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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Body divided into front and back | Coronal |
| opposite of ventral | dorsal |
| enlargement of the heart | megalocardia |
| small intestine that connects to the stomach | duodenum |
| medical term for headace | cephalalgia |
| excessive vomiting | hyperemesis |
| incision into the gallbladder | cholecystotomy |
| enlargement of the kidney | nephromegaly |
| destruction or breakdown of fat | lipolysis |
| diathermy means | generating heat through tissues |
| tachy is a prefix meaning | fast |
| combining form meaning pus | pyo |
| prefix meaning toward | ad- |
| painful mestrural flow | dysmenorrhea |
| word meaning fever | pyrexia |
| low blood sugar | hypoglycemia |
| prefix epi means | upon |
| surgical puncturing of the pleura | pleurocentisis |
| common word for sternum | breastbone |
| fungal infection of the toenail is called | onychomycosis |
| variola is | smallpox |
| Med term for bruise | contusion |
| cyano means | blue |
| word part peri means | around |
| word part dys means | difficult/painful |
| word part itis means | inflammation |
| word part meaning joint | arthro |
| occult means | hidden |
| word part meaning neck | cervix |
| suffix centesis refers to | puncture |
| word part meaning excision | ectomy |
| cardiorrhaphy | suturing of the heart |
| excessive tissue formation is referred to as | hyperplasia |
| word part meaning white | leuko |
| erythema | red skin |
| word part phago means | to eat |
| laparotomy is | incision into the abdomen |
| abbreviation for urine | ur |
| the opposite of superficial | deep |
| gastroscopy | process of viewing the stomach |
| word part nephro means | kidney |
| pyelolithotomy refers to | incision into the renal pelvis for removal of calculi |
| one who studies cells is referred to as | cytologist |
| an electrocardiograph | a device to monitor electrical heart activity |
| word part that means hard | scirrho |
| a histologist is | one who studies microscopic tissues |
| incision into the chest wall is referred to as | thoracotomy |
| term meaning into a vein | intravenous |
| word part megalo | large |
| term meaning to cut into the tube from kidney to the bladder is | ureterotomy |
| under the skin is referred to as | hypodermic |
| afferent refers to | conducting toward |
| neoplasm refers to | new growth |
| atriomegaly refers to | enlargement of the atrium of the heart |
| word part stetho | chest |
| iron containing pigment is referred to as | hemoglobin |
| one complete heartbeat, combining the contraction and relaxation phases is known as | cardiac cycle |
| angio refers to | vessel |
| necroscopy refers to | death |
| reno is a word meaning | kidney |
| cancer or malignant tumors are referred to as | sarcoma/carcinoma |
| metaplasia refers to a | change in tissue |
| suffix which means incision | otomy |
| suffix meaning plastic repair | oplasty |
| term self refers to | auto |
| physiology refers to | the study of the functions of living organisms |
| an instrument to view the nose | rhinoscope |
| prognosis refers to | prediction of outcome |
| resection refers to | cutting or removal of a portion of |
| suffix meaning discharge or flow | orrhea |
| excision refers to the act of | removing |
| suffix meaning pain | algia |
| an instrument to cut is referred to as | tome |
| combining form for woman | gyneco |
| suffix for cele means | testicle |
| term chronic indicates | duration of a condition |
| med term for nosebleed | epistaxis |
| abbreviation for blood pressure | BP |
| another term for subcutaneous injection | hypodermic |
| in the word hemoglobin, globin means | protein |
| eye | opthalmo |
| joint | arthro |
| female | gyneco |
| heart | cardio |
| producing | geno |
| nerve | neuro |
| intestine | entero |
| nose | rhino |
| bone | osteo |
| brain | cerebro |
| cell | cyto |
| examination | scopo |
| to cut | section |
| nature | physio |
| life | bio |
| kidney | nephro |
| blood | hemo |
| disease | patho |
| skin | dermo |
| stomach | gastro |
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