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KSS SM 3 VocabTest 3
SM 3 VocabTest 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| –cise, -cis | cut, kill, |
| -cide | kill |
| -stasis | stop/ control |
| -osis | condition of; abnormal condition |
| -age | related to |
| -iatry | healing (by a physician) |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -ion | process |
| -algia | pain |
| -cele | hernia, swelling |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectasis | dilation, expansion |
| -emia | blood |
| -gen | producing, beginning |
| -gram | record, picture |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -iasis | abnormal condition, formation of, presence of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | study of |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -oid | resemble |
| -oma | rumor |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | decrease, deficiency |
| -phagia | eating, swallowing |
| -phasia | speech |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -phobia | fear |
| -ptosis | prolapse, falling, dropping |
| -rrhage | burst forth, hemorrhage |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scopy | examination, view |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching of a muscle |
| -blast | early embryonic stage, immature |
| -cyte | cell |
| -genic | produced by, forming |
| -grade | step |
| -ician | specialist |
| -ist | specialist |
| -labile | unstable, perishable |
| -logist | specialist |
| -plasm | formation, growth |
| -receptor, ceptor | receiver |
| -stabile | stable, fixed |
| -type | class, representative form |
| -verse | turn, turning |
| AE | above the elbow |
| AK | above the knee |
| ant | |
| anterior | |
| A&P | anterior and posterior |
| BE | below the elbow |
| bilat | bilateral |
| BK | below the knee |
| ext | exterior, external |
| inf | inferior |
| int | interior, internal |
| L | left |
| Lat | lateral |
| LE | lower extremity |
| LLE | left lower extremity |
| LLQ | left lower quadrant |
| L&R | left and right |
| L-R | left to right |
| LRT | lower respiratory tract |
| L&U | lower and upper |
| LUE | left upper extremity |
| LUQ | left upper quadrant |
| ML | midline |
| post | posterior |
| prox | proximal |
| R | right |
| R/L, R-L | right to left |
| RLE | right lower extremity |
| RLQ | right lower quadrant |
| RUE | right upper extremity |
| RUQ | right upper quadrant |
| sup | superior |
| U/L, U& | L |
| UE | upper extremity |
| URT | upper respiratory tract |
| abn, abnorm | abnormal |
| amb | ambulatory |
| A&O x 4 | alert and orientated to person, place, time and date |