AHA Test 3 Part 3 Root Words

Question 1

Hysterectomy

Answer 1

Root word meaning: Uterus (hyster/o)

Definition: Removal of the uterus

Question 2

Mastitis

Answer 2

Root word meaning: Breast (mast/o)

Inflammation of breast tissue

Question 3

Mammoplasty

Answer 3

Breast (mast/o)

Surgical reshaping or otherwise modify the appearance of the breast

Question 4

Labyrinthitis

Answer 4

Root word: Labyrinth

Inflammation of the inner ear or the nerves that connect the inner ear to the brain.

Question 5

Audiologist

Answer 5

Hearing (audi/o)

A person who studies hearing, balance, and related disorders

Question 6

Presbyopia

Answer 6

Loss of focus in eye. Long-sightedness caused by loss of elasticity of the lens of the eye usually cause by old age. (presby/o old age) (-opia vision condition)

Question 7

Hyperopia

Answer 7

Farsightedness (-opia vision condition)

Question 8

Hemianopia

Answer 8

Eye/blindness. Blindness over half the field of vision. (-opia vision condition)

Question 9

Retinoscopy

Answer 9

Eye. A technique to obtain an objective measurement of the refractive error of a patient’s eyes with a light. (retin/o)

Question 10

Epilepsy

Answer 10

Seizure. A central nervous system (neurological) disorder in which brain activity becomes abnormal, causing seizures.

Question 11

Subarachnoid

Answer 11

Arachnoid

Bleeding into the subarachnoid space— lining around the brain

Question 12

Intra cerebral

Answer 12

Brain (cerebr/o)

Question 13

Meningitis

Answer 13

Meninges (mening/o)

Inflammation of the meninges. (The meninges are the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord)

Question 14

Bradylexia

Answer 14

Slow reading (lex/o word; phrase OR -lexia)

Question 15

Ganglioma

Answer 15

Nerve cell, a tumor of a ganglion.

Question 16

Hemiparesis

Answer 16

Paralysis. unilateral paresis, is weakness of one entire side of the body

Question 17

Aphasia

Answer 17

Speech. Impairment of language, affecting the production or comprehension of speech and the ability to read or write. Aphasia is always due to injury to the brain-most commonly from a stroke, particularly in older individuals.

Question 18

Cerebrospinal

Answer 18

Spinal cord.

Relating to the brain or spine

Question 19

Myelography

Answer 19

Muscle.

Myelography is an imaging examination that involves the introduction of a spinal needle into the spinal canal

Question 20

Myalgia

Answer 20

Muscle.

Muscle pain

Question 21

Meningocele

Answer 21

Meninges (mening/o).

A birth defect where there is a sac protruding from the spinal column

Question 22

Endocervical

Answer 22

Cervix. Passageway from inside the uterus to the vagina

Question 23

Neuralgia

Answer 23

Nerves,

pain that occurs due to a damaged or irritated nerve.

Question 24

Neurological

Answer 24

Nerves

Diseases of the central and peripheral nervous system

Question 25

Gynecomastia

Answer 25

Enlargement of breast tissue in males (gynec/o)

Question 26

Gynaecologist

Answer 26

Female reproductive areas (gynec/o).

A physician or surgeon qualified to practise in gynaecology.

Question 27

Episiotomy

Answer 27

Vulva area. (episi/o)

Surgical incision of the perineum and the posterior vaginal wall

Question 28

Perineal

Answer 28

Perineum. The area/surface region in both males and females between the pubic symphysis and the coccyx

Question 29

EXTRA: Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH),

Answer 29

Cerebral bleed. A type of intracranial bleed that occurs within the brain tissue or ventricles