med term ihn

bile duct

cholangilo

prolapse or downward displacement

ptosis

orchio

testicle

paresis

slight paralysis

polyp/o

combining form for small growth

hepatocele

hapat/o means liver. Swelling or herniation of the liver is

Esophagram

Radiographic image of the esophagus

near

proxim/o

megaly

enlargement

abduction

moving away form the midline

scler/osis

a word root is used before a suffix that begins with a vowel. An example of this rule is:

cardi/o/centesis

enter/o/lysis

therm/o/meter

scler/osis

dia

through

an abnormal condition of a fungus in the nail is called

onychomycosis

forward slipping of one vertebra over another is

spondylolisthesis

desis

the suffix that means surgical fixation of a bone or joint

coni/o

the combining form for dust is

ascites

An abnormal accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity is

ad

toward

uterine tube

salping/o

eti/oTrue

cause (of disease)

beside

para

True

The combining form for breathe spir/o

all, total

pan

urticaria

the medical term for hives is

sarc/o

A combining form that means flesh is

pleura, pleurata

which set of singular/plural terms is paired incorrectly

exacerbation

A patient with multiple sclerosis may experience an increase in the severity of symptoms or a(n)

skull

crani/o

Ischemia

A condition of deficient blood flow due to constriction or obstruction

diaphragm

phren/o

Treatment, Specialty

iatry

Producing, Originating, Causing

genic

poiesis: Prolapse, downward placement

which of the following is paired incorrectly

softening

malacia

rapid

tachy

thirst

dips/o

muscle weakness

myasthenia

true

True or false: pneumon/o means air

cyan/o

The combining form that means blue

lithotomy

The pelvic examination required the patient to be lying on her back with her legs raised and feet in stirrups, hips and knees flexed, thighs abducted and externally rotated, or in the (Blank) position

Suffix

when defining a medical term, one usually begins the definition with the

Carcinomas

The pleural form of carcinoma is

Sugar (Glucose)

Glycosuria indicates that the urine contains

poli/o

The combining form that means grey matter

True

true or false: Gastr/o/rrhexis is a rupture of the stomach

suprarenal

above the kidney

bronchiectasis

dilation of the bronchi is

hemothorax

A patient with blood in the chest cavity has a

alopecia

An elevated androgen level may cause hair loss or

True or false: The suffix, plegia means paralysis

leuk/o

white

lip

cheil/o

rrhaphy

the suffix for suturing is

false

True or False: The prefix that means good is ue

vessel

angi/o

atel/o

incomplete

within

intra

nephrohypertrophy

excessive development of the kidney

hypodermic

pertaining to under the skin

below

infer/o

Arthroscopy

visual examination of a joint

fatty plaque

ather/o

Diagnosis

the abbreviation Dx means

bursae

The plural form of bursa is

contusion

A term that means bruise is

adenocarcinoma

A term that means cancerous tumor of a glandular tissue is

petechiae

Pinpoint skin hemorrhages are called

anterior

The term ventral has a meaning similar to

cost/o

The combining form for ribs is

abnormal reduction in number

-penia

infection

The invasion of pathogens in the body tissue is referred to as

nuclei

The pleural form of nucleus is

humer/o

The combining form for the upper arm bone is

phlebostenosis

Narrowing of a vein is

spermatolysis

dissolution of sperm

false

True or false: the suffix for an incision is -ectomy

bone marrow

myel/o

stroke

a condition in which there is an interruption of blood supply to the brain is

goiter

enlargement of the thyroid gland

nephr

choose the word root

cryosurgery

local anesthesia is seldom employed for a procedure using extreme cold to remove small skin lesions. This procedure is called

an eponym

a medical term built from the name of a person, often a physician or scientist who was the first to identify a technique or condition, such as Alzheimer’s disease is

vomiting

-emesis

angioscope

instrument used for visual examination of a blood vessel

renal pelvis

pyel/o

nosebleed

epitaxis means

nebulizer

the device that creates a mist is called a

mouth

stomat/o

vessel

vas/o

slow heartbeat

Bradycardia means

surgical breaking of a bone

osteoclasis means

pharyngitis

inflammation of the heart

auscultation

the act of using a stethoscope to listen for sound within the body is called

surgical puncture to aspirate fluid

centesis

Anemia

The condition in which there is a reduction in the number of erythrocytes is called

intercourse

The term dyspareunia mean difficult or painful

True

True or false: Ankyl/o means bent

pulmonary embolism

Following surgery, a blood clot dislodged from a deep vein in the lower extremity was carried to the pulmonary artery, causing a blockage of circulation to the patient’s lung, or

True

True or False: vertebr/o has the same meaning as spondyl/o