal dilation of a vessel | ANEURYSM |
Electrical shock delivered during cardiac cycle to treat life-threatening arrhythmias | DEFIBRILLATION |