MT Chapter 3 A

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The suffix in the term peritoneal is ___________, which means ___________.

-al, pertaining to

The suffix that means pain ...

-algia

The suffix that means hernia ...

-cele

The suffix that means pain ...

-dynia

The suffix in the term laryngeal is ...

-eal

The suffix meaning protein ....

-globin

Instrument to record:

-graph

Select the suffix that means process of recording:

-graphy

Which suffix means process of recording?

-graphy

The suffix in the term pneumonia is ____________, which means ____________.

-ia, condition

The suffix in the term chronic is ...

-ic

Resembling:

-oid

The suffix in the term mucoid is ...

-oid

Select the suffix that means little or small:

-ole

Select the suffix that means condition, usually abnormal:

-osis

The suffix in the term cardiomyopathy is ...

-pathy

Which suffix means disease condition?

-pathy

Select the suffix that means deficiency:

-penia

Which suffix added to acr/o will create a word that means a fear of heights?

-phobia

The suffix in the term acrophobia is ________________, which means ____________.

-phobia, fear

prolapse:

-ptosis

Opposite of -malacia:

-sclerosis

Select the suffix that means hardening:

-sclerosis

Instrument to visually examine:

-scope

The suffix meaning process of visually examining is ...

-scopy

The suffix in the term laryngoscopy is _________ which means _______________.

-scopy, process of visual examination

Select the suffix that means stopping, controlling:

-stasis

The suffix in the term metastasis is ...

-stasis

Surgical creation of a permanent opening to the outside of the body:

-stomy

Treatment:

-therapy

The suffix that means instrument to cut:

-tome

The suffix meaning process, condition ...

-y

Small veins ...

venule

Very small vessels that collect blood from the capillaries and join to form veins are ...

venules.

The combining form meaning life ...

bi/o

The combining form that means eyelid ...

blephar/o

The suffix -lysis means ...

breakdown, separation.

Protrusion of the urinary bladder through the vaginal wall is a cyst_______.

cele

The combining form that means cartilage ...

chondr/o

What is the term for surgical repair of cartilage?

chondroplasty

Jamie visited the campus clinic with complaints of itching and burning around her vaginal opening and a greenish-yellow vaginal discharge. A smear of a specimen of the discharge indicated she had gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted disease caused by a diplo___________ bacterium.

coccal

Hernia of the urinary bladder:

cystocele

Select the combining form that means sharp or severe:

acu/o

Surgical repair of a blood vessel is __________.

angioplasty

Small artery is a(n):

arteriole

A synonym for arthrodynia is ...

arthralgia.

Which term means surgical puncture to remove fluid from a joint?

arthrocentesis

The medical term for the surgical removal of plaque is ...

atherectomy.

Carcino______ means producing or forming cancer.

genesis

Choose the correct spelling for the word that means the stopping of the flow of blood.

hemostasis

The combining form meaning liver is ....

hepat/o

The combining form meaning tissue:

hist/o

Excess cells due to an increased rate of cell division is termed...

hyperplasia.

Excessive development:

hypertrophy

The combining form that means groin:

inguin/o

The term that literally means to hold back blood from a part of the body.

ischemia

One who specializes in treating diseases of the kidney is a nephrolog

ist

Mr. Chaney's physician told him that his chronic productive cough is from excess mucus secretion by an inflamed bronchial tree. Inflammation of the bronchi is called bronch_______.

itis

The combining form that means abdomen, abdominal wall ...

lapar/o

Removal of the voice box:

laryngectomy

The combining form meaning white ....

leuk/o

The suffix -ole means ...

little or small.

This type of cell produces antibodies ...

lymphocyte.

Osteo__________ is softening of bones.

malacia

What is the term for removal of breast tissue?

mastectomy

The combining form that means shape, form ...

morph/o

The combining form that means spinal cord, bone marrow ...

myel/o

X-ray record of the spinal cord:

myelogram

What is the term for bone marrow tumor?

myeloma

death:

necr/o

All of the following terms relate to pain except...

necrotic.

Pain in the chest wall muscles aggravated by breathing is called pleur_______.

odynia

Removal and viewing of living tissue from the body is a bi______.

opsy

Choose the term that means softening of the bone.

osteomalacia

Pain in the ear:

otalgia

Select the combining form that means disease:

path/o

The prefix that means surrounding or around is ...

peri-

The folded layer of connective tissue that surrounds the heart is called the ...

pericardium

The suffix -ac means ...

pertaining to.

Select the combining form that means to eat, swallow:

phag/o

Select the combining form that means formation, development:

plas/o

Blepharo_______ is drooping of the eyelid.

ptosis

A combining form meaning kidney is ....

ren/o

Enlargement of the spleen in termed...

splenomegaly.

Clusters of berry-shaped bacteria are...

staphylococci.

The combining form that means twisted chains ...

strept/o

The suffix -um means ...

structure, tissue, thing.

Define the medical term amniocentesis:

surgical puncture to remove fluid from the sac around the embryo

Angioplasty means:

surgical repair of a blood vessel

Select the combining form that means chest:

thorac/o

A phlebo_________ is the incision of a vein.

tomy

Inflammation of lymph tissue in the throat:

tonsillitis

The procedure that creates a permanent artificial opening in the trachea is a ...

tracheostomy

Incision of the trachea ...

tracheotomy

A___________ means condition of no griwth.

trophy

Removal of the larynx is a laryng__________.

ectomy

On Monday, Maria attended classes to learn the process of recording the electrical impulses of the heart, termed:

electrocardiography.

The physician's admitting note on Todd Johnson's chart indicated that Todd presented with fatigue, pallor, and easy bruising. Blood tests and a bone marrow biopsy revealed that Todd had an excessive increase in the number of abnormal or cancerous white blood cells, or leuk______.

emia

A red blood cell is known as a(n) ...

erythrocyte.

Red blood cells are called ...

erythrocytes


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