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Med Term ASA Mid Ter
Med Term ASA Mid Term
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Affix and Fixation have Fix as their | Word Root |
| Histolysis | Destruction of Tissue |
| Acr/o | Combining form used to refer to extremities |
| Hypotrophy | Wasting or decreasing of an organ or tissue |
| Suffix -osis means | condition or status |
| Making a surgical opeining in the colon | Colostomy |
| In the term gastromegaly, the suffix -megaly means? | enlarged |
| The work part/prefix used to indicate the color blue is? | cyano |
| Histoblast means | immature tissue |
| A physician who wants to know how many white cells a patient has asks for what kind of count? | Leukocyte |
| Erythroderma | A patient who presents with reddened skin |
| Hypotrophy | Term that describes the wasting or decreasing of a organ or tissue |
| Anus | exit for solid waste |
| Receives stomach contents | Duodenum |
| Creates Bile | Liver |
| Lining has a rech supply of blood to absorb nutrients | Jejunum |
| Connects the small and large intestines | Ileocecal valve |
| Small structure growing on the bottom of the cecum | Appendix |
| Hepat/o | Liver |
| Col/o | Large Intestine |
| Cholecyst/o | Gallbladder |
| Gastr/o | Stomach |
| Gingiv/o | Gums |
| Enter/o | Small Intestine |
| Dento | Teeth |
| Stomat/o | Mouth |
| Proct/o | Rectum |
| Ile/o | Ileum |
| Gloss/o | Tongue |
| Cerebral Swelling is swelling to the | Brain |
| Bradyphagis | Chewing very slowly |
| Combining form for gallbladder | Chol/e |
| Word that means softening of a tissue | Malacia |
| Fear of confined spaces | Claustrophobia |
| To which part of the body does the word Carpal refer | Wrist |
| Inflammation of a bone is called: | Osteitis |
| Pathology | Study of disease |
| Craniectomy | Removal of part of the skull to access the brain |
| Any disease of the brain and spinal cord | Encephalomyelopathy |
| To refer to the left ear, use the medical term | Auris sinastra |
| Gingivitis | Inflammation of the gums |
| Abnormally rapid heartbeat | Tachycardia |
| Any organism that can cause an infection | Pathogenic |
| Surgical repair of the mouth | Stomatoplasty |
| Difficult or painful urination | Dysuria |
| Pleural form for the word Testicle | Testicles |
| Stone or calculus located in the uteter | Ureterolith |
| A person who has a fear of many things | Polyphobia |
| Oophorectomy | Removal or excision of the ovary |
| Hypotrophy | progressive degeneration |
| Congenital underdevelopment of organs | hypogenesis |
| Congenital absence of an organ | aplasia |
| Production of abnormally formed cells or tissues | dysplasia |
| Absence of original development | agenesis |
| increase in size of cells, tissues, or organs | hypertrophy |
| Underdevelopment of a tissue or organ, usually due to a deficiency in the number of cells | hypoplasia |
| Atrophy | wasting of tissues, cells, or the entire body |
| neo- | new |
| -cele | abnormal protrusion |
| excision | -ectomy |
| anti- | against |
| meta- | beyond |
| development | -genesis |
| hyper | above or more than normal |
| -pathy | disease |
| -plastic | abnormal growth |
| pain | -aligi or -dynia |
| Intestinal hernia | enterocele |
| Patients would visit a bariatrics clinic for help with which type of condition? | Obesity |
| which encyme breaks down fat into fatty acids | lipase |
| splenomegaly | enlarged spleen |
| Colonoscopy | procedure used to view the intestine |
| thrombocytes | blood-clotting cell fragemtns also called platelets |
| abmormally red blood | erythemia |
| blood cancer involving white blood cells | Leukemia |
| histoblast | immature tissue cells |
| Pigment-producing cell | Melanocyte |
| Disease | Pathy |
| megaly | enlarged |
| itis | inflammation |
| ectomy | excision of |
| -penia | poverty of lack of |
| ology | study of |
| pain | algia or dyna |
| paper readout or computer screen image of a recording | -graphy |
| blood condition | -emia |
| pertaining to | -ic |
| one who | -er |
| inage of a body prodiced by computerized reflected sound | echogram |
| first part of the small intestine | duodenum |
| instrument used to cut slices of skin tissue | dermatome |
| enlarged heart | cardiomegaly |
| The study of the origin of disease | etiology |
| Technologist who studies cellular disease | cytologist |
| Instrument that uses X-ray to produce images through planes of the body | tomograph |
| Slow heart rate | bradycardia |
| acr/0 | extremity |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cyan/o | blue |
| hydro | water |
| mania | maddness or mental illness |
| micr/o | small |
| ostomy | making a new surgical opening |
| In Medical terminology, compound words are usually built in which order? | Combining form, word rood, and suffix |
