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Medical Terminology
Chapter 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Is aden/o a word root or a combining form? | Combining form |
| is carcin/o a word root or a combing form? | Combining form |
| is chol/e a word root or a combining form? | Combining form |
| is lith a word root or a combing form? | Word root |
| is or/o a word root or a combining form? | Combining form |
| is psych a word root or a combining form? | combining form |
| brady- is it a combining form, prefix, or suffix? | Prefix |
| -cele is it a combining form, prefix, or suffix? | suffix |
| eu- is it a combining form, prefix, or suffix? | prefix |
| -graphy is it a combining form, prefix, or suffix? | suffix |
| hydr/o is it a combining form, prefix, or suffix? | combining form |
| -iasis is it a combining form, prefix, or suffix? | suffix |
| mal- is it a combining form, prefix, or suffix? | prefix |
| phon/o is it a combining form, prefix, or suffix? | combining form |
| -pathy is it a combining form, prefix, or suffix? | suffix |
| bil/i is it a combining form, prefix, or suffix? | Combining form |
| crani/o is it a combining form, prefix, or suffix? | Combining form |
| -ectomy is it a combining form, prefix, or suffix? | Suffix |
| gigant/o is it a combining form, prefix, or suffix? | combining form |
| -iatrics is it a combining form, prefix, or suffix? | suffix |
| intra- is it a combining form, prefix, or suffix? | prefix |
| multi- is it a combining form, prefix, or suffix? | prefix |
| -oid is it a combining form, prefix, or suffix? | suffix |
| -plegia is it a combining form, prefix, or suffix? | suffix |
| spher/o is it a combining form, prefix, or suffix? | combining form |
| lith means | stone |
| psych means | mind |
| caud means | tail |
| or means | oral |
| derm/a means | skin |
| cutane/o means | skin |
| -al means | pertaining to |
| -ous means | pertaining to |
| a- means | without |
| febrile means | fever |
| ot/o means | ear |
| -ic means | pertaining to |
| -itis means | inflammation |
| -logy means | Study of |
| -plasty means | surgical repair |
| write as a word : dys-+ -pnea | dyspnea |
| write as a word : enter/o + ic | enteric |
| write as a word : eu- + -pepsia | eupepsia |
| write as a word : tonsill/o +- itis | tonsillitis |
| write as a word : ur/o + -emia | uremia |
| write as a word : anti- + anxiety | antianxiety |
| write as a word : leuk/o + -cyte | leukocyte |
| write as a word : appendic/o + -itis | appendicitis |
| write as a word : hyper- + -emia | hyperemia |
| write as a word : endo- + cardi/o + -al | endocardial |
| What is the plural of atrium? | atria |
| what is the plural of bacillus? | bacilli |
| What is the plural of diagnosis? | diagnoses |
| what is the plural of larynx | larynges |
| What is the plural of varix | varices |
| What is the plural of appendix | appendixes |
| what is the plural of bronchus | bronchi |
| What is the plural of ileum | ilea |
| What is the plural of pharynx | pharynges |
| What is the plural of prognosis | prognoses |
| -er | one who |
| -iatrician | practitioner |
| -iatry | medical profession or treatment |
| -ist | one who |
| -logist | one who specializes |
| -logy | study of |
| cardi/o | heart |
| crin/o | to secrete |
| dermat/o | skin |
| esthesi/o | feeling |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| enter/o | intestines |
| ger/a,o or geront/o | elderly |
| gynec/o | female |
| Immun/o | immune |
| ne/o | new |
| nat/o | birth |
| neur/o | nerve |
| obstetr/o | midwife |
| onc/o | tumor |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| orth/o | straight |
| ped/o | child |
| ot/o | ear |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| path/o | disease |
| radi/o | radiation |
| rheumat/o | rheumatism |
| rhin/o | nose |
| ur/o | urinary tract |
| instrument for cutting (suffix) | -tome |
| instrument for viewing (suffix) | -scope |
| Excision (suffix) | -ectomy |
| formation of an opening (suffix) | -stomy |
| incision (suffix) | -tomy |
| process of destroying (suffix) | - lysis |
| surgical crushing (suffix) | -tripsy |
| surgical fixation (suffix) | -pexy |
| surgical puncture (suffix) | -centesis |
| surgical repair (suffix) | -plasty |
| suture (suffix) | rrhaphy |
| visual exam with an instrument (suffix) | - scopy |
| aden/o | gland |
| angi/o | vessel |
| append/o | appendix |
| bi/o | life |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| cerebr/o | brain |
| Chir/o | hand |
| col/o | colon |
| faci/o | face |
| hepat/o | liver |
| mamm/o | breast |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| myel/o | bone marrow or spinal cord |
| oste/o | bone |
| vas/o | vessel |
| -algia | pain |
| -cele | hernia |
| -ectasia | dilation |
| -edema | swelling |
| -emisis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood |
| -malacia | soft |
| -mania | excessive preoccupation |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -phobia | abnormal fear |
| -ptosis | prolapse |
| rrhage | excessive bleeding |
| -rrhea | discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -spasm | cramp |
| -stasis | stopping |
| diplo- | double |
| hemi | half |
| semi | partial |
| hyper | excessive |
| hypo | less than normal |
| poly | many |
| nulli | none |
| pan | all |
| primi | first |
| super, ultra | excessive |
| ab | away from |
| ad | toward |
| ante | before |
| pre | before |
| circum | around |
| peri | around |
| contra | against |
| dia | through |
| ecto, ex, exo, extra | out |
| endo | inside |
| epi | above |
| infra | below |
| inter | between |
| intra | within |
| ipsi | same |
| meso | middle |
| para | beside |
| per | through |
| post | after |
| retro | behind |
| sym, syn | together |
| trans | across |
| brady | slow |
| dys | difficult |
| eu | good |
| mal | bad |
| tachy | fast |
| albin/o | white |
| chlor/o | green |
| cyan | blue |
| erythr/o | red |
| melan/o | black |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| cyt/o | cell |
| gen/o | beginning |
| gram | to record |
| kinesi | movement |
| leps | seizure |
| lys | destruction |
| malac/o | soft |
| metr/o | measure |
| phas/o | speech |
| pleg/o | paralysis |
| schis | split |
| scler/o | hardening |
| scop/o | to examine |
| troph | nutrition |
| aer/o | air |
| blast/o | embryonic form |
| cry/o | cold |
| dips/o | thirst |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| hist/o | tissue |
| myc/o | fungus |
| narc/o | stupor |
| necr/o | dead |
| py/o | pus |
| top/o | position |
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