Medical Terminology Quiz

Stomat/o

mouth

Dento/o

teeth

Gloss/o/lingu/o

tongue

Gingiv/o

gums

Encephal/o

brain

Gastr/o

stomach (Gastritis and gastrectomy)

Enter/o

intestine

Col/o

large intestine

Proct/o

anus/rectum

Hepat/o

liver

Nephr/o/rene

kidney

Orchid/o, test/o

testis (Orchiditis, orchidectomy, testicular artery, testosterone)

Oophor/o

ovary

Hyster/o/metr/o

uterus

Salping/o

uterine tubes

Derm/o

skin

Mast/o/mamm/o

breast

Oste/o

bones (osteitis, chondroma, chondrocyte)

Cardi/o

heart

Cyst/o

bladder

Rhino

nose

Phleb/o/ven/o

veins

Pneum/o/pulm/o

lung

Hem/o/emia

blood

Cephal/o

head

Crani/o

skull

Arthr/o

joint (arthritis, arthroplasty)

My/o

muscle

Carcin/o

cancer

Therm

heat

Inter-

between

a-

without

dys-

difficult, painful, abnormal

sub

below, underneath

bi-

two

post-

after

myocarditis

muscle layer of heart inflamed

pericarditis

outer layer of heart inflamed

endocarditis

inner layer of heart inflamed

cardiologist

a physician specializing in the heart

cardiomegaly

enlargement of the heart

cardiomyopathy

damage to heart muscle layer

-itis

inflammation (tonsillitis, appendicitis)

-osis

abnormal condition (cyanosis)

-ectomy

to cut out/remove (appendectomy, tonsillectomy)

-otomy

to cut into, incision

tracheotomy

to cut into windpipe, temporary opening

-ostomy

surgically create an opening

colostomy

opening for colon through abdominal wall

micro-

small

microstomia

abnormally small mouth

macro-

large

macrostomia

abnormally large mouth

mega/-megaly

enlarged

megacolon

abnormally large colon/intestine

-scopy

to look, observe

colonoscopy

look into colon

-logy

study of

cardiology

study of the heart

-gram

record or picture

electrocardiogram

study of the heart's electricity

-pathy

disease, abnormality

myopathy

muscle disease

-stasis

stopping

hemostasis

stopping blood flow

-graphy/-graph

recording an image

mammography

imaging the breasts

mammogram

the image of the breast

Leuk/o

white

Leukemia

overabundance of WBC

melan/o

black

melanoma

black tumor of the skin

cyan/o

blue

cyanosis

blueness may be due to cold or not enough

xanth/o

yellow

xanthoma

yellow tumor

-oma

a swelling (names tumors)

Aden/o

gland (adenoma)

Lip/o

fat (lipoma)

My/o

muscle (myoma)

Lymph/o

lymph tissue (lymphoma)

Carcin/o

malignant (carcinoma)

Osteo/o

bone (osteoma)

Endo

within, inside of

endoscopy

to inspect the inside of an organ or space with a lighted instrument

Peri

around

perianal

around the anus

Circum

around

circumcise

cut around

Retro

behind

retrosternal

behind the breastbone

Epi

upon, on top

epidermis

the top or outermost layer of the skin

Trans

through

transurethral

through the urinary exit duct

Intra

within

intravenous

inside the veins (IV fluids)

Sub

below

subclavian

below the clavicle = collar bone

Cardi/o

heart