Medical terminology HITT 1305

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The suffix that means pain is

-Algia

Which of the following suffixes means pertaining to?

-ac

The suffix that means sensitivity to pain is

-algesia

The suffix that means pain is

-algia

Which of the following suffixes means pertaining to?

-ary

The suffix that means swelling or herniation is

-cele

The suffix that means surgical puncture is

-centesis

The suffix that means blood condition is

-emia

The suffix that means one who is

-er

The suffix that means generating, formation is

-genesis

The suffix that means process of recording is

-graphy

The suffix that means relating to medicine, physicians, or medical treatment is

-iatrics

The suffix that means one who treats, a physician is

-iatrist

The suffix that means specialist in a field of study is

-ician, -logy

The suffix that means condition is

-ism

The suffix that means practitioner is

-ist

The suffix that means medical treatment or medical profession is

-latry

The suffix that means seizure or attack is

-lepsy

The suffix that means seizure, attack is

-lepsy

The suffix that means one who specializes in the study of is

-logist, -ician

The suffix that means the study of is

-logy

The suffix meaning destruction or detachment is

-lysis

The suffix that means the process of measuring is

-metry

The suffix that means resembling is

-oid

The suffix that means condition is

-osis

Which of the following suffixes means pertaining to?

-ous

The suffix that means surgical fixation is

-pexy

The suffix that means the process of viewing with a scope is

-scopy

Which of the following suffixes means pertaining to?

-tic

To change the word duodenal from its adjective form you would drop the -al and add

-um to make the word a noun

-uria

A characteristic of urine

An eponym is defined as

A name of a disease, organ, procedure or body function that is derived from the name of a person who first discovered or named it

A prefix is defined as

A word element added at the beginning of the word

A suffix is defined as

A word element attached at the end of the word root

Which of the following defines the prefix Supra-?

Above, over

Which of the following defines the prefix trans?

Across, through

Which of the following defines the prefix anti-?

Against

Which of the following defines the prefix contra-?

Against

-philia

Attraction to

The singular form of the term bacteria is

Bacterium

The prefix inter- means

Between

The study of living things is called

Biology

The prefix/combining form melan/o means

Black

The prefix/combining form cyan/o means

Blue

-pnea

Breathing

A compound word consists of a

Combining form + a word root + a suffix

A combining vowel is added to the end of the word root to attach a suffix that begins with a

Consonant

-clasis

Crushing or breaking up

-penia

Decrease in deficiency

-ptosis

Drooping or prolapse

-blast

Embryonic stage of development

The prefix hyper- means?

Excessive

When pronouncing medical terms one should remember that words beginning with the a sound may begin with any of the following letters s, ps, c, or sc

False

When pronouncing medical terms one should remember that words beginning with the z sound may begin with the letter z, s, or x

False

The plural form of the term fibroma is

Fibromata

The prefix primi- means?

First

-plasia

Formation or development

Which of the following defines the prefix quadri-?

Four

The plural form of the term ganglion is

Ganglia

-genesis

Generating formation

A specialist in the field of study of the aging is called

Geriatrician

The suffix that means an instrument used to record is

Graph

The prefix/combining form Chlor/o means

Green

The prefix hemi- means

Half

The prefix multi- means

Many

The prefix poly- means

Many, much excessive

-plasty

Surgical repair

The word root is defined as

The basic foundation of a word to which component parts are added

-stomy

The surgical creation of a new opening

A combining form is defined as

The word element that is created when a word root is combined with a vowel

The prefix milli- means

Thousandth

The plural form of the term thrombus is

Thrombi

-cide

To kill to destroy

-ad

Toward increase

When pronouncing medical terms one should remember that words beginning with the sk sound may begin with sk, sc, or sch

True

When pronouncing medical terms one should remember that words that begin with the letters on, or kn, may have the n sound

True

When pronouncing medical terms one should remember that words that begin with the letters qu, c, or ch may have the k sound

True

The prefix hyp- means

Under, below, beneath, less than normal

Which of the following defines the prefix hypo-?

Under, below, beneath, less than normal

The prefix epi- means

Upon, over

-opia, opsia

Visual condition

A combining vowel is not added to the end of the word root to attach a suffix that's begins with a

Vowel

The prefix alb means

White

Which of the following defines the prefix intra?

Within

Which of the following defines the prefix an-?

Without

The plural form of the term apex is

apices

Which of the following defines the prefix nulli-?

None

Which of the following defines the prefix im-?

Not

Which of the following defines the prefix non-?

Not

-dynia

Pain

The field of medicine that deals with children

Pediatrics

One who is licensed to prepare and dispense medications

Pharmacist

The word element that always attached to the beginning of the word is known as a

Prefix

-opsy

Process of viewing

The field of medicine that deals with diagnosis treatment and prevention of mental illness

Psychiatry

When defining the meaning of a medical term, you usually begin with defining the suffix first and

Read backward through the word and define the component parts

-gram

Record or picture

The prefix rube means?

Red

-algesia

Sensitivity to pain

-stasis

Stopping or controlling

-ectasia, -ectasis

Stretching or dilation


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