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Chapter 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The combination of a root & combining vowel is known as the | combining forms |
| The foundation of a word is known as the | roots |
| Word beginnings are called | prefixes |
| A letter linking the foundation of a word and the word endings, or linking two roots, in a term is the | combing vowels |
| Word endings are called | suffixes |
| What is the meaning of the combining form leuk/o? | white |
| What is the meaning of the combining form gynec/o | woman, female |
| What is the meaning of the combining form erythr/o | red |
| What is the meaning of the combining form cyst/o | urinary/bladder, or bladder, or bladder, usually the urinary bladder |
| What is the meaning of the combining form thromb/o? | clotting , clot |
| What is the meaning of the combining form sect/o? | to cut |
| What is the meaning of the combining form nephr/o? | kidney |
| What is the meaning of the combining form cyt/o? | cell |
| What is the meaning of the combining form electr/o? | electricity |
| What is the meaning of the combining form arthr/o? | joint |
| What is the meaning of the combining form cardi/o? | heart |
| WhT is the meaning of the combining form carcin/o? | cancerous, cancer |
| What is the meaning of the combining form radi/o? | x-rays |
| What is the meaning of the combining form rhin/o? | nose |
| What is the meaning of the combining form ophthalm/o? | eye |
| What is the meaning of the combining form iatr/o? | treatment, physician |
| What is the meaning of the combining form hemat/o, hem/o? | blood |
| What is the meaning of the combining form cephal/o? | head |
| What is the meaning of the combining form hepat/o? | liver |
| What is the meaning of the combining form bi/o? | life |
| What is the meaning of the combining form gnos/o? | knowledge |
| What is the meaning of the combining form encephal/o? | brain |
| What is the meaning of the combining form ur/o? | urinary tract, urine |
| What is the meaning of the combining form gastr/o? | stomach |
| What is the meaning of the combining form path/o? | disease |
| What is the meaning of the combining form cis/o? | to cut |
| What is the meaning of the combining form ren/o? | kidney |
| What is the meaning of the combining forms derm/o and dermat/o? | skin |
| What is the meaning of the combining form cerebr/o? | cerebrum, largest part of the brain |
| What is the meaning of the combining form enter/o? | intestines, usually the small intestines |
| What is the meaning of the combining form onc/o? | tumor, cancerous |
| What is the meaning of the combining form oste/o? | bone |
| What is the meaning of the combining form psych/o? | mind |
| What is the meaning of the combining form ur/o? | urinary tract |
| What is the meaning of the combining form sarc/o? | flesh |
| What is the meaning of the combining form aden/o? | gland |
| What is the meaning of the combining form neur/o? | nerve |
| What is the meaning of the suffix -gram? | record |
| What is the meaning of the suffix -scope? | instrument to visually examine |
| What is the meaning of the suffix -algia? | pain |
| What is the meaning of the suffix -genic? | 1. pertaining to producing pertaining to producing by/in |
| What is the meaning of the suffix -logy? | process of study |
| What is the meaning of the suffix -emia? | blood condition |
| What is the meaning of the suffix -itis | inflammation |
| What is the meaning of the suffix -cyte? | cell |
| What is the meaning of the suffix -pathy? | disease condition |
| What is the meaning of the suffix -ion? | process |
| What is the meaning of the suffix -oma? | tumor, mass, swelling |
| What is the meaning of the suffix -globin? | protein |
| What is the meaning of the suffix -opsy? | process of viewing |
| What is the meaning of the suffix -al? | pertaining to |
| What is the meaning of the suffix -tomy? | process of cutting, incision |
| What is the meaning of the suffix -scopy? | process of visual examination |
| What is the meaning of the suffix -ectomy? | excision, removal, resection, to cut out |
| What is the meaning of the suffix -ic? | pertaining to |
| What is the meaning of the suffix -osis? | condition, usually an abnormal condition condition abnormal condition |
| What is the meaning of the prefixes a- and an-? | no, not, without |
| What is the meaning of the prefix pro-? | before |
| What is the meaning of the prefixes ex- and exo-? | out, outside of, outward |
| What is the meaning of the prefix epi-? | above, upon |
| What is the meaning of the prefix retro-? | behind |
| What is the meaning of the prefix peri-? | surrounding, around |
| What is the meaning of the prefix trans-? | through, across across, through |
| What is the meaning of the prefix endo-? | within |
| What is the meaning of the prefix re-? | back |
| What is the meaning of the prefix hypo-? | deficient, below, less than normal |
| What is the meaning of the prefix dia-? | complete, through |
| What is the meaning of the prefixes aut- and auto-? | self, own |
| What is the meaning of the prefix hyper-? | excessive, above, more than normal |
