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unit 3 test med term
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| on > | a |
| sis > | ses |
| is > | es |
| nx > | nges |
| um > | a |
| us > | i |
| a > | ae |
| ma > | mata |
| ix + ex > | ices |
| ax > | aces |
| leuko | white |
| erythro | red |
| cyano | blue |
| melano | black |
| chloro | green |
| xantho | yellow |
| thrombo | blood clot |
| meter | instrument used to measure |
| metry | the process |
| scope | instrument |
| scopy | process |
| tome | cutting instrument |
| tomy | cut into |
| ectomy | cut out |
| ostomy | new opening |
| gram | picture or record |
| graph | instrument, tool, or device |
| graphy | the process |
| grapher | one who gets the picture |
| onco | tumor |
| what is the suffix ending for tumor | oma |
| patho | disease |
| cyto | cell |
| histo | tissue |
| combining form for gland | adeno |
| lymphatic system | lympho |
| lipo | fat |
| cf for cancer - epithelial tissue | carcino |
| cf for cancer- connective tissue | sarco |
| muco | mucous |
| cranio | skull |
| cephalo | head |
| encephalo | brain |
| cerebro | cerebrum |
| fatty - pooridge like gunk | athero |
| artery | arterio |
| joint | arthro |
| bone | osteo |
| cartilage | chondro |
| electricity | electro |
| muscle | myo |
| blood | hemo, hemato, |
| suffix ending for blood | emia |
| vessel | angio |
| nerve | neuro |
| bone marrow or spinal cord | myelo |
| malaco = | softening |
| suffix ending for malaco | malacia |
| lining of brain | meningo |
| vomit | emesis |
| herniation | cele |
| destruction | lysis |
| surgical repair | plasty |
| cancerous tumors > there is two | sarcoma carcinoma |
| resembling | oid |
| size | trophy |
| number of cells : abnormal | plasia |
| original growth | genesis |
| beyond | meta |
| in one place | stasis |
| what is the noun , verb, and adj for meta | noun- metastasis verb- metastatic adj- metastasige |
| prefixes dys = | bad, painful, difficult |
| a, an = | without |
| hyper | above or more than normal |
| hypo | below ; less than normal |
| anti | against |
| neo | new |
| nate | new baby |
| ganglion > | ganglia |
| lipoma > | lipomata |
| prognosis > | prognoses |
| larynx > | larynges |
| vertebra > | vertebrae |
| bacillus > | bacilli |
| bacterium > | bacteria |
| cortex > | cortices |
| appendix > | appendices |
| thorax > | thoraces |
| blue | cyano |
| red | erythro |
| blood (suffix) | emia |
| heart | cardio |
| inflammation | itis |
| condition of | osis |
| disease | patho |
| green | chloro |
| gastro | stomach |
| cell | cyto |
| - penia | decrease |
| white | leuko |
| extremities | acro |
| ostomy | forms a new opening |
| ectomy | to cut out |
| graphy | the process of getting the picture |
| gram | the picture the machine gets |
| black | melano |
| yellow | xantho |
| tissue | histo |
| immature cell | blast |
| specialist ending | logist |
| study of | logy |
| write cf for each brain | encephalo |
| head | cephalo |
| skull | cranio |
| gland | adeno |
| cancer | carcino |
| fat | lipo |
| fatty, pooridge like | athero |
| skin | dermato |
| mucous | muco |
| meninges | meningo |
| write the prefix for each above or more than normal | hyper |
| less than normal | hypo |
| bad, painful, difficult | dys |
| new | neo |
| development or growth of cells (size) | trophy |
| development or growth of cells ( abnormal shape or form, number) | plasia |
| tumor | oma |
| blood pressure | tension |
| resembles | oid |
| pain | algia + dynia |
| protrusion or herniation | cele |
| softening | malacia |
| surgical repair | plasty |
| in one place | stasis |
| vomiting | emesis |
| skin | derma |
| high blood pressure | hypertension |
| immature tissue | histoblast |
| softening of the brain | encephalomalacia |
| low blood pressure | hypotension |
| herniation of the meninges | meningocele |
| dark pigmented cells | melanocytes |
| spread beyond its origin | metastasis |
| headache | cephalodynia |
| cancerous tumor | carcinoma |
| instrument to measure size of skull | craniometer |
| fatty tumor | atheroma |
| resembles mucous | mucoid |
| removal of part of the skull | craniectomy |
| inflammation of the brain | encephalitis |
| inflammation of a gland | adenitis |
| specialist in tumors | oncologist |
| new born | neonate |
| study of tissue | histology |
| resembles fat | lipoid |
| tumor of cerebrum | cerebroma |
| soft skull | craniomalacia |
| removal of first part of the small intestine | duodenectomy |
| removal of a gland | adenectomy |
| removal of the stomach | gastrectomy |
| surgical repair of the skull | cranioplasty |
| excessive vomiting | hyperemesis |
| decrease in white blood cells | leukocytopenia |
| pain in the stomach | gastralgia |
| glandular disease | adenopathy |
| cephalo is the combining form for | head |
| cranio is the combining form for | skull |
| encephalo is the combining form for | brain |
| define hypotrophy | under development |
| define hypertrophy | over growth or over development |
| under the skin means | hypoderma |
| inflammation of the brain is known as | encephalitis |
| brain is known as | encephalo |
| define hyperthyroidism | over active thyroid |
| vomiting is not only gross but referred to as | emesis |
| suffix for tumor is | oma |
| define hyper tension | high blood pressure |
| glandular disease is | adenopathy |
| fatty tumor is | lipoma |
| cancerous tumor is | carcinoma |
| newborn is referred to as | neonate |
| black mole cancer is | melanoma |
| black pigmented cell | melanocyte |
| study of tumors is | oncology |
| specialist who studies tumors | oncologist |
| define meningocele | herniation in meninges |
| suffix for pain is | dynia + algia |
| noun built from muc/o is | mucous |
| define cerebroma | tumor of cerebrum |
| excision of part of the skull is | craniectomy |
| true or false mucoid refers to resembles fat | False |
| encephal refers to the head | False |
| adenoma refers to tumor of a gland | True |
| encephaloma is a tumor or new growth of the head | False |
| craniomalacia means hardening of the skull | False |
| atheroma refers to hardening of the blood vessels | False |
| metastasis refers to transferring a disease from one organ to another | True |
| part of the brain where thinking occurs is the cerebrum | True |
| the serous membrane lines the closed cavities and covers the intestines | True |
| list two suffixes that make a word an adjective | - al - ic |
| enlarged extremities | acromegaly |
| red blood cell | erythrocyte |
| study of cells | cytology |
| inflammation of the skin | dermatitis |
| herniation of the brain | encephalocele |
| too many medical terms give you a pain in the head | cephalgia |
| AIDS | acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
| BX | biopsy |
| BP | blood pressure |
| Ca | calcium |
| CA | Cancer |
| CP | cerebral palsy |
| CVA | cerebral vascular accident |
| EEG | electroencephalogram |
| HA | headache |
| TIA | transient ischemic attack |
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