Medical Terminology

Quiz 1

cyan/o

Blue

Cyanosis

Blue discoloration of the skin caused by lack of adequate oxygen in the blood

Osis

Abnormal condition or disease

Erythr/o

red

cyte

cell

erythrocyte

mature red blood cell

leuk/o

white

leukocyte

white blood cell

melan/o

black

melanosis

any condition of unusual deposits of black pigment in body tissues or organs

poli/o

gray

myel

spinal cord

itis

inflammation

poliomyelitis

viral infection of the gray nerve tissue of the spinal cord

gastr

stomach

hyper

excessive or increased

enter

small intestine

gastroenteritis

inflammation of the stomach and small intestine

neur/o

nerve

plasty

repair

rrhaphy

surgical suturing

ectomy

surgical removal

crani

skull

cardi

heart

--ac, eal, ior, al, ical, ory, an, ial, ous, ar, ic, tic, ary, ine

suffixes meaning “pertaining to”

ago, iasis, osis, esis, ion, pathy, ia, ism

suffixes meaning “abnormal”

path

disease

ology

study of

-algia

pain and suffering

-dynia

pain

-megaly

enlargement

hepat/o

liver

-malacia

abnormal softening

arteri/o

artery

-necrosis

tissue death

-sclerosis

abnormal hardening

-stenosis

abnormal narrowing

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

-graphy

process of producing a picture or record

-gram

picture or record

my/o

muscle

-scopy

visual examination

arthr/o

joint

-rrhage & -rrhagia

bleeding (often sudden/severe)

hem/o

blood

ten/o

tendon

-rrhea

flow or discharge (of most body fluids)

dia

through

pre

before

nat

birth

peri-

surrounding

post`

after

ab-

away from, negative, absent

ad-

toward, to, in the direction of

dextro

right side

sinistro

left sidee

ex-

out of, outside, away from

in-

in, into, not, without

macro

large, abnormal size, long

micro

small

mega, megalo

large, great

oligo

scanty, few

pre-

before

post-

after, behind

dys-

bad, difficult or painful

eu-

good, normal, well or easy

hypo

deficient or decreased

inter

between or among

intra

within or inside

sub

under, less, below

super, supra

above or excessive

laryng

larynx or throat

ot/o

ear

appendic

appendix

suffix ending in -a (singular)

-ae (plural)

suffix ending in -ex or -ix (singular)

-ices (plural)

-is (singular)

-es (plural)

-itis (singular)

-ides (plural)

-nx (singular)

-ges (plural)

-on (singular)

-a (plural)

-um (singular)

-a (plural)

-us (singular)

-i (plural)

sign

objective evidence of diseases

symptom

subjective evidence of a disease

syndrom

set of signs and symptoms that occur together as part of specific disease process

diagnosis

the process of reaching a diagnosis

differential diagnosis

a rule out. an attempt to determine which of the several possible diseases is causin ghte signs and symptoms that are present

prognosis

a prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disease

acute

a condition has a rapid onset, a sever course, and a relatively short duration

chronic

a condition of a long duration

remission

the temporary, partial, or complete disappearance of the symptoms of a disease without having achieved a cure

disease

a condition in which one or more body part are not functioning normally

eponym

a disease, structure, operation, or procedure

acronym

a word formed from the initial letter of the major parts of a compound

ather/o

plaque or fatty substance

-ostomy

the surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface

col

colon

-otomy

cutting or a surgical incision

pyel

renal pelvis

fissure

groove or crack-like sore of the skin