| List the six suffixes that indicate a foun form | osis, ia, us, um, -e, -us |
| melan/o | dark pigmented, black |
| -tomy | incision (cut into) |
| xanthr/o | yellow |
| edema | accumulation of fluid in tissues that results in swelling and puffines |
| blood vessel | hem/angio |
| emesis | vomiting |
| cephal/o | head |
| ather/o | fatty, porridge-like |
| aden/o | gland |
| histolysis | destruction of tissue |
| abduction | away from midline |
| adduction | toward midline |
| odont/o | tissue around the teeth |
| orth/o | streight |
| prosthet/o | artificial limb |
| supra- | above |
| thorac/o | chest or thorax |
| cost/o | rib |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| tapping or puncturing the fluid filled sac that surrounds the fetus | amniocentesis |
| cocc/o | round |
| bacill/o | bacillus (rod shaped bacteria) |
| ot/o | ear |
| erg/o | work |
| dia- | through |
| macro | large |
| poly | too many |
| therm/o | heat |
| pro | before or in front of |
| lith/o | stone |
| staphylococci | bacteria that grow in clusters |
| gyn/o | female structures |
| cyst/o | bladder or sac containing fluid |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| lysis | destruction |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| -cide | kill |
| Kidney | Nephr/o or ren/o |
| rrhea | flow or discharge |
| --rrhaphy | suturing |
| tripsy | surgical crushing |
| -rrhagia | hemorrhaging |
| night | noc/o |
| orchid/o | testicles |
| Shows action or state of being | Verb |
| Describes a noun, modifier | Adjective |
| A base of a word | Word Root |
| A word root plus a vowel (o) | Combining form |
| Placed at the end of a word | Suffix |
| Name of a person, place, or thing | Noun |
| Placed in front of a word root | prefix |
| A combining form is used when the next letter of a suffix is a(n) | Consonant |
| When a "c" is followed by an "e,""i," or"y" it is pronounced as a(n) | S |
| A word root is used when the next letter of the suffix is a(n) | Vowel |
| When a "c" is followed by an "o,""a," or "u" it is pronounced as a(n): | K |
| When building a word, the condition is usually at the__________ and the bosy part is at the:________ | end, beginning |
| Give the abbreviation for: metastasis | met, mets, metas |
| Give the abbreviation for: orthopedics | orth, ortho |
| Give the abbreviation for: Range of Motion | ROM |
| Give the abbreviation for: Water | H2O |
| Give the abbreviation for: staphylococcus | staph |
| Give the abbreviation for: Carbon Dioxide | CO2 |
| Give the abbreviation for: diagnosis | Dx |
| Give the abbreviation for: doctor of osteopathy | DO |
| Give the abbreviation for: Transurethral resection of the prostrate | TURP |
| Give the abbreviation for: arteriosclerotic heart disease | ASHD |
| Give the abbreviation for: last menstrual period | LMP |
| Give the abbreviation for: gastrointestional | GI |
| Give the abbreviation for: milliliter | ml |
| Give the abbreviation for: electroencephalogram | EEG |
| Give the abbreviation for: cerebrovascular accident | CVA |
| Give the abbreviation for: cytoscopy | cysto |
| Give the abbreviation for: gastroesophageal reflux disease | GERD |
| Give the abbreviation for: diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus vaccine | DPT, DTP, DTaP |
| Give the meaning of the word: Melanocarcinoma | cancer of dark pigmented cells |
| Give the meaning of the word: Hydrocephalus | Abnormal fluid in the head (congenital) |
| Give the meaning of the word: Mycodermatitis | Fungal infection causing skin inflammation |
| Give the meaning of the word: Enteroclysis | Irrigation of the small intestine |
| Give the meaning of the word: Proctoscope | Instrument used to look at the anus and rectum |
| Give the meaning of the word: Psychosis | Severe mental condition |
| Give the meaning of the word: Cheilorraphy | Suturing of the lip |
| Give the meaning of the word: Hepatopathy | Liver disease |
| Give the meaning of the word: Orthotic | Support device (to straighten) the body, a brace |
| Give the meaning of the word: Arrhythmia | lack of rhythm, poor rhythm |
| Give the meaning of the word: Cephalagia | Headache, pain in the head |
| Give the meaning of the word: Cryptochidism | Condition of hidden (undescended) testicle |
| Give the meaning of the word: Urologist | Physician specialist in diseases of the urinary and male reproductive systems |
| Give the meaning of the word: Hysteroptosis | Prolapse or displacement of the uterus |
| Give the meaning of the word: Urethrorrhaphy | Suturing of the urethra |
| Give the meaning of the word: Nephrolith | Kidney stone |
| Give the meaning of the word: Orchidoplasty | Surgical repair of the testes |
