Medical terminology quiz 1

-ectomy

surgical removal, excision

-osis

condition (often an abnormal condition; sometimes an increase)

peri-

surrounding, around

thrombosis

formation of a blood clot

Dyspnea

difficulty breathing

hyperemia

redness of the skin due to increased blood flow

-iatrician

practitioner

-logic

pertaining to the study of

-logical

pertaining to the study of

-iatrics

medical profession or treatment

-iatry

medical profession or treatment

-logy

study of

-centesis

surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid

-lysis

process of loosening, freeing, or destroying

-pexy

surgical fixation (fastening in a fixed position)

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhaphy

suture (uniting a wound by stitches)

-scopy

visual examination with a lighted instrument (not always a surgical procedure)

-stomy

forming of an opening

-tome

An instrument used to cut

-tomy

incision (cutting into tissue)

-tripsy

surgical crushing

-algia

pain

-dynia

pain

-cele

hernia (protrusion of all or part of an organ through the wall of the cavity that contains it)

Inter-

between

Intra-

within

-ist

one who

-logist

suffix: one who studies, specialist

-er/ist

one who

-ectasia

dilation (dilation, enlargement, or stretching of a structure or part)

-ectasis

dilation (dilation, enlargement, or stretching of a structure or part)

-emesis

vomiting

-emia

condition of blood

-ia, -iasis

condition

-itis

inflammation

-lith

stone, calculus

-malacia

soft, softening

-mania

excessive preoccupation

-megaly

enlargement

-oid

resembling

-oma

tumor

-osis

condition (often an abnormal condition; sometimes an increase)

-pathy

disease

-penia

deficiency

-phobia

abnormal fear

-ptosis

prolapse (sagging)

-rrhage, -rrhagia

excessive bleeding or hemorrhage

-rrhea

flow, discharge

-rrhexis

rupture

-spasm

twitching, cramp

-stasis

stopping, controlling

-able, -ible

capable of, able to

-ac, -al, -an, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ive, -tic

pertaining to

-iac

one who suffers

-ose

sugar

-ous

pertaining to or characterized by

-y

state or condition

anesthesiology

is the branch of medicine concerned with the administration of anesthetics and their effects

angiogram

is an X-ray film of blood vessels filled with a contrast medium

appendicitis

is the inflammation of the appendix

atrophy

It is a condition of wasting away of a cell, tissue, organ, or part

cerebral

pertaining to the brain

cholelith

gallstone: a stone in the bile

Dilatation

enlargement or stretching of a structure or part

edema

means the presence of abnormally large amounts of fluid in the tissues

Swelling

Encephalitis

inflammation of the brain

geriartrics

The branch of medicine that deals with the problems of aging and the diseases of elderly persons

gyneocology

It is devoted to treating diseases of the female reproductive organs, including the breasts

Hepatitis

inflammation of the liver

Hospitalist

physicians who specialize in the care of patients staying in the hospital

Lympathic

pertaining to the heart, heat, middle, alveoli, saliva, peritoneum, lymphatic system, invasion, and kidney

neonatologist

a physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating disorders of the newborn

neoplasm

new growth (tumor)

Neurologic

pertaining to the nervous system

oncology

a rapidly changing specialty, involves the study of malignancy (cancer)

pediatrician

specializes in the development and care of infants and children and in the treatment of their diseases

peritoneum

membrane that lines the abdominal cavity

pneumonia

inflammation of the lungs

pulmonary

pertaining to the lungs

radiologic

pertaining to radiology

Radiological

pertaining to radiology

radiologist

Medical specialist in the use of x-rays and other imaging techniques

spasm

twitching, cramp

therapist

professional trained in the practice of a particular therapy

Triage

The medical screening of patients to determine their relative priority of need and the proper place of treatment

urinary

pertaining to urine

mono-, uni-

one

bi-, di-

two

tri-

three

quad-, quadri-, tetra-

four

hemi-, semi-

half, partly

hyper-

excessive, more than normal

hypo-

under, less than normal

multi-, poly-

many

super-, ultra-

excessive

ab-

away from

ad-

toward

ante-, pre-, pro-

before in time or place

circum-, peri-

around