medical terminology midterm | CLAS 1030 - Medical Terminology, Quizzes of Medical Sciences

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TERM 1 a- DEFINITION 1 not, without, lacking, deficient TERM 2 anti- DEFINITION 2 against, opposed to, preventing, relieving TERM 3 di DEFINITION 3 two, twice, double TERM 4 dys DEFINITION 4 painful, difficult, defective, abnormal TERM 5 ec- (ex-) DEFINITION 5 out of, away from TERM 6 ecto- DEFINITION 6 outside of TERM 7 en- DEFINITION 7 in, into, within TERM 8 endo-, ento- DEFINITION 8 within TERM 9 epi- (ep-) DEFINITION 9 upon, over, above TERM 10 exo- DEFINITION 10 outside, from the outside, towards the outside TERM 21 -iac DEFINITION 21 forms nouns; persons afflicted with TERM 22 -iasis DEFINITION 22 forms abstract nouns; disease, abnormal condition, abnormal presence of TERM 23 -ic DEFINITION 23 forms adjectives; pertaining to, located in; as nouns indicate a drug or agent person suffering from a certain disability or condition TERM 24 -in, -ine DEFINITION 24 forms names of substances TERM 25 -ist DEFINITION 25 forms nouns; a person intersted in TERM 26 -itic DEFINITION 26 forms adjectives; pertaining to, pertaining to inflammation as nouns, a drug or agent TERM 27 -itis DEFINITION 27 inflammation TERM 28 -itides DEFINITION 28 plural form; inflammation TERM 29 -ium DEFINITION 29 forms nouns; membrane, connective tissue TERM 30 -ma DEFINITION 30 abnormal or diseased condition TERM 31 -osis DEFINITION 31 forms nouns; abnormal or diseased condition TERM 32 -otic DEFINITION 32 pertaining to TERM 33 -sia DEFINITION 33 forms abstract nouns; state, condition TERM 34 -sis DEFINITION 34 state, condition TERM 35 -tic DEFINITION 35 pertaining to, drug, agent TERM 46 cephal- DEFINITION 46 head TERM 47 crani- DEFINITION 47 skull TERM 48 cyt- DEFINITION 48 [hollow container] cell TERM 49 encephal- DEFINITION 49 brain TERM 50 erythr- DEFINITION 50 red, red blood cell TERM 51 lept- DEFINITION 51 thin, fine, slight TERM 52 leuk- DEFINITION 52 white, white blood cell TERM 53 lith- DEFINITION 53 stone, calculus TERM 54 log- DEFINITION 54 word, study TERM 55 malac- DEFINITION 55 soft TERM 56 mes- DEFINITION 56 middle, secondary, partial, mesentery TERM 57 -meter, metr- DEFINITION 57 measure, measuring device TERM 58 nephr- DEFINITION 58 kidney TERM 59 neur- DEFINITION 59 [tendon] nerve, nervous system TERM 60 oste- DEFINITION 60 bone TERM 71 sten- DEFINITION 71 the narrowing (of a part of the body) TERM 72 tox- DEFINITION 72 a substance poisonous to (a part of the body) TERM 73 amphi-, ampho- DEFINITION 73 on both sides, around, both TERM 74 ana- DEFINITION 74 up, back, against TERM 75 apo- DEFINITION 75 away from TERM 76 cata- DEFINITION 76 downward, disordered TERM 77 dia- DEFINITION 77 through, across apart TERM 78 eso- DEFINITION 78 within, inner, inward TERM 79 eu- DEFINITION 79 good, healthy, normal TERM 80 heter-, hetero- DEFINITION 80 different, other, relationship to another TERM 81 homo-, homeo- DEFINITION 81 same, likeness TERM 82 meta- DEFINITION 82 change, transformation, after, behind TERM 83 para- DEFINITION 83 alongside, around, abnormal, beyond TERM 84 pro- DEFINITION 84 before TERM 85 pros-, prosth- DEFINITION 85 in place of TERM 