Medical Terminology - Chapter 2

Which suffix means pain

-algia

Which suffix means surgical puncture

-centesis

Which suffix means binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)

-desis

Which ending is a noun ending

-ia

Which suffix means separation; destruction; loosening

-lysis

Which suffix means suture

-rrhaphy

Which suffix means crushing

-tripsy

Which word is an adjective

Acoustic

The word mucous is a(n)

Adjective

Arteri/o means artery. The word that means rupture of an artery is

Arteriorrhexis

Arthr/o means joint. The word that means visual examination of a joint is

Arthroscopy

What is the adjective form of axilla

Axillary

What is the plural form of bacterium

Bacteria

Brady- means slow. The word for slow speaking is

Bradyphasia

Bronch/o and bronchi/o mean bronchus.The word that means dilation or expansion of the bronchus is

Bronchi/ectasis

What is the plural form of bursa

Bursae

The plural form of calcaneum is

Calcanea

The CF carcin/o means cancer. What is the word that means forming, producing, or origin of cancer

Carcinogenesis

Which of the following words means instrument for recording activity of the heart

Cardi/o/graph

What is the adjective form of heart

Cardiac

The suffix -ism meanss

Condition

Which word is an adjective

Coronary

The suffix -penia meas

Decrease, deficiency

Derm/o and Dermat/o mean skin. An instrument to cut the skin is a

Derm/a/tome

The suffix -trophy means

Development, nourishment

To build the plural form of words ending in -is

Drop the -is and add -es

To change words ending in y from a singular to a plural form

Drop the y and add ies

The suffix -megaly means

Enlargement

Atrium is an adjective form

False

Glossal is a noun form

False

Medical is a noun form

False

My/algia is a surgical procedure

False

Spinal is a noun form

False

The suffix -lysis means puncture

False

The suffix -philia means fear

False

The suffix for incision is -ectomy

False

Which is the plural form of fornix

Fornices

Gastr/o means stomach. The word that means inflammation of the stomach is

Gastritis

Which term means an instrument used to examine the stomach

Gastroscope

Hepat/o means liver. The word that means swelling or hernia of the liver is

Hepat/o/cele

Hepat/o means liver. The word for enlargement of the liver is

Hepat/o/megaly

The suffix -cele means

Hernia, swelling

Hyper- means excessive. The word that means excessive vomiting is

Hyperemesis

Lith/o means stone. The word that means incision (to remove) a stone is

Lith/o/tomy

What is the plural form of lumen

Lumina

Mast/o means breast. The word that means fixation of a breast is

Mastopexy

The suffix -iatry means

Medicine, treatment

What does the term arteri/o/stenosis mean

Narrowing or stricture of an artery

Neur/o means nerve or nerve cells. The word for tumor of nerve cells is

Neur/oma

Neur/o means nerve or nerve cell. The word that means pain a nerve is

Neuralgia

The word leukemia is a(n)

Noun

What is the plural form of nucleus

Nuclei

Oste/o means bone. The world for surgical fracture of a bone is

Oste/o/clasis

Oste/o means bone. The word that means forming, producing, or origin of bone is

Oste/o/genesis

Pelv/i means pelvis. The word that means instrument for measuring the pelvis is

Pelvimeter

Phleb/o means vein. The word for narrowing of the vein is

Phlebostenosis

What is the plural form of radius

Radii

Which word is a noun

Rectum

Which word means visual examination of the sigmoid colon

Sigmoidoscopy

The suffix -malacia means

Softening

The suffix -edema means

Swelling

Cellular is an adjective form

True

Emboli is a plural form

True

Gastr/algia and gastr/o/dynia have the same meaning

True

Gastr/o/rrhexis is a rupture of the stomach

True

Muscular is an adjective form

True

Radial is an adjective form

True

Radii is a plural form

True

The suffix -plegia means paralysis

True

The suffix -ptosis means prolapse or downward displacement

True

The suffix -stomy indicates a surgical procedure

True

Tissue is a noun form

True

When defining the term gastr/algia, define the suffix first

True

Which word is a diminutive word

Venule

Which word means small vein

Venule

-desis

binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)

-emia

blood condition

-ectasis

dilation, expansion

-pathy

disease

-megaly

enlargement

-ectomy

excision

-pexy

fixation (of an organ)

-cele

hernia, swelling

-itis

inflammation

-iatry

medicine, treatment

-dynia

pain

-plegia

paralysis

-ic

pertaining to

-toxic

pertaining to poison

-rrhexis

rupture

-malacia

softening

-ist

specialist

-lith

stone, calculus

-logy

study of

-centesis

surgical puncture

-rrhaphy

suture

-edema

swelling

-clasis

to break; surgical fracture

-oma

tumor

-emesis

vomiting