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Med Term ASA Unit 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a- (an) | not, lack of |
| audi/0 | hearing |
| bacill/0 | bacillus (rod-shaped bacteria) |
| brady- | slow |
| calcul/0 | stone, calculi |
| cheil/0 | lips |
| chole/0 | gall, bile |
| cholecyst/0 | gallbladder |
| cocc/0 (us, i) | cocci (round-shaped bacteria) |
| dactyl/o | fingers and toes (digits) |
| dia- | through |
| diplo- | double |
| dips/0 | thirst |
| drom/0 | rinning: it's course, a race |
| erg/o (ism, istic) | work |
| esthesi/o (ia) | feeling, sensation |
| gen/o | origional development |
| -iasis | vocabulary, language |
| lex/o (ia) | vocabulary, language |
| lith/o | stone |
| macro- | large |
| men/o | menses, menstration |
| ot/o | ear |
| peps/o (ia) | digestion |
| phag/o (ia) | eating, swallowing |
| phas/o (ia) | speaking |
| pleg/o | paralysis |
| pne/o (a) | breathe |
| pro- | before, in front of |
| poly- | too many |
| py/o | pus |
| rhin/o | nose |
| -rrhea | flow of discharge |
| -spasm | twitching, involuntary movement |
| staphyl/o | bunches like grapes, uvula |
| strepto- | twisted chains |
| syn- | joined, fused |
| thachy | fast |
| therm/o (ia) | heat |
| trich/o | hair, flagellum |
| tympan/o | eardrum, tympanum |
| uvul/o | uvula |
| agenesis | lack of development |
| alcoholism | chronic physical and psychological addiction to alcohol |
| amenorrhea | absence of menstruation |
| apepsia | cessation of digestion |
| aphasia | unable to speak |
| aphonia | no voice, unable to make sounds |
| apnea | absence of breathing |
| arrhythmia | loss of rhythm |
| audiologist | hearing specialist |
| bacillus | rod-shapped bacterium |
| bradycardia | slow heart rate |
| bradypepsia | slow digestion |
| bradyphagia | slow eating (swallowing) |
| calculi | small stones |
| carcinogenesis | formation of cancer |
| cholecyst | gallbladder |
| cholelith | gallstone |
| coccus | sphere-shaped bacterium |
| dactylitis | inflammation of the fingers and/or toes |
| dyslexia | condition characterized by difficlty reading and spelling |
| dysmenorrhea | painful menstruation |
| dyspnea | difficulty breathing |
| hydrocephalus | enlarged head due to fluid accumulation |
| hyperthermia | abnormally high body temperature |
| hypothermia | abnormally low body temperature |
| macrocephalus | large head size |
| macreglossia | enlarged tongue |
| macrorhinia | enlarged nose |
| microgram | one millionth of a gram |
| otic | pertaining to the ear |
| otodynia | earache |
| pathogenic | disease producing |
| peptic | pertaining to digestion |
| phonic | pertaining to the voice |
| pyogenic | pus forming |
| rhinitis | inflammation of the nose |
| rhinorrhea | runny nose |
| tympanotomy | incision into the eardrum |
| thermophobia | abnormal fear of heat |
| syndrome | symptoms that occur together to characterize a disease |
| synergistic | works together |
| streptococci | round bacteria growing in twisted chains |
| staphlococci | bacteria growing in bunches (like grapes) |
| Using what you have learned about the "C" rule for pronounciation, which sound is made by the first "c" in Coccus. S, K, J, hard G | K |
| The sound made by the third "c" in cocci is s,k,j, hard G | S |
| Rod-shaped bacteria are called: | Bacilli |
| The round spherical-shaped bacteria that grow in pairs ae | Diplococci |
| The protozoan parasite with a tail (flagellum) that may cause female reproductive infections is called: | Trichomonas vaginalis |
| What does the combining form staphylo mean? | Bunches like grapes |
| Give an alternate name (proceedure) for a staphylectomy | Uvulectomy |
| What is a cholecystography | An X-ray of a gallbladder |
| The suffix for flow or discharge is: | -rrhea |
| What is an otoscope used for? | To examine the ears |
| Give the suffix for stone | -lith |
| Give the prefix for fast | Tachy-, Tacho |
| Give the suffix for eating | -phagia, phagic |
| Give the combining form for twisted chains | Strept/0 |
| Give the prefix for difficult or painful | dys |
| Give the suffix for flow or discharge | -rrhea |
| Correctly spell the medical term for round or spherical bacterium growing in twisted chains | Streptococcus, Streptococci |
| Correctly spell the medical term for rod-shaped bacteria (plural) | Bacilli |
| Correctly spell the medical term for irregular or abnormal rhythm | dysrhythmia, arrhythmia |
| Correctly spell the medical term for pus producing | Pyogenic, Pyogenesis |
| Correctly spell the medical term for earache | otalgia, otodynia |
| Correctly spell the medical term for eardrum | tympanum, tympanic membrane |
| Correctly spell the medical term for specialist in hearing testing and aids | audiologist |
| Correctly spell the medical term for flow or discharge from the nose | Rhinorrhea |
| Correctly spell the medical term for incision for the removal of stones | lithotomy |
| Correctly spell the medical term for infestation of stones in the gallbladder | cholelithiasis |
| Correctly spell the medical term for fingerprint | dactylogram |
| Correctly spell the medical term for fast heart rate | Tachycardia |
| Correctly spell the medical term for slow eating or swallowing | Bradyphagia |
| Correctly spell the medical term for failure to develop (no growth) | Agenesis |
| Correctly spell the medical term for difficult or painful digestion | Dyspepsia |
| Correctly spell the medical term for development of cancer (cancer producing) | Cardinogenesis (Carcinogenic, adj) |
| Correctly spell the medical term for abnormally high body temperature (fever) | Hyperthermia |
| Correctly spell the medical term for surgical repair of the nose | Rhinoplasty |
| Correctly spell the medical term for symptoms that occur together to characterize a disease | Syndrome |
| Correctly spell the medical term for difficult or painful breathing | Dyspnea |
| Correctly spell the medical term for distended with gas | Tympanitis |
| Correctly spell the medical term for discharge from the ear | Otorrhea |
| Correctly spell the medical term for surgical repair of the eardrum | Tympanoplasty |
| Correctly spell the medical term for disease producing | Pathogenic |
| Correctly spell the medical term for instrument used to measure hearing | Audiometer |
| Correctly spell the medical term for spherical-shaped bacteria growing in bunches | Staphylococci |
| Give the correct medical abbreviation for Fehrenheit | F |
| Give the correct medical abbreviation for gallbladder | GB |
| Give the correct medical abbreviation for Escherichia Coli | E. Coli |
| Give the correct medical abbreviation for Left Ear | AS |
| Give the correct medical abbreviation for culture and sensitivity | C |
| Give the correct medical abbreviation for right ear | AD |
Created by:
Paul Mayuiers
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