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med-term
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| pertaining to before birth | prenatal |
| pertaining to around birth | perinatal |
| pertaining to after birth | postnatal |
| secrete within | endocrine |
| within the muscle | intramuscular |
| upon the skin | epidermis |
| pertaining to under the skin | hypodermic |
| below the ribs | infracostal |
| pertaining to under the skin | subcutaneous |
| between the ribs | intercostal |
| turning backward | retroversion |
| pertaining to two sides | bilateral |
| double vision | diplopia |
| bacteria linked together in pairs | diplobacterial |
| paralysis of one half | hemiplegia |
| excessive calcium in the blood | hypercalcemia |
| large cell | macrocyte |
| instrument for examining small objects | microscope |
| one treatment | monotherapy |
| pertaining to one nucleus | uninuclear |
| women who has been pregnant more than once | multigravida |
| fear of many things | polyphobia |
| paralysis of four | quadriplegia |
| three heads | triceps |
| movement of a limb away from (the body) | abduction |
| movement of a limb toward (the body) | adduction |
| pertaining to around the kidney | circumrenal |
| pertaining to around a tooth | periodontal |
| flow through | diarrhea |
| pertaining to across or through the vagina | transvaginal |
| forming outside (the body or structure) | ectogenous |
| turning outward | exotropia |
| pertaining to outside the skull | extracranial |
| beside the nose | paranasal |
| pertaining to above or the upper part of a structure | superior |
| pertaining to about the kidney | suprarenal |
| pertaining to sound beyond (that which can be heard by the human ear) | ultrasonic |
| without a breast | amastia |
| against bacteria | antibacterial |
| transplantation to self | autograft |
| slow heart rate | bradycardia |
| difficult childbirth | dystocia |
| normal breathing | eupnea |
| what sound does the pn in pnea make? | it sounds silent ('n' sound) UNLESS there is a prefix in front of it |