| Give the meaning of the word: Angioblast | Embryonic vessel cell |
| Give the meaning of the word: Neuropathy | Any disease of the nerves |
| Give the meaning of the word: Otoscope | Instrument used to look into (examine) the ears |
| Give the meaning of the word: Neoplasm | new growth, tumor |
| Give the meaning of the word: Dyspepsia | difficult or painful or poor digestion |
| Give the meaning of the word: Hematolysis | Destruction of blood |
| Give the meaning of the word: Thermoplegia | Paralysis caused by fever (heat) |
| Give the meaning of the word: Cholecystography | X-ray of the gallbladder (process) |
| Give the meaning of the word: Audiometer | Instrument used to measure (test) hearing |
| Give the meaning of the word: Tympanotomy | Incision into the eardrum |
| Give the meaning of the word: Tachypnea | Abnormally fast breathing |
| Give the meaning of the word: Kinesiology | Study of movement |
| Give the correct suffex for: Suturing | -rrhaphy |
| Give the correct suffex for: tumor | -oma |
| Give the correct suffex for: breathing | -pnea |
| Give the correct suffex for: bleeding | -rrhagia |
| Give the correct suffex for: herniation | -cele |
| Give the correct suffex for: rupture | -rrhexis |
| Movement toward midline | Adduction |
| Nasal discharge (runny nose) | Rhinorrhea |
| Surgical repair of the nose | Rhinoplasty |
| Loss of development (size) of an organ | Hypotrophy, Atrophy |
| Process of looking into the urinary bladder with a scope | Cystoscopy |
| Infestation with gallstones | Cholelithiasis |
| Emotional condition characterized by compulsion to steal things | Kleptomania |
| Round, spherical-shaped bacteria | Cocci, Coccus |
| synonym for uvulectomy | Staphylectomy |
| Wandering away from the normal path | Aberrant, abnormal |
| Pus producing (adj.) | Pyogenic |
| Tissues that grow(stuck) together that are normally apart | Adhesions |
| Compound word for Varicella viral infection | Chickenpox |
| Instrument used to look at very small things | Microscope |
| Enlargement of the extremities | Acromegaly |
| Abnormally low red blood cell count (number) | Erythrocytopenia, erythropenia |
| Another name for platelets | Thrombocyte(s) |
| Excision of part or all of the stomach | Gastrectomy |
| Condition of blueness | Cyanosis, Cyanotic |
| Heart pain | Cardialgia, Cardiodynia |
| White Blood Cell | Leukocyte, Leucocyte |
| Surgery to create a new permanent opening between the stomach and the first part of the small intestine | Gastroduodenostomy |
| Physician specialist studying skin disease | Dermatologist |
| X-Ray machine | Radiograph |
| Picture (tracing) made by an electrocardiograph | electrocardiogram, cardiogram |
| a person (Technician) who uses high frequency sound waves to make images of the body | Sonographer, Ultrasonographer |
| Process of performing ultrasound of the heart | Echocardiography, cardiac sonography |
| High blood pressure | Hypertension |
| X-ray image of planes (slices) of the body | tomogram, tomograph |
| Inflammation of a gland | Adenitis |
| Heart muscle disease | Cardiomyopathy |
| Disease of the brain | Encephalopathy |
| The layer of skin upon the dermis | Epidermis |
| Condition of having blood clots | Thrombosis |
| Porous condition of the bone | Osteoporosis |
| Softening of the skull | Craniomalacia |
| the study of cells | Cytology |
| A malignant bone tumor | Otseosarcoma, sarcoma |
| Fat tumor (benign) | Lipoma |
| tumor that spreads beyond its origin (noun) | Metastasis, Metastases |
| Physician specialist in treatment of cancer | Oncologist |
| Hardening of a blood vessel due to a fatty (porridge-like) condition | Atherosclerosis |
| Disease that causes too many red cells in the blood | Erythemia, polycythemia, erythrocytosis |
| Studies to diagnose nervous system disease | neurodiagnostic(s) |
| Cancer of glandular tissue | adenocarcinoma |
| Between the ribs (adj) | Intercostal |
| Serous sac in a joint | Bursa, Bursae (pl) |
| Surgical repair of a tendon | Tendonoplasty, tendinoplasty, tenoplasty |
| Toothache | Dentalgia, Dentodynia |
| Process of measuring the pelvis | Pelvimetry |
| The ______ membrane lines the cavities that open to the outside: I.E. respiratory tract. | Mucous |
| Inflammation of the meninges | Meningitis |
| _________ fluid circulates around the brain and spinal cord | cerebrospinal (CSF) |
| Surgical puncture of the chest to remove fluid | thoracocentesis, Thoracentesis |
| Dental specialist who straightens teeth | Orthodontist |
| Fear of water | Hydrophobia, Hydrophobic (a) |
| Swelling caused by blocked lymph vessels | Lymphedeia |
| Dark pigmented tumor (cancer) | Melanoma, Melanocarcinoma |
Created by:
Paul Mayuiers
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