CH.1 Intro To Med Terminology

Question 1

-algia

Answer 1

Pain, suffering

Question 2

Dys-

Answer 2

Bad, difficult, or painful

Question 3

-ectomy

Answer 3

Surgical removal, cutting out

Question 4

Hyper-

Answer 4

Excessive, increased

Question 5

Hypo-

Answer 5

Deficient, decreased

Question 6

-itis

Answer 6

Inflammation

Question 7

-osis

Answer 7

Abnormal condition, disease

Question 8

-ostomy

Answer 8

The surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface

Question 9

-otomy

Answer 9

Cutting, surgical incision

Question 10

-plasty

Answer 10

Surgical repair

Question 11

-rrhage

Answer 11

Bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge

Question 12

-rrhaphy

Answer 12

Surgical suturing

Question 13

-rrhea

Answer 13

Flow or discharge

Question 14

-rrhexis

Answer 14

Rupture

Question 15

-sclerosis

Answer 15

Abnormal hardening

Question 16

Cyan/o means blue
Cyanosis is…

Answer 16

Blue discoloration of the skin caused by a lack of adequate oxygen in the blood (cyan means blue, and -osis means abnormal condition or disease)

Question 17

Erythr/o means red
An erythrocyte is…

Answer 17

A mature red blood cell (erythr/o means red, -cyte means cell)

Question 18

Leuk/o means white
Leukocyte means..

Answer 18

A white blood cell (leuk/o means white, -cyte means cell).

Question 19

Melan/o means black
Melanosis is..

Answer 19

Any condition of unusual deposits of black pigment in body tissues or organs (melan means black, -osis means abnormal condition or disease)

Question 20

Poli/o means gray

Poliomyelitis is..

Answer 20

A viral infection of the gray nerve tissue of the spinal cord (poli/o means gray, myel means spinal cord, -itis means inflammation).

Question 21

Gastroenteritis

Answer 21

Is an inflammation of he stomach and small intestine
Gastr(stomach) enter(small intestine) itis(inflammation)

Question 22

Neuroplasty

Answer 22

Surgical repair of a nerve
Neur/o(nerve) -plasty (surgical repair)

Question 23

Neurorrhaphy

Answer 23

Suturing together the ends of a severed nerve
Neur/o(nerve) -rrhaphy(surgical suturing)

Question 24

Tonsillitis

Answer 24

Inflammation of the tonsils

Question 25

Tonsillectomy

Answer 25

Surgical removal of the tonsils

Question 26

Suffixes meaning “pertaining to”

Answer 26

-ac
-al
-an
-ar
-ary
-eal
-ical
-ial
-ic
-ine
-ior
-ory
-ous
-tic

Question 27

Suffixes meaning abnormal condition

Answer 27

-ago
-esis
-ia
-iasis
-ion
-ism
-osis