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MedTerm Quiz 1
Intro To Medical Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The suffix begins with a vowel. | Do not use a combining vowel. |
| The suffix begins with a consonant. | Use a combining vowel. |
| Two root words are combined. | Use a combining vowel. |
| Gland | Aden/o |
| Cancer | Carcin/o |
| Heart | Cardi/o |
| Chemical | Chem/o |
| To Cut | Cis/o |
| Skin | Dermat/o |
| Small Intestine | Enter/o |
| Stomach | Gastr/o |
| Female | Gynec/o |
| Blood | Hemat/o |
| Water | Hydr/o |
| Immune | Immun/o |
| Voice Box | Laryng/o |
| Shape | Morph/o |
| Kidney | Nephr/o |
| Nerve | Neur/o |
| Eye | Ophthalm/o |
| Ear | Ot/o |
| Disease | Path/o |
| Lung | Pulmon/o |
| Nose | Rhin/o |
| Urine | Ur/o |
| Without | A- |
| Without | An- |
| Before | Ante- |
| Against | Anti- |
| Self | Auto- |
| Slow | Brady- |
| Painful | Dys- |
| Within | Endo- |
| Upon | Epi- |
| Normal | Eu- |
| Different | Hetero- |
| Same | Homo- |
| Over, Above | Hyper- |
| Under, Below | Hypo- |
| Between | Inter- |
| Inside | Intra- |
| Large | Macro- |
| Small | Micro- |
| New | Neo- |
| All | Pan- |
| Beside, Beyond, Near | Para- |
| Through | Per- |
| Around | Peri- |
| After | Post- |
| Before | Pre- |
| Backward, Behind | Retro- |
| Below | Sub |
| Above | Super- |
| Above | Supra- |
| Fast | Tachy- |
| Through | Trans- |
| Two | Bi- |
| Half | Hemi- |
| One | Mono- |
| Many | Multi- |
| None | Nulli- |
| Many | Poly- |
| Four | Quad- |
| Partial, Half | Semi- |
| Three | Tri- |
| One | Uni- |
| Pain | -Algia |
| Hernia | -Cele |
| Cut | -Cis |
| Cell | -Cyte |
| Pain | -Dynia |
| Dilation | -Ectasis |
| That which produces | -gen |
| Produces, generates | -genesis |
| Producing, produced by | -genic |
| State, condition | -ia |
| Abnormal condition | -iasis |
| State of | -ism |
| Inflammation | -itis |
| One who studies | -logist |
| Study of | -logy |
| Destruction | -lysis |
| Abnormal Softening | -malacia |
| Enlargement | -megaly |
| Tumor Mass | -oma |
| Abnormal Condition | -osis |
| Disease | -pathy |
| Development | -plasia |
| Formation, Development | -plasm |
| Drooping | -ptosis |
| Excessive, Abnormal Flow | -rrhage |
| Discharge, Flow | -rrhea |
| Rupture | -rrhexis |
| Hardening | -sclerosis |
| Narrowing | -stenosis |
| Treatment | -therapy |
| Development | -trophy |