Chapter 1

Question 1

-osis

Answer 1

condition

Question 2

What languages primarily make up the medical language and why

Answer 2

Ancient Greek and Latin since they are “dead” languages and Latin was common during the scientific revolution and Greeks were the first people to study the human body

Question 3

What modern languages influence medical language

Answer 3

German, French, and English

Question 4

Rule of the last three syllables

Answer 4

The third to last syllable will usually have the emphasis

Question 5

arthr/o

Answer 5

joint

Question 6

Cardi/o

Answer 6

Heart

Question 7

Enter/o

Answer 7

Small intestine

Question 8

Gastr/o

Answer 8

Stomach

Question 9

Angi/o, Vas/o, Vascul/o

Answer 9

Vessel (usually blood)

Question 10

Derm/o, Dermat/o, Cutane/o

Answer 10

skin

Question 11

Pneum/o, Pneumon/o, Pulmon/o

Answer 11

Lung

Question 12

Gen/o

Answer 12

Creation, cause

Question 13

Hydr/o

Answer 13

Water

Question 14

Morph/o

Answer 14

Change

Question 15

Myc/o

Answer 15

fungus

Question 16

Necr/o

Answer 16

Death

Question 17

Orth/o

Answer 17

Straight

Question 18

Path/o

Answer 18

Suffering, disease

Question 19

Phag/o

Answer 19

Eat

Question 20

Plas/o

Answer 20

Formation

Question 21

Py/o

Answer 21

Pus

Question 22

Scler/o

Answer 22

Hard

Question 23

Sten/o

Answer 23

Narrowing

Question 24

Troph/o

Answer 24

Nourishment, development

Question 25

Xen/o

Answer 25

Foreign

Question 26

-ia and -ism

Answer 26

Condition

Question 27

-ium

Answer 27

tissue, structure

Question 28

-y

Answer 28

condition, procedure

Question 29

-emia

Answer 29

blood condition

Question 30

-iasis

Answer 30

presence of

Question 31

-itis

Answer 31

inflammation

Question 32

-lysis

Answer 32

loosen, break down

Question 33

-malacia

Answer 33

abnormal softening

Question 34

-megaly

Answer 34

enlargement

Question 35

-oid

Answer 35

resembling

Question 36

-oma

Answer 36

tumor

Question 37

-pathy

Answer 37

disease

Question 38

-penia

Answer 38

deficiency

Question 39

-ptosis

Answer 39

drooping

Question 40

-rrhage and -rrhagia

Answer 40

excessive flow

Question 41

-rrhea

Answer 41

flow

Question 42

-rrhexis

Answer 42

rupture

Question 43

-spasm

Answer 43

involuntary contraction

Question 44

-desis

Answer 44

binding, fixation

Question 45

-ectomy

Answer 45

removal

Question 46

-pexy

Answer 46

surgical fixation

Question 47

-plasty

Answer 47

reconstruction

Question 48

-rrhaphy

Answer 48

suture

Question 49

-stomy

Answer 49

creation of an opening

Question 50

-tomy

Answer 50

incision

Question 51

-centesis

Answer 51

puncture

Question 52

a- and an-

Answer 52

not

Question 53

anti- and contra-

Answer 53

agaisnt

Question 54

de-

Answer 54

down, away from

Question 55

ante- and pre-

Answer 55

before

Question 56

pro-

Answer 56

before, on behalf of

Question 57

brady-

Answer 57

slow

Question 58

tachy-

Answer 58

fast

Question 59

post-

Answer 59

after

Question 60

re-

Answer 60

again

Question 61

ab-

Answer 61

away

Question 62

ad-

Answer 62

toward

Question 63

circum- and peri-

Answer 63

around

Question 64

dia- and trans-

Answer 64

through

Question 65

e- ec- and ex-

Answer 65

out

Question 66

ecto- exo- and extra-

Answer 66

outside

Question 67

en- endo- and intra-

Answer 67

in, inside

Question 68

epi-

Answer 68

upon

Question 69

sub-

Answer 69

beneath

Question 70

inter-

Answer 70

between

Question 71

hemi- and semi-

Answer 71

half

Question 72

hyper-

Answer 72

over

Question 73

hypo-

Answer 73

under

Question 74

macro-

Answer 74

large

Question 75

micro-

Answer 75

small

Question 76

oligo-

Answer 76

few

Question 77

pan-

Answer 77

all

Question 78

con- syn- and sym-

Answer 78

with, together

Question 79

dys-

Answer 79

bad

Question 80

eu-

Answer 80

good