Chap. 1 Diseases/Conditions and Word Parts

Question 1

anter

Answer 1

front

Question 2

arthr/o

Answer 2

joint

Question 3

bi/o

Answer 3

life

Question 4

cardi/o

Answer 4

heart

Question 5

caud/o

Answer 5

tail

Question 6

cephal/o

Answer 6

head

Question 7

cervic/o

Answer 7

neck

Question 8

col/o, colon/o

Answer 8

large intestine

Question 9

cost/o

Answer 9

rib

Question 10

cyt/o

Answer 10

cell

Question 11

dist/o

Answer 11

away from point of origin

Question 12

enter/o

Answer 12

intestines (usually small one)

Question 13

gastr/o

Answer 13

stomach

Question 14

glyc/o

Answer 14

sugar

Question 15

hepat/o

Answer 15

liver

Question 16

hist/o

Answer 16

tissue

Question 17

infer/o

Answer 17

below

Question 18

later/o

Answer 18

side

Question 19

lip/o

Answer 19

fat

Question 20

log/o

Answer 20

study

Question 21

medi/o

Answer 21

middle

Question 22

my/o

Answer 22

muscle

Question 23

neur/o

Answer 23

nerve

Question 24

path/o

Answer 24

disease

Question 25

poster/o

Answer 25

back

Question 26

proxim/o

Answer 26

near the point of origin

Question 27

sarc/o

Answer 27

flesh/ connective tissue

Question 28

super/o

Answer 28

above

Question 29

thorac/o

Answer 29

chest

Question 30

ventr/o

Answer 30

belly side of body

Question 31

viscer/o

Answer 31

interal organs

Question 32

a-, an-

Answer 32

not: without

Question 33

ante-

Answer 33

before

Question 34

anti-

Answer 34

against

Question 35

bi-

Answer 35

two

Question 36

brady-

Answer 36

slow

Question 37

endo-

Answer 37

within

Question 38

epi-

Answer 38

on; over; upon

Question 39

hyper-

Answer 39

above; above normal

Question 40

hypo-

Answer 40

below; below normal

Question 41

inter-

Answer 41

between

Question 42

intra-

Answer 42

within; into

Question 43

peri-

Answer 43

around

Question 44

sub-

Answer 44

below

Question 45

tachy-

Answer 45

fast

Question 46

trans-

Answer 46

across

Question 47

-ac

Answer 47

pertaining to

Question 48

-al

Answer 48

pertaining to

Question 49

-ar

Answer 49

pertaining to

Question 50

-ary

Answer 50

pertaining to

Question 51

-iac

Answer 51

pertaining to

Question 52

-ial

Answer 52

pertaining to

Question 53

-ic

Answer 53

pertaining to

Question 54

-ical

Answer 54

pertaining to

Question 55

-ior

Answer 55

pertaining to

Question 56

-algia

Answer 56

pain

Question 57

-cyte

Answer 57

cell

Question 58

-ectomy

Answer 58

surgical removal of…

Question 59

-emia

Answer 59

blood condition

Question 60

-gen

Answer 60

substance that produces

Question 61

-ia

Answer 61

condition

Question 62

-ine

Answer 62

a substance (noun) pertaining to (adjective)

Question 63

-itis

Answer 63

inflammation

Question 64

-logist

Answer 64

specialist

Question 65

-logy

Answer 65

study of

Question 66

-megaly

Answer 66

enlargement

Question 67

-oma

Answer 67

tumor or mass

Question 68

-osi

Answer 68

abnormal condition

Question 69

-pathy

Answer 69

disease

Question 70

-plasty

Answer 70

surgical repair

Question 71

-stomy

Answer 71

surgical opening

Question 72

-tomy

Answer 72

process of cutting

Question 73

-um

Answer 73

structure, tissue or thing

Question 74

illness characterized by rapid onset, short duration, cureable, no lasting effects

Answer 74

acute

Question 75

the patient’s own body is attacking itself

Answer 75

autoimmune

Question 76

tumor or growth that is not cancerous

Answer 76

benign

Question 77

gradual onset, not curable, symptoms may come and go

Answer 77

chronic

Question 78

present at birth

Answer 78

congenital

Question 79

time the patient is gradually recover from a illness

Answer 79

convalescence

Question 80

weakening effect, really bad, takes away patients ability to…

Answer 80

debilitating

Question 81

disease that is confirmed within a certain group or population

Answer 81

endemic

Question 82

injury or illness that is from inside the body

Answer 82

endogenous

Question 83

disease that is confined to one continent or bigger

Answer 83

epidemic

Question 84

exogenous

Answer 84

injury or illness that originates outside the body

Question 85

passed down from parents

Answer 85

genetic

Question 86

heightened response of the immune system

Answer 86

hypersensitivity

Question 87

disease of unknown origin

Answer 87

idiopathic

Question 88

antibody reaction in the body (how your body develops immunity)

Answer 88

immunological

Question 89

capable of causing infection

Answer 89

infectious

Question 90

causes inflammation

Answer 90

imflammatory

Question 91

absence of blood to a part of an area of the body

Answer 91

ischemic

Question 92

tumor that is cancerous

Answer 92

malignant

Question 93

disorder that interferes with metalbolism

Answer 93

metabolic

Question 94

neoplastic

Answer 94

new abnormal growth

Question 95

infection that you got from the hospital that wasn’t present before admission

Answer 95

nosocomial

Question 96

lack of obtaining all vitamins/minerals/nutrients

Answer 96

nutritional

Question 97

a pathogen that doesn’t normally cause a disease is able to because the patient has a weakened immune system

Answer 97

opportunistic

Question 98

disease that has treatments but no cure

Answer 98

terminal

Question 99

supra-

Answer 99

above