| What is the meaning of the prefix sub-? | below, under |
| Match the term to the best definition. Inflammation of the small intestine | enteritis |
| Match the term to the best definition. before knowledge; a prediction about the outcome of the treatment, given after the diagnosis | prognosis |
| Match the term to the best definition. Pertaining to above the stomach | epigastric |
| Match the term to the best definition. record of the electricity in the heart | electrocardiogram |
| Match the term to the best definition. red blood cell | erythrocyte |
| Match the term to the best definition Visual examination of the urinary bladder | Cystoscopy |
| Match the term to the best definition tumor of the liver | Hepatoma |
| Match the term to the best definition inflammation of a bone | Osteitis |
| Match the term to the best definition gastric resection | Gastrectomy |
| Match the term to the best definition Pertaining to produced by treatment | latrogenic |
| Match the term to the best definition Pain in a joint | arthralgia |
| Match the term to the best definition Increase in numbers of malignant white blood cells | leukemia |
| Match the term to the best definition Pertaining to the largest part of the brain | cerebral |
| Match the term to the best definition Removal of a gland | adenectomy |
| Match the term to the best definition Decrease in numbers of red blood cells or hemoglobin within red blood cells | anemia |
| Match the term to the best definition a stroke or damage to the blood vessels of the cerebrum, leading to the death of brain cells | cerebrovascular accident |
| Match the term to the best definition the pain of nerves | neuralgia |
| Match the term to the best definition white blood cell | leukocyte |
| Match the term to the best definition The condition of deficient (low) sugar in the blood | hypoglycemia |
| Match the term to the best definition removal (excision or resection) of the kidney | nephrectomy |
| Match the term to the best definition the process of visual examination of the eye | ophthalmoscopy |
| Match the term to the best definition inflammation of the stomach | gastritis |
| Match the term to the best definition mass of blood | hematoma |
| Match the term to the best definition Inflammation of the skin | dermatitis |
| Match the term to the best definition pertaining to producing cancer | carcinogenic |
| Match the term to the best definition an instrument used to visually examine the urinary bladder | cystoscope |
| Match the term to the best definition The process of visual examination of a joint | arthroscopy |
| Match the term to the best definition pertaining to the head | cephalic |
| Match the term to the best definition inflammation of a gland | adenitis |
| Match the term to the best definition The process of cutting back (in the sense of “cutting out” or removal) | resection |
| Match the term to the best definition pertaining to the kidney | renal |
| Match the term to the best definition secrete hormones within the body | endocrine glands |
| Match the term to the best definition secrete chemicals to the outside of the body | exocrine glands |
| Match the term to the best definition tumor of flesh (cancerous tumor of flesh tissue, such as bone, fat, & muscle) | sarcoma |
| Match the term to the best definition The instrument to view the eye | Ophthalscope |
| Match the term to the best definition A platelet | Thrombocyte |
| Match the term to the best definition Abnormal condition of the mind | Psychosis |
| Match the term to the best definition Study of cells | Cytology |
| Match the term to the best definition Inflammation of the nose | Rhinitis |
| Match the term to the best definition High level of sugar in the blood | hyperglycemia |
| Match the term to the best definition Pertaining to through the liver | transhepatic |
| Match the term to the best definition Incision of a bone | osteotomy |
| Match the term to the best definition Abnormal condition of the kidney | nephrosis |
| Match the term to the best definition pertaining to below the liver | subhepatic |
| Match the term to the best definition Treatment of the mind | psychiatry |
| Match the term to the best definition inflammation of the brain | encephalitis |
| Match the term to the best definition the removal of a kidney | nephrectomy |
| Match the term to the best definition pertaining to under the skin | hypodermic |
| Match the term to the best definition Cancerous tumor | Carcinoma |
| Match the term to the best definition one who performs autopsies and read biopsies | Pathologist |
| Match the term to the best definition Microscopic examination of living tissue | Biopsy |
| Match the term to the best definition record of electricity in the brain | Electroencephalogram |
| Match the term to the best definition is made on the basis of complete knowledge about a patient’s condition | Diagnosis |
| Which is the following is an endocrine gland? | Pituitary gland, adrenal gland, ovary, Thyroid gland |
| What is the meaning of the prefixes a- and an-? | no, not, without |
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MelissaMedterm