Medical Terminology quiz 1

What does gen/o mean?

Creation, cause, or origin.

What does hydr/o mean?

Water.

What does morph/o mean?

Form or shape; change in form.

What does myc/o mean?

Fungus.

What does necr/o mean?

Death.

What does orth/o mean?

Straight or correct.

What does path/o mean?

Disease.

What does phag/o mean?

Eat or swallow.

What does plas/o mean?

Formation or development.

What does py/o mean?

Pus.

What does scler/o mean?

Hard.

What does sten/o mean?

Narrowing.

What does troph/o mean?

Development or nourishment.

What does xen/o mean?

Foreign.

What does xer/o mean?

Dry.

What do hem/o and hemat/o mean?

Blood.

What do derm/o, dermat/o, and cutane/o mean?

Skin.

What do -ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ous, and -tic mean?

Pertaining to.

What do -ia, -ism, -ium, and -y commonly form?

Nouns indicating conditions, structures, or processes.

What do -icle, -ole, -ule, and -ula indicate?

Small or little (diminutive).

What does -logy mean?

Study of.

What does -logist mean?

Specialist in a field of study.

What does -iatry mean?

Medical treatment or specialty.

What does -iatric mean?

Pertaining to medical treatment.

What does -iatrist mean?

A physician specializing in a field of treatment.

What does -ist mean?

Specialist or practitioner.

What do -algia and -dynia mean?

Pain.

What does -cele mean?

Hernia or protrusion.

What does -emia mean?

Blood condition.

What does -iasis mean?

Abnormal condition or presence of something.

What does -itis mean?

Inflammation.

What does -lysis mean?

Breakdown or destruction.

What does -malacia mean?

Abnormal softening.

What does -megaly mean?

Enlargement.

What does -oid mean?

Resembling.

What does -oma mean?

Tumor or mass.

What does -osis mean?

Condition, often abnormal.

What does -pathy mean?

Disease.

What does -penia mean?

Deficiency or decrease in number.

What does -ptosis mean?

Drooping or downward displacement.

What does -rrhage mean?

Excessive flow or bleeding.

What does -rrhea mean?

Flow or discharge.

What does -rrhexis mean?

Rupture.

What does -spasm mean?

Involuntary contraction.

What does -centesis mean?

Surgical puncture.

What does -gram mean?

Record or image.

What does -graph mean?

Instrument used for recording.

What does -graphy mean?

Process of recording.

What does -meter mean?

Instrument used for measuring.

What does -metry mean?

Process of measuring.

What does -scope mean?

Instrument used for viewing.

What does -scopy mean?

Process of visual examination.

What does -desis mean?

Surgical binding or fixation.

What does -ectomy mean?

Surgical removal.

What does -pexy mean?

Surgical fixation.

What does -plasty mean?

Surgical repair or reconstruction.

What does -rrhaphy mean?

Surgical suturing.

What does -stomy mean?

Surgical creation of an opening.

What does -tomy mean?

Incision or cutting into.

What do a- and an- mean?

Without or absence of.

What does anti- mean?

Against.

What does contra- mean?

Against or opposite.

What does de- mean?

Removal, reversal, or away from.

What does ante- mean?

Before.

What does pre- mean?

Before.

What does pro- mean?

Before or forward.

What does brady- mean?

Slow.

What does tachy- mean?

Fast or rapid.

What does post- mean?

After.

What does re- mean?

Again or back.

What does ab- mean?

Away from.

What does ad- mean?

Toward.

What does circum- mean?

Around.

What does peri- mean?

Around or surrounding.

What does dia- mean?

Through or across.

What does trans- mean?

Across or through.

What do e-, ec-, and ex- mean?

Out or away from.

What do ecto-, exo-, and extra- mean?

Outside or external.

What do en-, endo-, and intra- mean?

Within or inside.

What does epi- mean?

Upon or above.

What does sub- mean?

Under or below.

What does inter- mean?

Between.

What does bi- mean?

Two.

What do hemi- and semi- mean?

Half or partial.

What does hyper- mean?

Above normal or excessive.

What does hypo- mean?

Below normal or deficient.

What does macro- mean?

Large.

What does micro- mean?

Small.

What do mono- and uni- mean?

One or single.

What does oligo- mean?

Few or scanty.

What does pan- mean?

All or entire.

What do poly- and multi- mean?

Many or much.

What do con-, sym-, and syn- mean?

Together or with.

What does dys- mean?

Difficult, painful, or abnormal.

What does eu- mean?

Good or normal.

Break down cardiology.

cardi/o = heart; -logy = study of.

What does hepatitis mean?

Inflammation of the liver.

Break down pericarditis.

peri- = around; cardi = heart; -itis = inflammation.

What does transdermal mean?

Through or across the skin.

What does hypodermic mean?

Pertaining to beneath the skin.