Medical Terminology Exam

NPO

nothing by mouth

-ectomy

removal of part or all of an organ or body part

-kinesis/-kinesia

movement

-graphy

process of recording

PRN

as needed

-rrhexis

rupture

-phage/-phagia

eating; devouring

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

pre-/ante-

before

re-

again; backward

-pathy

abnormal condition; disease process

-desis

binding; fusion

-lysis

destruction of

-plasty

surgical repair

ad-

toward; to

erythr/o

red

metacarp/o

metacarpals

ex-

out of; away from

-rrhagia

excessive bleeding

-scopy

use of an instrument for viewing

wheal

nodule

stoma-; stomat/o-

after

re-

an-

endo-

within

auto-

ab-

away from

contra-

against

meta-

-poiesis

production; formation

-oid

like; resmbling

eu-

well; good; normal

-emesis

vomiting

-ptosis

falling down; drooping

-parous

bearing; producing offspring

intra-

within; in

-inter

between

-asthenia

weakness

-ectasia

expansion; dilation

-pnea

breath

-stenosis

narrowing

-version

turning

my

crani/o

-stasis

stopping; constant; static

fissure

sciatica

fasci/o

sebum

impetigo

dactyl/o

dys-

-cele

hernia

-edema

swelling

-tomy

cutting operation; incision

-plegia

-rrhea

to flow or discharge

rhin/o

-cide

destroying; killing

lingu/o

-logy

study; practise

scoli/o

-clasis

chol/e

cholecyst/o

col/o; colon/o

enter/o

gloss/o

tachy-

fast

-iasis

pathological condition or state; presence of

-osis

cyst/o; vesic/o

nephr/o; ren/o

ur/o; urin/o

-emia

blood

-uria

urine

andr/o

gonad/o

cervic/o

gynec/o

hyster/o; uter/o

men/o

oophor/o; ovari/o

salping/o

-gravida

-opsy

view of

-algia

pain

-oma

tumor; neoplasm

brady-

slow

ichthy/o

arthr/o

onych/o

caud/o