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Terms for Test #2-Ad
PHB 110 Wk 2 Term test -- Additional Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| hemorrhage | severe bleeding |
| -stasis | stopping or controlling |
| a- | no, not or without |
| an- | no, not or without |
| dys- | difficult, harmful, painful |
| dyspepsia | difficult digestion |
| pne/o | breathe |
| apnea | no breathing |
| brady- | slow |
| bradycardia | slow beating heart |
| tach/o | fast, rapid |
| tachy | fast, rapid |
| tachycardia | rapid heart beat |
| scler/o | hard |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arteriosclerosis | hardening of the arteries |
| megal/o | enlarged |
| -megaly | enlarged |
| hepatomegaly | enlarged liver |
| my/o | muscle |
| myocarditis | infammation of heart muscle |
| edema | fluid collection in tissue |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| necr/o | death |
| auto- | one, self |
| -lysis | breakdown, destruction, separation |
| hemolysis | destruction of blood cells |
| oste/o | bone |
| -oma | mass, tumor |
| carnic/o | cancer |
| osteocarcinoma | bone cancer, cancerous tumor of bone |
| hyper- | above normal, increase, above |