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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Term that means "surgical reconstruction of a vessel" | Angioplasty |
| What is the proper translation of mycrodermatis? | Inflammation of the skin caused by fungus. |
| Combining form for pertaining to suffering of disease | Path/o |
| Combining form for pertaining to blood | Hemat/o |
| Arthralgia ; find the root and define | Arthr ; Joint |
| What prefixes are opposites starting with the letters B & T? | Brady ; Tachy |
| Dyspnea ; find and define prefixes | Dys ; Bad |
| Translate the prefix oligo- | Few |
| The suffixes -algia and -dynia both mean what? | Pain |
| Build the following parts into a word: hypo + glyc/o + emia | Hypoglycemia |
| Translate the root sten/o | Narrowing |
| Identify and define the suffix ; hemorrhage | Rrhage- excessive flow |
| What is the meaning of the suffix -rrhexis? | Rupture |
| Identify and define the root in the term pyemia. | Py- pus |
| Translate the root myc/o. | Fungus |
| The diagnostic imaging process called magnetic resonance imaging is frequently called MRI. This is an example of a(n) | Acronym |
| Identify and define the prefix in the following term: congenital | Con ; with/together |
| Which of the following is NOT a root meaning "skin"? Myc/o, Dermat/o, Derm/o, Cutane/o | Myc/o |
| What prefix(s) mean "around"? | Circum-/Peri- |
| Identify and define the prefix in the following term: Oliguria | Olig- few |
| Identify and define the root in the following term: Myospasm | Myo- muscle |
| Identify and define the root in the following term: Angiogram | Angio- vessel |
| Component parts of Arteriole | Arteri ; ole |
| What term means "pertaining to after birth"? | Postpartum |
| Medical language is made up primarily (but not exclusively) of words taken from which two ancient languages? | Greek & Latin |
| Suffix for small | -icle |
| Suffix for tissue; structure | -ium |
| Suffix(s) for Pertaining to | -ac ; -ous ; -eal |
| Suffix for condition | -ia |
| Suffix for specialist in the medicine of | -iatrist |
| Suffix for study of | -logy |
| Suffix for specialist in the study of | -logist |
| Suffix for specialist | -ist |
| Suffix for medical science | -iatrics |
| Suffix for resembling | -oid |
| Suffix for presence of | -iasis |
| Suffix for hernia | -cele |
| Suffix for deficiency | -penia |
| Suffix for flow | -rrhea |
| Suffix for loosen ; break down | -lysis |
| Suffix for drooping | -ptosis |
| Suffix for rupture | -rrhexis |