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Chapters 4-6.
MST 105 ; Medical Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Carcin(o) | Cancer |
| My(o) | Combining form for muscle |
| Hist(o) | Tissue |
| Pyr(o) | Fire |
| Sler(o) / Sclar(o) | Hard |
| -cele | hernia |
| Scop(o) | To examine |
| -Trophy | Nutrition |
| Leps(o) | Seizure |
| -lith | Calculus or stone |
| Hypo- | Beneath |
| ante- | before |
| Semi- | Half or partly |
| Anhydrous | Absence of water |
| Intercellular | Between cells |
| Semipermeable | Allows the passage of some substances but prevents the passage of others. |
| Dioxide | Two |
| Malaise | Vague feeling of bodily discomfort and fatigue |
| Lethargy | Increased tiredness |
| Fatigue | Exhaustion/loss of strength or endurance |
| Intracellular | Within a cell |
| Null | Having no value, nothing, or equal to zero |
| Bradyphasia | Slow speech |
| Bradypnea | Slow Breathing |
| Hemisphere | Half |
| Mediolateral | The middle and one side |
| Inferior | Below |
| Dactlyogram | Fingerprint |
| Caudal | Pertaining to tail or tail-like structure |
| Proximal | Nearest the point of Origin |
| Prone | Lying horizontal with the face downward |
| Encephalitis | Inflammation of the brain |
| Hyperpyrexial | Abnormally high body temperature |
| Anterior | Facing forward when the body is in the anatomic position |
| Posteroexternal | Behind and outside |
| Afebrile | without fever |
| Omphalorrhexis | relates to the umbilicus |
| Mediolateral | the middle and one side |
| Dysplasia | Abnormal development of tissues or organs |