96 oma DEFINITION 96 tumor, disease TERM 97 -ose DEFINITION 97 names of chemical substances; full of, resembling TERM 98 -ous DEFINITION 98 characterized by, full of TERM 99 -us DEFINITION 99 condition, person TERM 100 -ize DEFINITION 100 to make, become, cause to be, subject to, engage in TERM 101 acr- DEFINITION 101 [highest point] extremities (particularly the hands and feet) TERM 102 ambly- DEFINITION 102 dull, faint TERM 103 carcin- DEFINITION 103 carcinoma, cancer TERM 104 -cel- DEFINITION 104 hernia, tumor, swelling TERM 105 cheir-, chir- DEFINITION 105 hand TERM 106 chol(e)- DEFINITION 106 bile, gall TERM 107 col(i)-, colon- DEFINITION 107 colon TERM 108 cyan- DEFINITION 108 blue TERM 109 cyst(i)-, -cystis DEFINITION 109 bladder, cyst TERM 110 diplo- DEFINITION 110 double, twin TERM 121 nyct- DEFINITION 121 night TERM 122 odyn- DEFINITION 122 pain TERM 123 onc- DEFINITION 123 tumor TERM 124 pachy- DEFINITION 124 thick TERM 125 pseud- DEFINITION 125 false TERM 126 py- DEFINITION 126 pus TERM 127 sarc- DEFINITION 127 flesh, soft tissue TERM 128 spasm- DEFINITION 128 spasm, involuntary muscle contraction TERM 129 splen- DEFINITION 129 spleen TERM 130 stom-, stomat- DEFINITION 130 mouth, opening TERM 131 arachn- DEFINITION 131 spider, web; arachnoid membrane TERM 132 chlor- DEFINITION 132 green TERM 133 chondr- DEFINITION 133 cartilage TERM 134 dactyl- DEFINITION 134 finger, toe TERM 135 derm(at)-, -derma DEFINITION 135 skin TERM 146 myc(et)- DEFINITION 146 fungus TERM 147 myel- DEFINITION 147 bone marrow, spinal cord TERM 148 narc- DEFINITION 148 stupor, numbness TERM 149 necr- DEFINITION 149 corpse; dead TERM 150 olig- DEFINITION 150 few, deficient TERM 151 onych- DEFINITION 151 fingernail, toenail TERM 152 pod- DEFINITION 152 foot TERM 153 poli- DEFINITION 153 gray matter of the brain and spinal cord TERM 154 poly- DEFINITION 154 many, excessive TERM 155 por- DEFINITION 155 passage, opening, duct, pore, cavity TERM 156 psych- DEFINITION 156 [soul] mind TERM 157 som(at)-, -soma DEFINITION 157 body TERM 158 sthen- DEFINITION 158 strength TERM 159 trachel- DEFINITION 159 neck, cervix TERM 160 xanth- DEFINITION 160 yellow TERM 171 ly(s)- DEFINITION 171 ddestroy, break down TERM 172 myx- DEFINITION 172 mucus TERM 173 orth- DEFINITION 173 straight, erect; normal TERM 174 ot- DEFINITION 174 ear TERM 175 path- DEFINITION 175 disease TERM 176 phil- DEFINITION 176 love; have an affinity for TERM 177 pt- DEFINITION 177 fall, sag, drop, prolapse TERM 178 pyr- DEFINITION 178 fever, burning TERM 179 pyret- DEFINITION 179 fever TERM 180 pyrex- DEFINITION 180 be feverish TERM 181 rhe- DEFINITION 181 [run] flow, secrete TERM 182 rhag- DEFINITION 182 flow profusely, hemorrhage TERM 183 rhex- DEFINITION 183 rupture TERM 184 rhin- DEFINITION 184 nose TERM 185 scop- DEFINITION 185 look at, examine TERM 196 -genesis DEFINITION 196 formation, origin TERM 197 -genic DEFINITION 197 cuasing, producing, caused TERM 198 -genous DEFINITION 198 by, produced by or in TERM 199 -gram DEFINITION 199 a record of the activity of an organ TERM 200 -graph DEFINITION 200 an instrument for recording the activity of an organ TERM 201 -graphy DEFINITION 201 recording of the activity of an organ, descriptive