M8 Medical Terminology

Latin Nouns & Their Plural Forms

Front: What is the plural form of larva (first declension, feminine)?
Back: larvae

Combining Forms

Front: What is the combining form meaning "cough"?
Back: tuss-

Prefixes

Front: What is the primary form of the prefix meaning "together, with, thoroughly, very"? (Example: collapse)
Back: con-

Combining Forms

Front: What is the combining form meaning "outer"?
Back: extern-

Front: What is the combining form meaning "internal organ(s)"?
Back: viscer-

Prefixes

Front: What is the primary form of the prefix meaning "many, much, affecting many parts"?
Back: mult-

Front: What is the prefix meaning "around"?
Back: circum-

Suffixes

Front: What suffix forms adjectives meaning "full of"? (Example: sanguineous)
Back: -ous

Prefixes

Front: What is the primary form of the prefix meaning "within"? (Example: intravenous)
Back: intra-

Historical Dates

Front: What are the start and end years of the Hellenistic Period?
Back: 323 BC - 31 BC

Prefixes

Front: What are both forms of the prefix meaning "over, above, excess"? (Example: superficial)
Back: super-, supra-

Front: What are both forms of the prefix meaning "through, very, thoroughly"? (Example: permanent)
Back: per-, pel-

Combining Forms

Front: What is the combining form meaning "tooth"?
Back: dent-

Front: What is the combining form meaning "belly, abdomen"?
Back: abdomin-

Front: What is the combining form meaning "fat"?
Back: adip-

Suffixes

Front: What suffix forms adverbs indicating direction toward a part of the body?
Back: -ad

Combining Forms

Front: What is the combining form meaning "island"?
Back: insul-

Prefixes

Front: What is the prefix meaning "half"?
Back: semi-

Combining Forms

Front: What is the combining form meaning "(trumpet) tube"?
Back: tub-

Prefixes

Front: What is the prefix meaning "down, away from, absent"? (Example: degeneration)
Back: de-

Front: What is the primary form of the prefix meaning "two, twice, double, both"?
Back: bi-

Suffixes

Front: What suffix forms adjectives meaning "having the form of, possessing"? (Example: cordate)
Back: -ate

Front: What suffix forms adjectives meaning "pertaining to, located in"? (Example: ocular)
Back: -ar

Combining Forms

Front: What is the combining form meaning "inner"?
Back: intern-

Front: What is the combining form meaning "rib"?
Back: cost-

Front: What is the combining form meaning "heat, energy"?
Back: calor-

Prefixes

Front: What is the prefix meaning "between"?
Back: inter-

Combining Forms

Front: What is the combining form meaning "sound"?
Back: son-

Front: What are the two combining forms meaning "blood"?
Back: sangui-, sanguin-

Latin Nouns & Their Plural Forms

Front: What is the plural form of digitus (second declension, masculine)?
Back: digiti

Prefixes

Front: What is the primary form of the prefix meaning "away from"? (Example: abductor)
Back: ab-

Front: What is the primary form of the prefix meaning "to, toward"? (Example: adaptation)
Back: ad-

Front: What is the primary form of the prefix meaning "backward, in back, behind"?
Back: retro-

Suffixes

Front: What suffix forms adjectives meaning "pertaining to"? (Example: renal)
Back: -al

Prefixes

Front: What is the prefix meaning "beneath, below"? (Example: inframaxillary)
Back: infra-

Combining Forms

Front: What is the combining form meaning "kidney"?
Back: ren-

Front: What are both combining forms meaning "cold"?
Back: frig-, frigor-

Front: What is the combining form meaning "pus"?
Back: pur-

Prefixes

Front: What is the prefix meaning "against, opposite"? (Example: contraception)
Back: contra-

Combining Forms

Front: What is the combining form meaning "passage, opening, meatus"?
Back: meat-

Prefixes

Front: What is the prefix meaning "both"?
Back: ambi-

Combining Forms

Front: What is the combining form meaning "back (of the body)"?
Back: dors-

Latin Word Origins

Front: The term "vaccination" comes from the Latin word for:
Back: cow

Historical Figures

Front: Who is credited with coining the term synovia?
Back: Paracelsus

Prefixes

Front: What is the primary form of the prefix meaning "under"?
Back: sub-

Combining Forms

Front: What is the combining form meaning "stone, calcium, lime (salts)"?
Back: calc-

Word Formation

Front: If we add the prefix in- to the word -perceptible, what is the correct combined form?
Back: imperceptible

Combining Forms

Front: What is the combining form meaning "fiber, filament"?
Back: fibr-

Anatomical Combining Forms

Front: Identify the combining forms for the following brain structures:

1. Nose

2. Brain

3. Head

4. Ear
   Back:

5. NAS-

6. CEREBR-

7. CAPIT-

8. AUR-