Medical Terminology 2 FINAL

The combining form gloss/o- means "."

tongue

Which combining form means cartilage?

Chondr/o-

The combining form roentgen/o- means .

"radiation; x-ray"

The combining form ungu/o- means .

fingernail; toenail

The combining form kerat/o- means _

"cornea; hard, fibrous protein"

The combing form limb/o- means .

"border; edge"

The combining form semin/o- means "."

sperm; spermatozoon

The combining form cephal/o- means "."

head

Which word parts do you need to build a medical word that means "condition without sperm"?

-ia, a-, sperm/o-

Which word parts do you need to build a medical word that means "condition (of enlargement in which the male's chest resembles the) female breast"?

-ia, gynec/o-, mast/o-

The combining form rheumat/o- means "."

watery discharge

The combining form poster/o- means .

back part

The combining form coagul/o-, as seen in the word coagulation, means "."

clotting

The combining form scoli/o- means "."

crooked; curved

The combining form anter/o- means .

"before; front part"

The combining form gen/o- means .

"arising from; produced by"

The combining form cardi/o- means "."

heart

The combining form squam/o- means .

"scale-like cell"

The combining form affer/o- means "."

toward the center

The combining form alg/o- means "."

pain

Both combining forms ren/o- and nephr/o- mean .

kidney

The combining forms adip/o- and lip/o- both mean .

fat

The suffix -emia means "."

condition of the blood; substance in the blood

In the medical word skeletal, the combining form is .

skelet/o-

The combining form ancill/o- means "."

accessory; servant

Which word parts do you need to build a medical word with the meaning of "process (of) listening"?

-ation, auscult/o-

The combining form remiss/o- means .

"send back"

The combining form cheil/o- means "."

lip

The combining form accommod/o- means .

adapt

The suffix -ics in the word orthopedics means "."

knowledge; practice

The combining form ambly/o- means .

"dimness"

The combining form leuk/o-, as seen in the word leukocyte, means .

white

The combining form tuss/o- in the word antitussive means "."

cough

The combining form peripher/o- means "."

outer aspects

All of the following combining forms mean "oxygen" EXCEPT .

ox/a-

The combining form cutane/o-, as in the word subcutaneous, means "."

skin

The combining form cin/e- means .

movement"

The combining form aden/o- means "."

gland

The combining form muscul/o- has the same meaning as which combining form?

My/o

The combining form ferrit/o- means "."

iron

One of the meanings of the combining form malign/o- is .

"intentionally causing harm"

Which combining form means "ovary"?

oophor/o-

Which of the following suffixes means "enzyme"?

-ase

The combining form spermat/o- means "."

sperm; spermatozoon

The combining form excret/o- means "."

removing from the body

The combining form sept/o- refers to a structure in the .

nose

The combining form contract/o- means "."

pull together

Which two combining forms mean "spinal nerve root"?

rhiz/o- and radicul/o-

The combining form ne/o- means .

new

The suffix -tome means .

"area with distinct edges; instrument used to cut"

The combining form articul/o- means "."

joint

The combining form dos/i- means .

dose

The combining form aggreg/o-, as seen in the word aggregation, means "."

group crowded together

The suffix -oma means .

"mass; tumor"

The suffix -arche means "."

beginning

The combining form inguin/o- means "."

groin

All of the following combining forms have a meaning of "seizure" EXCEPT .

spin/o-

The combining form eclamps/o- means "."

seizure

The combining form therap/o- means "."

treatment

Which of these word part pairs has opposite meanings?

anter/o, poster/o-

The combining form kary/o- means .

"nucleus of a cell"

The combining form appendic/o- means "."

appendix

Which prefix means the opposite of hypo-?

hyper-

The combining form angi/o- means "."

blood vessel; lymphatic vessel

The combining form rhin/o- means "."

nose

In the medical word urology, the combining form is .

ur/o-

The combining form sarc/o- means .

"connective tissue"

The prefix ab- means "."

away from

The combining form extens/o- means "."

straightening

The prefix epi- in the phrase epigastric region means "."

above; upon

The combining form emot/o- means .

"moving; stirring up"

The combining form prurit/o- means .

itching

In the word neurotransmitter, the combining form transmitt/o- means .

"to send across; send through"

The combining form dacry/o- means .

"lacrimal sac; tears"

The combining form orex/o- means .

"appetite"

The combining form aliment/o- means "."

food; nourishment

The combining form hem/o- means ".

blood

The suffix -plasty means "."

process of reshaping by surgery

The combining form kel/o- means .

tumor

The suffix -centesis means "."

procedure to puncture

The combining form carcin/o- means .

"cancer"

The combining form blast/o- means _

"embryonic; immature"

The suffix -scope means .

instrument used to examine

The combining form arteri/o- means "."

artery

The combining form aden/o- means .

gland

The combining form sial/o- means "."

saliva; salivary gland

The prefix ad- means "."

toward

The suffix -graphy means .

"process of recording"

The combining form luc/o- means .

clear

The combining form audit/o- means "."

sense of hearing

The combining form hered/o- means .

"genetic inheritance"

The combining form integument/o- means .

skin

The prefix brady- means "."

slow

The suffix -oma means "."

mass; tumor

The combining form pharyng/o- means "pharynx; ."

throat

In the medical phrase ventricular fibrillation, the combining form fibrill/o- means "."

muscle fiber; nerve fiber

The combining form pharmaceutic/o- means .

"drug; medicine"

To refer to the gallbladder, you would use the combining form .

cholecyst/o-

The combining form anis/o- means .

"unequal"

The combining form anxi/o- means .

"fear; worry"