Medical Terminology Ch 4 Pt 1

1) What is the prefix for "away from"

ab-

2) What are three prefixes that all mean "without" or "not"

a- an- in-

3) What is the term for one who (muscle which) leads away from the body

abductor

4) What term that pertains to "away from the norm (rule); not regular"

abnormal

5) What term means enlargement of extremities

acromegaly

6) What is the prefix for "toward"

ad-

7) What is the term for a muscle which moves a body part towards the midline of the body

adductor

8) What are the endocrine glands located above the kidneys

adrenal glands

9) What is the prefix for "up, apart"

ana-

10) What is the process of building up materials (proteins) within cells

anabolism

11) What is the term for separating something into the parts that it is made of

analysis

12) What is the term meaning without oxygen (in tissues)

anoxia

13) What is the prefix for "before

ante-

14) What term means "before meals"

ante cibum (ANT-tee-SEE-bum)

15) What is the term for "bending forward"

anteflexion

16) What is the term that means "before birth"

antepartum

17) What is the prefix for "against"

anti-

18) What term means "against life (germ life) "

antibiotic

19) What is the protein substance made in the body to destroy foreign antigens

antibody

20) What is a substance (usually foreign) that stimulates the production of antibodies Example is Streptococci.

antigen

21) What is the term for prevention of infection by inhibiting the growth of germs

antisepsis

22) What is a substance produced in response to and capable of neutralizing a toxin

antitoxin

23) What is the term for "not breathing"

apnea

24) What is a condition related to making antibodies (immune substances) against one's own tissues

autoimmune disease

25) What term means harmless, noncancerous

benign

26) What is the prefix for "two"

bi-

27) What is the term for forking (branching) into two For example the trachea branches into two individual tubes.

bifurcation

28) What term pertains to two sides

bilateral

29) What is the suffix that means "embryonic"

-blast

30) What is the prefix for "slow"

brady-

31) What is the term for a slow heartbeat

bradycardia

32) What is the combining form for "wrist bones"

carp/o

33) What is the prefix for "breakdown"

cata-

34) What is the process of breaking down materials (such as sugar) to release energy in cells

catabolism

35) What is the combining form of the word "meals"

cib/o

36) What is the combining form that means "to cut"

cis/o

37) What is the prefix for "with, together"

con-

38) What term means an irregularity at birth

congenital anomaly

39) What term means to tie (bind) together

connective

40) What is the prefix for "against" or "opposite"

contra-

41) What term means to point out against; as reasons why a drug should not be taken

contraindication

42) What term pertains to the opposite side

contralateral

43) What term pertains to the same side

ipsilateral

44) What is the suffix that means "to secrete"

-crine

45) What is the combining form of the word "skin"

cutane/o

46) What is the combining form for "ribs"

cost/o

47) What is the combining form that means "fingers, toes"

dactyl/o

48) What is the prefix for "down"

de-

49) What term means lack of water

dehydration

50) What prefix means "complete, through"

dia-

51) What term means "complete separation"

dialysis

52) What are two types of dialysis

hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis

53) What term means "to measure through"

diameter

54) What term means " to flow through" (water is not properly absorbed through the walls of the colon.)

diarrhea

55) What is the suffix that means "to run"

-drome

56) What is the combining word that means "to lead"

duct/o

57) What is the prefix meaning "bad, painful, difficult"

dys-

58) Abnormal ("bad") development or formation is called

dysplasia

59) What term means "difficult or painful breathing"

dyspnea

60) What is the prefix for "outside"

ec-

61) What is a pregnancy with implantation out of the normal place (usually in the fallopian tubes)

ectopic pregnancy

62) What is the prefix for "in, within"

endo-

63) What is the inner lining (membrane) of the heart

endocardium

64) What is the instrument to view within the body

endoscope

65) What are three specific types of endoscopes

gastroscope, bronchoscope, laparoscope

66) What term means "within the trachea"

endotracheal

67) What is the prefix for "above"

epi-

68) What term means "skin cell", or surface cells that line internal organs and are found in the skin

epithelium

69) What is the prefix for "normal"

eu-

70) What is the term for "a good feeling"

euphoria

71) A normal thyroid function is referred to as

euthyroid

72) What is the term for eyeballs that protrude

exophthalmos

73) What is the combining word that means "to bend"

flex/o

74) What is the combining word that means "forking"

furc/o

75) What is the term that means "coming together"

fusion

76) What is the suffix that means "substance that produces"

-gen

77) What is the combining form for "tongue"

gloss/o or ling/o

78) What is the combining word that means "sugar"

glyc/o

79) What is the prefix for "half"

hemi-

80) Removal of half the tongue is called what

hemiglossectomy

81) What is an increase in blood sugar called

hyperglycemia

82) What is a decrease in blood sugar called

hypoglycemia

83) What is the term for increased number of cells

hyperplasia

84) What is an increase in size of cells or muscles called

hypertrophy

85) What is the prefix for "deficient, under"

hypo-

86) What term pertains to "under the skin"

hypodermic

87) What term involves the use of a needle and syringe to force liquid under the skin

hypodermic injection

88) What is the combining word that means "protection"

immun/o

89) What is the term for the "process of cutting into; sectioning"

incision

90) What is the prefix for "below"

infra-

91) What term pertains to "below ribs"

infracostal

92) What term pertains to the inability to sleep

insomniac

93) What is the prefix for "between"

inter-

94) What term pertains to "between the ribs"

intercostal

95) What is the prefix for "within"

intra-

96) What term pertains to "within a vein"

intravenous

What is the term for blood flow being held back from an area

ischemia (e.g. cerebral ischemia)

97) What is the suffix that means "to slide"

-lapse

98) What is the suffix that means "breakdown"

-lysis

99) What is the prefix for "large"

macro-