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MT 5 Quiz
Oral Quiz 9-10
| Terms | Meaning of the root | Meaning of suffix |
|---|---|---|
| pneumonia | pneum-/pneumon-: lung, air | -ia: Disease; pathological or abnormal condition |
| proctoscopy | proct-: rectum, anus | -scopy: process of viewing |
| psychiatry | psych-: soul, mind | -iatry: Medical treatment |
| psychoneurosis | psych-: soul, mind | -neur: nerve / -osis: condition, abnormal condition |
| pyelitis | pyel-: renal pelvis | -itis: inflammation |
| pylorostenosis | pylor-: pylorus, gatekeeper | sten-: narrow / -osis: condition, abnormal condition |
| pyogenic | py-: pus | -genic: producing, origin |
| radiosensitive | radi-: x-ray, radius | sensitive |
| spondylitis | spondyl-: vertebrae, backbone | -itis: inflammation |
| trachelitis | trachel-: neck | -itis: inflammation |
| tuberculosis | tubercul-: tubercle | -osis: condition, abnormal condition |
| visceral | viscer-: organs | -al: Of, relating to, or characterized by |
| abductor | ab-: from, away from | ductor: One who leads. |
| abnormal | ab-: from, away from | normal |
| anesthesia | a-/an-: no, not, without, away from | esthesia: capacity for sensation or feeling |
| apnea | a-/an-: no, not, without, away from | -pnea: breath, respiration |
| adrenal | ad-: in the direction of, increase, toward, near | renal: (Anatomy) of, relating to, resembling, or situated near the kidney |
| adhesion | ad-: in the direction of, increase, toward, near | |
| anteflexion | ante-: before, forward | flexion: the act of bending a joint or limb |
| antenatal | ante-: before, forward | |
| antisepsis | anti-: against | -sepsis: decay caused by a (specified) cause or of a (specified) sort |
| antipyretic | anti-: against | pyretic: Denoting or relating to fever. |
| bilateral | bi-: two, both, double | lateral: pertaining to a side. |
| bifurcation | bi-: two, both, double | furcation: the anatomical area where the roots divide on a multirooted tooth. |
| congenital defect | co-/con-: together, with, jointly | genital-: Relating to reproduction or generation. |
| connective tissue | co-/con-: together, with, jointly | |
| osteoma | oste-: bone | -oma: tumor, neoplasm |