Medical Terminology Ch 4 Pt 2

101) What is the prefix for "bad"

mal-

102) What is the term for a feeling of discomfort; "bad feeling"

malaise

103) What is the term meaning harmful, bad; cancerous condition

malignant

104) What is the prefix for "beyond, change"

meta-

105) What are the five bones in the palm of the hand called

metacarpal bones

106) What is the condition of change of shape or form

metamorphosis

107) What is the term for beyond control; spreading of a malignant tumor

metastasis

108) What is the suffix that means "to measure"

-meter

109) What is the prefix for "small"

micro-

110) What is the instrument to view small objects

microscope

111) What is the suffix for "to send"

-mission

112) What is the combining word that means "shape"

morph/o

113) What is the combining form for "death"

necr/o or mort/o

114) What is the combining word that means "birth"

nat/i

115) What is the combining word that means "to bind"

nect/o

116) What is the prefix for "new"

neo-

117) What term pertains to a newborn (infant)

neonatal

118) What is the term meaning new growth; new formation (tumor)

neoplasm

119) What is the combining word that means "rule"

norm/o

120) What is the suffix for "one who"

-or

121) What is the suffix for "oxygen in the tissues"

-oxia

122) What is the combining word that means "oxygen"

ox/o

123) What is the prefix for "all"

pan-

124) What is the condition of decrease in all cells (blood cells)

pancytopenia

What is the prefix for "abnormal, beside, or near"

para-

125) What is an abnormal destruction (of nerves) leading to loss of muscle function

paralysis

126) What are endocrine glands located on the dorsal side of the thyroid gland in the neck

parathyroid glands

127) What term means "birth, labor"

partum

128) What is the prefix for "through"

per-

129) What term pertains to "through the skin"

percutaneous

130) What is the prefix for "surrounding"

peri-

131) What is the membrane surrounding the heart

pericardium

132) What is the membrane surrounding the bone

periosteum

133) What is the suffix for "to carry or feel"

-phoria

134) What is the suffix for "to grow"

-physis

135) What is the suffix for "development, formation"

-plasia

136) What is the suffix for "structure"

-plasm

137) What is the suffix for "breathing"

-pnea ("p" is silent)

138) What is the prefix for "many, much"

poly-

139) What term pertains to a many-shaped nucleus; a type of white blood cell

polymorphonuclear

140) What is the inflammation of many nerves called

polyneuritis

141) What term means "after death"

postmortem

142) What is the term for after childbirth; this most often refers to the mother

postpartum

143) What is the prefix for "before, in front of"

pre-

144) What term pertains to "before cancer; a lesion that may become cancerous"

precancerous

145) What term pertains to "before birth"

prenatal

146) What are 2 prefixes that mean "before"

pro- or pre-

147) What are signs and symptoms that appear before the onset of a more severe illness

prodrome

148) What is the term for sliding forward or downward

prolapse

What is the prefix for "before, forward"

pros-

149) What is an artificial limb or part of the body (literally, to put or place forward) called

prosthesis

150) What is the prefix for "false"

pseudo- ("p" is silent)

151) What is the term for "drooping, sagging, prolapse"

ptosis ("p" is silent)

152) What is the combining word that means "pubis"

pub/o

153) What is the prefix for "behind, back, backward, again"

re-

154) What is DNA inserting a gene (region of DNA) from one organism into the DNA of another called

recombinant

155) What is the process of "sliding back; recurrence of symptoms of disease"

relapse

156) What is the term meaning to "send back; disappearance of symptoms of disease"

remission

157) What is the prefix for "back, behind"

retro-

158) What is the term for "bending backward"

retroflexion

159) What term pertains to "behind the peritoneum"

retroperitoneal

160) What is the suffix meaning "flow"

-rrhea

161) What is the combining form for "infection"

seps/o

162) What is the combining word that means "sleep"

somn/o

163) What is the combining word that means "sound"

son/o

164) What is the suffix for "controlling"

-stasis

165) What is the prefix for "under, below"

sub-

166) What term pertains to "under the skin"

subcutaneous

167) What term pertains to "above the pubic bone (part of the pelvis) "

suprapubic

168) What term means "life together"; two organisms living together Parasitism is an example

symbiosis

169) What is the state of "measurement together; equality of parts; mirror images"

symmetry

170) What term means "to grow together; bones that grow together at the joint" (connected with fibrocartilage)

symphysis

171) What is the prefix for "together, with, or fused"

syn-

172) What is the term for "fingers or toes (digits) "

dactyl

173) What is the condition of webbed (held together) fingers or toes; a congenital anomaly

syndactyly

174) What is the term for more than 10 fingers or 10 toes

polydactyly

175) What is the term for a group of symptoms that occur together

syndrome

176) What is the term meaning to put or place together, as in making proteins

synthesis

177) What is the prefix for "fast"

tachy-

178) What is the term for "rapid breathing"

tachypnea (tack-cuh-KNEE-ah)

179) What is the term for "rapid heart rate"

tachycardia

180) What is the combining word that means "to put"

the/o

181) What is the combining word that means "nipple"

thel/o or theli/o

182) What is the combining word that means "thyroid"

thyr/o

183) What is the combining word that means "position or location"

top/o

184) What is the combining word that means "poison"

tox/o

185) What is the combining word that means "trachea"

trache/o

186) What is the prefix meaning "across"

trans-

187) What term means to pour across, as in transferring blood from one person to another

transfusion

188) What term pertains to "through the urethra"

transurethral

189) What is the suffix for "nourishment, development"

-trophy

190) What is the prefix for "beyond"

ultra-

191) Sound waves and echoes used to create an image are called what

ultrasonography

192) What is the prefix for "one"

uni-

193) What term pertains to one side

unilateral

194) What is the combining word that means "urethra"

urethr/o