treatise TERM 202 -lysis DEFINITION 202 dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration TERM 203 -lytic DEFINITION 203 pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintegration TERM 204 -pathy DEFINITION 204 disease TERM 205 -ptosis DEFINITION 205 dropping, sagging, prolapse TERM 206 -rrhagia DEFINITION 206 profuse discharge, hemmorrhage TERM 207 -rrhea DEFINITION 207 profuse discharge, excessive secretion TERM 208 -rrhexis DEFINITION 208 bursting (of tissues), rupture TERM 209 -scope DEFINITION 209 an instrument for examining TERM 210 -scopy DEFINITION 210 examination TERM 221 edema, edemat- DEFINITION 221 swelling TERM 222 eme- DEFINITION 222 vomit TERM 223 gno(s)- DEFINITION 223 know TERM 224 lal- DEFINITION 224 talk TERM 225 lapar- DEFINITION 225 abdomen, abdominal wall TERM 226 lex- DEFINITION 226 read TERM 227 mne- DEFINITION 227 remember TERM 228 ne- DEFINITION 228 new TERM 229 no- DEFINITION 229 mind, mental activity, comprehension TERM 230 orec-, orex- DEFINITION 230 have an apetite TERM 231 ox(y)- DEFINITION 231 acute, pointed; rapid, acid, oxygen TERM 232 pha- DEFINITION 232 speak, communicate TERM 233 phag- DEFINITION 233 swallow, eat TERM 234 pharmac(eu)- DEFINITION 234 medicine, drug TERM 235 phem- DEFINITION 235 speech TERM 246 stear-, steat- DEFINITION 246 fat, sebum, sebaceous glands TERM 247 andr- DEFINITION 247 man, male TERM 248 ankyl-, ancyl- DEFINITION 248 fused, stiffened; hooked, crooked TERM 249 aphrodis(i)- DEFINITION 249 sexual desire TERM 250 brachy- DEFINITION 250 short TERM 251 crypt- DEFINITION 251 hidden, latent TERM 252 dem- DEFINITION 252 people, population TERM 253 dolich- DEFINITION 253 long, narrow, slender TERM 254 drom- DEFINITION 254 a running TERM 255 er-, erot- DEFINITION 255 sexual desire TERM 256 gyn(ec)- DEFINITION 256 woman, female TERM 257 helmint(h)- DEFINITION 257 (intestinal) worm TERM 258 nemat DEFINITION 258 thread (worm) TERM 259 nos- DEFINITION 259 disease, illness TERM 260 odont- DEFINITION 260 tooth TERM 271 the- DEFINITION 271 place, put TERM 272 trich- DEFINITION 272 hair TERM 273 troph- DEFINITION 273 nourishment TERM 274 aden- DEFINITION 274 gland TERM 275 aer- DEFINITION 275 air, gas TERM 276 blenn- DEFINITION 276 mucus TERM 277 cel(i)- DEFINITION 277 abdomen TERM 278 ch(e)il- DEFINITION 278 lip TERM 279 chron- DEFINITION 279 time, timing TERM 280 cla(s)-, -clast DEFINITION 280 break up , destroy TERM 281 -desis DEFINITION 281 binding TERM 282 desm- DEFINITION 282 ligament, connective tissue TERM 283 dynam- DEFINITION 283 force, power, energy TERM 284 ger- DEFINITION 284 old age TERM 285 gnath- DEFINITION 285 (lower) jaw TERM 296 pen- DEFINITION 296 decrease, deficiency TERM 297 -pex- DEFINITION 297 fixing, surgical attachment TERM 298 plas(t)- DEFINITION 298 form, develop TERM 299 presby- DEFINITION 299 old, old age TERM 300 prostat- DEFINITION 300 prostate gland TERM 301 pty- DEFINITION 301 spit TERM 302 ptyal- DEFINITION 302 saliva TERM 303 -rrhap- DEFINITION 303 suture TERM 304 sit- DEFINITION 304 food TERM 305 sta(t)- DEFINITION 305 stand, stop TERM 306 tax- DEFINITION 306 (muscular) coordination TERM 307 therm- DEFINITION 307 heat, body temperature TERM 308 trop- DEFINITION 308 turning