FINAL | KI 2603 - Medical Terminology, Quizzes of Medical Sciences

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TERM 1 A, E, I, O, U DEFINITION 1 vowels TERM 2 E (knee) DEFINITION 2 which vowel is pronounced in words with "ae" TERM 3 e (egg) DEFINITION 3 which vowel is pronounced in words with 'oe" TERM 4 cycle DEFINITION 4 what is an example of a word beginning with a soft C TERM 5 gel DEFINITION 5 what is an example of a word beginning with a soft g TERM 6 e or i or y DEFINITION 6 after what letters do the letters C or G have a soft sound TERM 7 long DEFINITION 7 when "e" or "es" is at the end of a word, does it have a long or short sound TERM 8 long DEFINITION 8 when the letter "I" is at the end of a word, does it have a long or short sound TERM 9 fungi DEFINITION 9 what is a medical word example with the letter "I" on the end TERM 10 short DEFINITION 10 "arthrogram"- long or short "a" TERM 21 prefix DEFINITION 21 what is the portion of a medical word that indicates the number of something TERM 22 combining form (o) DEFINITION 22 what is the term for the letter that glues 2 components of a medical word together TERM 23 root DEFINITION 23 what part of a medical word contains the core meaning of that word TERM 24 suffix DEFINITION 24 what is the portion of a medical word that indicates a condition TERM 25 ectomy DEFINITION 25 excision, removal TERM 26 centesis DEFINITION 26 surgical puncture TERM 27 tripsy DEFINITION 27 crushing TERM 28 lysis DEFINITION 28 separation; destruction; loosening TERM 29 clasis DEFINITION 29 to break; surgical fracture TERM 30 pexy DEFINITION 30 fixation (of an organ) TERM 31 rrhaphy DEFINITION 31 suture TERM 32 plasty DEFINITION 32 repair TERM 33 stomy DEFINITION 33 forming of an opening (mouth) TERM 34 desis DEFINITION 34 binding, fixation (of a bone or joint) TERM 35 scope DEFINITION 35 instrument for examining TERM 46 cele DEFINITION 46 herniation TERM 47 litho DEFINITION 47 stone or calculus TERM 48 osis DEFINITION 48 abnormal condition TERM 49 spasm DEFINITION 49 involuntary contraction, twitching TERM 50 -stenosis DEFINITION 50 narrowing, stricture TERM 51 discharge or flow DEFINITION 51 -rrhea TERM 52 disease DEFINITION 52 -pathy TERM 53 inflammation DEFINITION 53 -itis TERM 54 rupture DEFINITION 54 -rrhexis TERM 55 paralysis DEFINITION 55 plegia TERM 56 dilation or expansion DEFINITION 56 -ectasis TERM 57 vomiting DEFINITION 57 -emesis TERM 58 blood condition DEFINITION 58 -emia TERM 59 specified abnormal condition DEFINITION 59 -iasis TERM 60 softening DEFINITION 60 -malacia TERM 71 macro DEFINITION 71 large TERM 72 bi DEFINITION 72 two TERM 73 double DEFINITION 73 diplo TERM 74 mono or uni DEFINITION 74 one TERM 75 multi or poly DEFINITION 75 many TERM 76 hemi DEFINITION 76 half TERM 77 first DEFINITION 77 primi TERM 78 tri DEFINITION 78 three TERM 79 near, beside, next to DEFINITION 79 para as in paranormal means TERM 80 excessive DEFINITION 80 ultra TERM 81 supra DEFINITION 81 above, excessive, superior TERM 82 endo- or intra- DEFINITION 82 in or within TERM 83 good DEFINITION 83 eu- as in euphoria TERM 84 different DEFINITION 84 hetero TERM 85 same DEFINITION 85 homo or homeo TERM 96 upon DEFINITION 96 the prefix epi- means TERM 97 below DEFINITION 97 the prefix hypo- means TERM 98 loins (lower back) DEFINITION 98 lumbo TERM 99 groin region DEFINITION 99 inguin/o TERM 100 cartilage region DEFINITION 100 chondr/o TERM 101 neck region DEFINITION 101 cervic/o TERM 102 chest region DEFINITION 102 thorac/o TERM 103 toward DEFINITION 103 abduction TERM 104 away DEFINITION 104 adduction TERM 105 medial DEFINITION 105 toward middle TERM 106 lateral DEFINITION 106 side TERM 107 superior DEFINITION 107 above TERM 108 inferior DEFINITION 