Chapters 3&4
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
Help!
|
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid
🗑
|
||||
| -ectomy | excision, surgical removing
🗑
|
||||
| -lysis | process of loosening, freeing, or destroying
🗑
|
||||
| -pexy | surgical fixation (fastening in a fixed position)
🗑
|
||||
| -plasty | surgical repair
🗑
|
||||
| -rrhaphy | suture (uniting a wound by stitches)
🗑
|
||||
| -scope | instrument used for viewing (also used in diagnostic procedures
🗑
|
||||
| -scopy | visual examination with a lighted instrument (not always a surgical procedure)
🗑
|
||||
| -stomy | formation of an opening
🗑
|
||||
| -tome | an instrument used for cutting
🗑
|
||||
| -tripsy | surgical crushing
🗑
|
||||
| aden(o) | gland
🗑
|
||||
| angi(o) | vessel
🗑
|
||||
| append(o), appendic(o) | appendix
🗑
|
||||
| blephar(o) | eyelid
🗑
|
||||
| cerebr(o), encephal(o) | brain; cerebr(o) sometimes means cerebrum, the main portion of the brain
🗑
|
||||
| chir(o) | hand
🗑
|
||||
| col(o), colon(o) | colon or large intestine
🗑
|
||||
| cutane(o), derm(a), dermat(o) | skin
🗑
|
||||
| mamm(o), mast(o) | breast
🗑
|
||||
| nephr(o), ren(o) | kidney
🗑
|
||||
| oste(o) | bone
🗑
|
||||
| tonsill(o) | tonsil
🗑
|
||||
| vas(o) | vessel, ductus deferens (also called vas , excretory duct of the testicle)
🗑
|
||||
| -algia, -dynia | pain
🗑
|
||||
| -ecstasia, -ectasis | dilation (enlargement) or stretching of a structure or part
🗑
|
||||
| -edema | swelling
🗑
|
||||
| -emesis | to vomit, vomiting
🗑
|
||||
| -malacia | soft, softening
🗑
|
||||
| -megaly | enlargement
🗑
|
||||
| -oid (forms adjectives and nouns) | resembling
🗑
|
||||
| -penia | deficiency
🗑
|
||||
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | excessive bleeding or hemorrhage
🗑
|
||||
| -rrhea | flow or discharge
🗑
|
||||
| -rrhexis | rupture
🗑
|
||||
| -spasm | twitching, cramp
🗑
|
||||
| -stasis | stopping, controlling
🗑
|
||||
| -gram | a record
🗑
|
||||
| -graph | an instrument used to record
🗑
|
||||
| -graphy | the process of recording
🗑
|
||||
| -scope | instrument used for viewing
🗑
|
||||
| -scopy | visual examination
🗑
|
||||
| ech(o), son(o) | sound
🗑
|
||||
| electr(o) | electricity
🗑
|
||||
| fluor(o) | emitting or reflecting light
🗑
|
||||
| radi(o) | radiant energy
🗑
|
||||
| tom(o) | to cut
🗑
|
||||
| ultra- | excessive
🗑
|
||||
| CT, CAT | computed tomography, computed axial tomography
🗑
|
||||
| CXR | chest x-ray
🗑
|
||||
| Dx | diagnosis
🗑
|
||||
| ECG, EKG | electrocardiogram
🗑
|
||||
| GI | gastrointestinal
🗑
|
||||
| lab | laboratory
🗑
|
||||
| MRI | magnetic resonance imaging
🗑
|
||||
| Sx | symptoms
🗑
|
||||
| WNL | within normal limits
🗑
|
||||
| cancer(o), carcin(o) | cancer
🗑
|
||||
| onc(o) | tumor
🗑
|
||||
| path(o) | disease
🗑
|
||||
| -cele | hernia (protrusion of all or part of an organ through the wall of the cavity that contains it
🗑
|
||||
| -emia | condition of the blood
🗑
|
||||
| -ia, -iasis | condition
🗑
|
||||
| -itis | inflammation
🗑
|
||||
| -lith | stone or calculus
🗑
|
||||
| -mania | excessive preoccupation
🗑
|
||||
| -maniac | a person who shows excessive preoccupation
🗑
|
||||
| -oma | tumor
🗑
|
||||
| -osis | condition (often an abnormal condition; sometimes an increase)
🗑
|
||||
| -pathy | disease
🗑
|
||||
| -phobia | abnormal fear
🗑
|
||||
| -ptosis | prolapse (sagging)
🗑
|
||||
| -able, -ible | capable of, able to
🗑
|
||||
| -al, -ary, -eal, -ive, -tic | pertaining to
🗑
|
||||
| -ase | enzyme
🗑
|
||||
| -eum, -ium | membrane
🗑
|
||||
| -ia, -ism | condition or theory
🗑
|
||||
| -iac | one who suffers
🗑
|
||||
| -opia | vision
🗑
|
||||
| -ose | sugar
🗑
|
||||
| -ous | pertaining to or characterized by
🗑
|
||||
| -y | state or condition
🗑
|
||||
| alb(o), albin(o), leuk(o), leuc(o) | white
🗑
|
||||
| chlor(o) | green
🗑
|
||||
| cyan(o) | blue
🗑
|
||||
| erythr(o) | red
🗑
|
||||
| melan(o) | black
🗑
|
||||
| xantho(o) | yellow
🗑
|
||||
| bi(o) | life or living
🗑
|
||||
| cephal(o) | head
🗑
|
||||
| electr(o) | electricity
🗑
|
||||
| hist(o) | tissue
🗑
|
||||
| muscul(o), my(o) | muscle
🗑
|
||||
| nas(o), rhin(o) | nose
🗑
|
||||
| ne(o) | new
🗑
|
||||
| pod(o) | foot
🗑
|
||||
| pyr(o) | fire
🗑
|
||||
| therm(o) | heat
🗑
|
||||
| algesi(o) | sensitivity to pain
🗑
|
||||
| chem(o) | chemical
🗑
|
||||
| estheri(o) | feeling or sensation
🗑
|
||||
| narc(o) | stupor
🗑
|
||||
| pharmac(o), pharmaceut(i) | drugs or medicine
🗑
|
||||
| therapeut(o) | treatment
🗑
|
||||
| tox(o), toxic(o) | poison
🗑
|
||||
| -therapy | treatment
🗑
|
||||
| Bx | biopsy
🗑
|
||||
| C | Celsius, centigrade
🗑
|
||||
| F | Fahrenheit
🗑
|
||||
| OD | overdose, right eye
🗑
|
||||
| OTC | over the counter
🗑
|
||||
| Rx | prescription
🗑
|
||||
| Tx | treatment
🗑
|
Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Created by:
cantonwa
Popular Medical sets