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MT Final Review
Med Term final review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A suffix meaning pertaining to | - al |
| A suffix for producing, originating, causing | - genic |
| A suffix for control, stop | - stasis |
| A suffix for abnormal condition | - osis |
| A suffix for dissolution, separating | - lysis |
| A suffix for breathing | - pnea |
| A suffix for instrument for visual examination | - scope |
| A suffix for surgical crushing | - tripsy |
| A suffix for surgical repair | - plasty |
| A suffix for hernia, protrusion | - cele |
| A suffix for rupture | - rrhexis |
| Another suffix for pertaining to | - ac |
| A suffix for state of | - ism |
| A suffix for split or fissure | - schisis |
| A suffix meaning softening | - malacia |
| A prefix for new | neo - |
| A prefix for across, beyond | trans- |
| A prefix for above, excessive | hyper- |
| A prefix for slow | brady - |
| A prefix for rapid | tachy - |
| A prefix for many, much | poly - |
| Combining form for tissue, the major covering of the external surfaces of the body | epitheli/o |
| Combining form referring to basic unit of all living things | cyt/o |
| Combining form for tumor | onc/o |
| Combining form for cancer | carcin/o |
| Combining form for internal organs | viscer/o |
| Combining form for back, behind | poster/o |
| Combining form for below | infer/o |
| Combining form for furthest away | dist/o |
| Combining form meaning belly (front) | ventr/o |
| Combining form for middle | medi/o |
| Combining form for back and above | poster/o |
| Directional form for toward the tail | caudad |
| Combining form for extremities | acr/o |
| Combining form for white | leuk/o |
| Combining form for front and to the side | later/o |
| Combining form for blue | cyan/o |
| Pertaining to under the skin | subcutaneous |
| Abnormal condition, fungus, nail bed | onychomycosis onych/o - nail; myc/o - fungus |
| "Black tumor" | melanoma melan/o - black; oma - tumor |
| Combining form for throat | pharyng/o |
| "under the skin" | hypodermic hypo - under; dermic - skin |
| Combining form for chest cavity | thorac/o |
| "visual examination of the larynx" | laryngoscopy |
| Pertaining to the trachea | tracheal |
| Inflammation of the throat | pharyngitis |
| Combining form for bean-shaped organ that filters blood (kidney) | nephr/o |
| "difficulty breathing" | dyspnea |
| Hollow muscular organ that holds urine (bladder) | cyst/o |
| Combining form for scanty, few | olig/o |
| "pus in the urine" | pyuria |
| Combining form for opening, "meatus" | meat/o |
| "blood in the urine" | hematuria hemat - blood; uria - pertaining to urine |
| "visual exam of the bladder" | cystoscopy cyst/o - bladder; scopy - visual examination |
| Combining form for uterus | hyster/o |
| Creation of an artificial opening into the bladder | cystostomy cyst/o - bladder; stomy - opening |
| Root word for cervix (neck), pertaining to the cervix | cervic/o cervical |
| Passage from the uterus to outside the body | colp/o |
| Combining form for vessel, duct | vasec/o "vasectomy" - opening into the vessel or duct |
| "inflammation of the prostate gland" | prostatits |
| "inflammation of the cervix" | cervicitis |
| Excision of the prostate gland | prostatectomy |
| Blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart | artery arteri/o |
| tubelike structures; carries blood all throughout the body; all blood vessels | angi/o |
| Combining form for blood clot | thromb/o |
| "excision within the artery" | endarterectomy end - within; arter - artery; ectomy - excision or removal |
| Combining form for electrical activity | electr/o |
| "rapid breathing" | tachypnea tachy-rapid; pnea - breathing |
| Stopping the flow of blood | hemostasis hemo - blood; stasis - stop or control |
| "disease of the heart muscle | cadiomyopathy cardi - heart; my - muscle; pathy - disease |
| last part of the large intestine; connects the sigmoid colon to the anus | rect/o |
| "disease of the tongue" | glossopathy gloss - tongue; pathy - disease |
| Combining form for gums | gingiv/o |
| Combining form for abdominal cavity | lapar/o |
| Combining form for digestion | peps/o |
| "excision of the gallbladder" | cholecystectomy chole - gallbladder |
| "enlargement of the liver | hepatomegly hepat - liver; megaly - enlargement |
| pertaining to the esophagus | esophageal |
| organ that produces bile for the digestion of fats | hepat/o (liver) |
| The semitransparent membrane separating the auditory canal and the middle ear cavity | tympanic membrane tympan/o |
| Combining form for iris | ir/o |
| Transparent, anterior part of the sclera that lies over the iris | kerat/o |
| Combining form meaning vision | opt/o |
| Instrument used for visual examination of the eye | ophthalmoscope |
| "inflammation of the thyroid gland" | thyroiditis |
| "study of the endocrine system" | endocrinology |
| Fluid-like sack that allows for easy movement in the joint | bursa burs/o |
| Combining form for joints | arthr/o |
| "inflammation of the cartilage" | chondritis chondr/o - cartilage |
| Combining form for death | necr/o |
| Combining form for ilium | ili/o |
| "muscular pain" | myalgia my - muscle; algia - pain |
| "visual examination of the joint" | arthroscopic; arthroscopy |
| Combining form for speech | phasi/o; phasic |
| Combing form for half | hemi |
| "disease of the brain" | encephalopathy en - within; cephal - pertaining to the head/brain; pathy - disease |
| "inflammation of the meninges" | meningitis |
| "disease of the nerves" | polyneuritis poly - many; neur/o - nerves; itis - inflammation |