108 below TERM 109 proximal DEFINITION 109 toward TERM 110 distal DEFINITION 110 away TERM 121 anterior or front DEFINITION 121 anter/o TERM 122 fat DEFINITION 122 liposteatoadipo TERM 123 skin DEFINITION 123 cutaneodermatodermo TERM 124 hair DEFINITION 124 pil/o or trich/o TERM 125 oil DEFINITION 125 seb/o TERM 126 xen/o DEFINITION 126 foreign, strange TERM 127 kerato DEFINITION 127 horny tissue; hard TERM 128 hardening of tissue DEFINITION 128 scler/o TERM 129 xer/o DEFINITION 129 dry TERM 130 sweat DEFINITION 130 hidr/o or sudor/o TERM 131 nail DEFINITION 131 onycho or ungun/o TERM 132 scale DEFINITION 132 squamo TERM 133 black DEFINITION 133 melan/o TERM 134 fungus DEFINITION 134 myc/o TERM 135 metastasis DEFINITION 135 cancer cells have moved from original site TERM 146 petechia DEFINITION 146 pinpoint hemorrhages under skin TERM 147 erythema DEFINITION 147 redness of skin due to swollen capillaries TERM 148 impetigo DEFINITION 148 bacterial skin infection TERM 149 urticaria DEFINITION 149 allergic reaction causing wheals or hives TERM 150 ecchymosis DEFINITION 150 bruising TERM 151 verruca DEFINITION 151 warts TERM 152 lentigo DEFINITION 152 brownish discolorations of skin TERM 153 vitiligo DEFINITION 153 loss of skin pigmentation TERM 154 eschar DEFINITION 154 damaged tissue following a burn TERM 155 pallor DEFINITION 155 pale TERM 156 pruritus DEFINITION 156 itching TERM 157 purpura DEFINITION 157 small hemorrhages causing petechial or ecchymoses TERM 158 tinea DEFINITION 158 fungal skin infection called ringworm TERM 159 lip DEFINITION 159 labio and cheilo TERM 160 esophagus DEFINITION 160 esophago TERM 171 bile, gall DEFINITION 171 chole TERM 172 bile duct DEFINITION 172 choledocho TERM 173 postprandial DEFINITION 173 after meal TERM 174 hepatomegaly DEFINITION 174 enlarged liver TERM 175 suture DEFINITION 175 rrhaphy TERM 176 painful swallowing DEFINITION 176 dysphagia TERM 177 discharge/flow DEFINITION 177 rrhea TERM 178 cholelithiasis DEFINITION 178 abnormal condition of gallstones TERM 179 anorexia DEFINITION 179 without appetite TERM 180 malabsorption DEFINITION 180 bad absorption TERM 181 pyloric stenosis DEFINITION 181 narrowing of pyloric sphincter TERM 182 steatorrhea DEFINITION 182 fatty stool TERM 183 leukoplakia DEFINITION 183 white patches TERM 184 hematemesis DEFINITION 184 vomiting blood TERM 185 melena DEFINITION 185 tarry colored stool TERM 196 paroxysmal DEFINITION 196 sudden and violent TERM 197 orthopnea DEFINITION 197 ease of breathing upon standing or sitting TERM 198 viable DEFINITION 198 alive TERM 199 oropharynx DEFINITION 199 the medical term for the back of the mouth TERM 200 soft DEFINITION 200 the "g" in laryngopharynx is TERM 201 lung DEFINITION 201 pulmono TERM 202 capnia DEFINITION 202 carbon dioxide is TERM 203 mediastinum DEFINITION 203 space between right and left lungs TERM 204 pleura DEFINITION 204 lining of the lungs and thoracic cavity TERM 205 nose DEFINITION 205 naso or rhino TERM 206 air/lungs DEFINITION 206 pneumo or pneumono TERM 207 coal dust DEFINITION 207 anthraco TERM 208 dust DEFINITION 208 conio TERM 209 breathing DEFINITION 209 pnea TERM 210 smell DEFINITION 210 osmia TERM 221 rapid DEFINITION 221 tachy TERM 222 hydrothorax DEFINITION 222 serum in the pleural space TERM 223 nose bleed DEFINITION 223 epistaxis TERM 224 pneumothorax DEFINITION 224 air in the pleural space TERM 225 hypoxia DEFINITION 225 oxygen deficiency in tissues TERM 226 hemothorax DEFINITION 226 blood in the pleural space TERM 227 coryza DEFINITION 227 head cold TERM 228 hypoxemia DEFINITION 228 deficiency of oxygen in the blood TERM 229 asphyxia DEFINITION 229 condition caused by insufficient intake of oxygen TERM 230 cardio DEFINITION 230 heart TERM 231 vessel DEFINITION 231 angio or vasculo TERM 232 fatty plaque DEFINITION 232 athero TERM 233 artery DEFINITION 233 arterio TERM 234 arteriole DEFINITION 234 arteriolo TERM 235 atrium DEFINITION 235 atrio TERM 246 pulse DEFINITION 246 sphygmo TERM 247 steno DEFINITION 247 narrowing, stricture TERM 248 thrombo DEFINITION 248 blood clot TERM 249 ventricle DEFINITION 249 ventriculo TERM 250 valve DEFINITION 250 valvo or valvulo TERM 251 vaso DEFINITION 251 vessel, vas deferens, duct TERM 252 gram DEFINITION 252 record, writing TERM 253 graph DEFINITION 253 instrument for recording TERM 254 graphy DEFINITION 254 process of recording TERM 255 stenosis DEFINITION 255 narrowing, stricture TERM 256 endo DEFINITION 256 in, within TERM 257 ischemia DEFINITION 257 oxygen deficiency of heart TERM 258 outside DEFINITION 258 extra- TERM 259 brady- DEFINITION 259 slow TERM 260 around DEFINITION 260 peri- TERM 271 hypertension DEFINITION 271 elevated blood pressure TERM 272 hyperlipidemia DEFINITION 272 excessive amounts of lipids in blood TERM 273 embolus DEFINITION 273 undissolved "plug" of matter TERM 274 hemostasis DEFINITION 274 arrest of bleeding or circulation TERM 275 endocarditis DEFINITION 275 inflammation of inner lining of heart and its valves TERM 276 blood DEFINITION 276 hem/o or hemat/o TERM 277 poiesis DEFINITION 277 formation TERM 278 gland DEFINITION 278 adeno TERM 279 eosino DEFINITION 279 dawn colored TERM 280 red DEFINITION 280 erythro TERM 281 agglutino DEFINITION 281 clumping, gluing (think of gluten) TERM 282 blast/o DEFINITION 282 embryonic cell TERM 283 color DEFINITION 283 chromo TERM 284 bas/o DEFINITION 284 base TERM 285 lymph/o DEFINITION 285 lymph TERM 296 thymo DEFINITION 296 thymus gland TERM 297 phag/o DEFINITION 297 swallowing; eating TERM 298 xen/o DEFINITION 298 foreign, strange TERM 299 spleen/o DEFINITION 299 spleen TERM 300 plas/o DEFINITION 300 formation, growth TERM 301 ser/o DEFINITION 301 serum TERM 302 reticul/o DEFINITION 302 net, mesh TERM 303 thromb/o DEFINITION 303 blood clot TERM 304 -emia DEFINITION 304 blood condition TERM 305 protein DEFINITION 305 -globin TERM 306 graft DEFINITION 306 transplantation TERM 307 osis DEFINITION 307 abnormal condition, increase TERM 308 penia DEFINITION 308 decrease, deficiency TERM 309 phil DEFINITION 309 attraction for TERM 310 poiesis DEFINITION 310 formation, production TERM 321 rhomboid DEFINITION 321 like a rhombus with equal and parallel sides TERM 322 trapezius DEFINITION 322 like a 4 sided figure with two sides parallel TERM 323 oblique DEFINITION 323 runs fibers diagonally TERM 324 long DEFINITION 324 longus TERM 325 infra DEFINITION 325 below TERM 326 small DEFINITION 326 minimus TERM 327 lateralis DEFINITION 327 lateral TERM 328 rectus DEFINITION 328 fibers run straight TERM 329 transverse DEFINITION 329 fibers run across TERM 330 orbicularis DEFINITION 330 fibers run circular TERM 331 chewer DEFINITION 331 masseter TERM 332 brachii DEFINITION 332 arm TERM 333 dorso DEFINITION 333 back TERM 334 plantar DEFINITION 334 sole of foot TERM 335 fibro DEFINITION 335 fiber, fibrous tissue TERM 346 lamin/o DEFINITION 346 lamina TERM 347 cervical DEFINITION 347 pertaining to the neck TERM 348 thoracic DEFINITION 348 pertaining to the chest TERM 349 kyph/o DEFINITION 349 hill, mountain TERM 350 anky/o DEFINITION 350 stiffness, bent, crooked stiffness of a joint TERM 351 joint DEFINITION 351 arthr/o TERM 352 myel/o DEFINITION 352 bone marrow; spinal cord TERM 353 carp/o DEFINITION 353 wrist TERM 354 foot/child DEFINITION 354 ped/o or ped/i TERM 355 orth/o DEFINITION 355 straight TERM 356 scolio DEFINITION 356 crooked; bent TERM 357 chest DEFINITION 357 thoraco TERM 358 acromio DEFINITION 358 acromion TERM 359 brachio DEFINITION 359 arm TERM 360 head DEFINITION 360 cephalo TERM 371 ili/o DEFINITION 371 lateral, flaring bone of hip TERM 372 ischi/o DEFINITION 372 lower portion of hip bone TERM 373 lumbo DEFINITION 373 loins; lower back TERM 374 metacarp/o DEFINITION 374 hand bone TERM 375 metatarso DEFINITION 375 foot bone TERM 376 patello DEFINITION 376 kneecap TERM 377 pelvis DEFINITION 377 pelv/i TERM 378 pod/o DEFINITION 378 foot TERM 379 phalang/o DEFINITION 379 fingers/toes TERM 380 radi/o DEFINITION 380 radiation, x-ray; radius TERM 381 pub/o DEFINITION 381 anterior part of pelvic bone TERM 382 breastbone DEFINITION 382 stern/o TERM 383 spondyl/o or vertebr/o DEFINITION 383 breastbone TERM 384 tibi/o DEFINITION 384 tibia TERM 385 malacia DEFINITION 385 softening TERM 396 renal pelvis DEFINITION 396 pyel/o TERM 397 glomerulus DEFINITION 397 glomerul/o TERM 398 meato DEFINITION 398 opening, meatus TERM 399 urethra DEFINITION 399 urethr/o TERM 400 nephr/o or ren/o DEFINITION 400 kidney TERM 401 peritone/o DEFINITION 401 peritoneum TERM 402 ureter/o DEFINITION 402 ureter TERM 403 blano DEFINITION 403 glans penis TERM 404 male DEFINITION 404 andro TERM 405 vaso DEFINITION 405 vessels, vas deferens/duct TERM 406 varic/o DEFINITION 406 dilated vein TERM 407 epididym/o DEFINITION 407 epididymis TERM 408 testis DEFINITION 408 orch/o; orchi/o; orchid/o; test/o TERM 409 vesicul/o DEFINITION 409 seminal vesicle TERM 410 prostrate gland DEFINITION 410 prostat/o TERM 421 killing DEFINITION 421 cide TERM 422 genesis DEFINITION 422 beginning; formation TERM 423 iasis DEFINITION 423 abnormal specified condition TERM 424 ism DEFINITION 424 condition TERM 425 spadias DEFINITION 425 slit; fissure TERM 426 uria DEFINITION 426 urine TERM 427 through, across DEFINITION 427 dia TERM 428 retro DEFINITION 428 backward TERM 429 amnion DEFINITION 429 amni/o TERM 430 cervic/o DEFINITION 430 neck/neck of uterus TERM 431 vagina DEFINITION 431 colp/o or vagin/o TERM 432 milk DEFINITION 432 galact/o or lact/o TERM 433 gynec/o DEFINITION 433 woman, female TERM 434 uterus DEFINITION 434 hyster/o TERM 435 mammo or masto DEFINITION 435 breast TERM 446 salping/o DEFINITION 446 tube TERM 447 beginning DEFINITION 447 -arche TERM 448 -cyesis DEFINITION 448 pregnancy TERM 449 para DEFINITION 449 to bear TERM 450 adren/o or adrenal/o DEFINITION 450 adrenal glands TERM 451 calc/o DEFINITION 451 calcium TERM 452 crin/o DEFINITION 452 secrete TERM 453 gluco or glycol or glycoso DEFINITION 453 sugar/sweetness TERM 454 kal/i DEFINITION 454 potassium TERM 455 pancreat/o DEFINITION 455 pancreas TERM 456 parathyroid/o DEFINITION 456 parathyroid gland TERM 457 thym/o DEFINITION 457 thymus gland TERM 458 thyr/o or thyroid/o DEFINITION 458 thyroid gland TERM 459 toxic/o DEFINITION 459 poison TERM 460 -crine DEFINITION 460 secrete TERM 471 hyperkalemia DEFINITION 471 high serum potassium TERM 472 virile DEFINITION 472 masculine or having characteristics of a man TERM 473 hirsutism DEFINITION 473 excessive hair growth in unusual places TERM 474 acromegaly DEFINITION 474 literally enlargement of extremities TERM 475 diuresis DEFINITION 475 literally: condition of double urine TERM 476 kinesiology DEFINITION 476 the study of movement TERM 477 narco DEFINITION 477 stupor, numbness, sleep TERM 478 esthesia DEFINITION 478 feeling TERM 479 plegia DEFINITION 479 paralysis TERM 480 agnosia DEFINITION 480 condition of not knowing TERM 481 asthenia DEFINITION 481 literally condition without strength TERM 482 ataxia DEFINITION 482 condition without coordination TERM 483 dementia DEFINITION 483 condition of mental decline TERM 484 dyslexia DEFINITION 484 dif phrasing TERM 485 anencephaly DEFINITION 485 without portion of brain