Chapter 1

Question 1

Suffixes

Answer 1

Is commonly used to define a state, condition, disorder, or procedure.

Question 2

-ectomy

Answer 2

Surgical removal

Question 3

-itis

Answer 3

inflammation

Question 4

-algia
-dynia

Answer 4

pain

Question 5

-ologist

Answer 5

medical specialist

Question 6

-gram

Answer 6

picture

Question 7

-rrhage

Answer 7

bleeding

Question 8

tonsillitis

Answer 8

inflammation of the tonsils

Question 9

tonsillectomy

Answer 9

surgical removal of tonsils

Question 10

neuralgia

Answer 10

nerve pain

Question 11

neurologist

Answer 11

medical specialist of the nervous system

Question 12

hemorrhage

Answer 12

excessive bleeding

Question 13

cardiac

Answer 13

pertains to the heart

Question 14

tonsillar

Answer 14

pertains to the tonsils

Question 15

gastric

Answer 15

pertains to the stomach

Question 16

intestinal

Answer 16

pertains to the intestines

Question 17

uterine

Answer 17

pertains to the uterus

Question 18

Word roots

Answer 18

often refer to a body part and provide the basic and essential meaning of the medical term

Question 19

gastr

Answer 19

stomach

Question 20

enter

Answer 20

small intestine

Question 21

erythr

Answer 21

red

Question 22

leuk

Answer 22

white

Question 23

melan

Answer 23

black

Question 24

cyan

Answer 24

blue

Question 25

Combining Forms

Answer 25

Is a word root with vowel added to the end of the word root. The vowel is added if the suffix that follows begins with a consonant (ex: gastr/o-scopy), or if two word roots are joined (ex: gastr/o-enter-itis)

Question 26

Prefixes

Answer 26

Usually indicates the location, direction, amount, quantity, size, time, or status of the word root.

Question 27

ab-

Answer 27

away from

Question 28

hyper-

Answer 28

excessive, increased

Question 29

inter-

Answer 29

between

Question 30

peri-

Answer 30

surrounding

Question 31

pre-

Answer 31

before

Question 32

bi-

Answer 32

two, twice

Question 33

abduction

Answer 33

movement of a limb away from the body’s midline

Question 34

hyperventilation

Answer 34

excessive and rapid rate of breathing

Question 35

interstitial

Answer 35

area between tissues

Question 36

peritonsillar

Answer 36

area surrounding the tonsils

Question 37

prenatal

Answer 37

time before a birth

Question 38

bilateral

Answer 38

two sides

Question 39

abdomin/o

Answer 39

abdomen

Question 40

angi/o

Answer 40

blood vessel

Question 41

append/o

Answer 41

appendix

Question 42

appendic/o

Answer 42

appendix

Question 43

arteri/o

Answer 43

artery

Question 44

ather/o

Answer 44

fatty substance or plaque

Question 45

col/o

Answer 45

colon

Question 46

chondr/o

Answer 46

cartilage

Question 47

crani/o

Answer 47

skull

Question 48

geront/o

Answer 48

old age

Question 49

gynec/o

Answer 49

female, woman

Question 50

hepat/o

Answer 50

liver

Question 51

laryng/o

Answer 51

throat, larnyx

Question 52

lingu/o

Answer 52

tongue

Question 53

muscul/o

Answer 53

muscle

Question 54

my/o

Answer 54

muscle

Question 55

myc/o

Answer 55

fungus

Question 56

myel/o

Answer 56

bone marrow or spinal cord

Question 57

ot/o

Answer 57

ear

Question 58

py/o

Answer 58

pus

Question 59

pyel/o

Answer 59

renal pelvis

Question 60

pyr/o

Answer 60

fever/fire

Question 61

ad-

Answer 61

toward

Question 62

dys-

Answer 62

difficulty, bad, painful

Question 63

endo-

Answer 63

within, inner

Question 64

eu-

Answer 64

good, normal

Question 65

hemi-

Answer 65

half

Question 66

hypo-

Answer 66

deficient, decreased, below

Question 67

intra-

Answer 67

within or inside

Question 68

neo-

Answer 68

new

Question 69

post-

Answer 69

after

Question 70

sub-

Answer 70

under, less, below

Question 71

super-

Answer 71

above, higher

Question 72

supra-

Answer 72

above, upper, excessive

Question 73

-ancy

Answer 73

state of

Question 74

-cele

Answer 74

swelling, herniation

Question 75

-centesis

Answer 75

surgical puncture to remove fluid

Question 76

-clasis

Answer 76

breaking down

Question 77

-graphy

Answer 77

producing a picture or record

Question 78

-osis

Answer 78

condition

Question 79

-malacia

Answer 79

abnormal softening

Question 80

-megaly

Answer 80

enlargement

Question 81

-necrosis

Answer 81

tissue death

Question 82

-ology

Answer 82

study of

Question 83

-oma

Answer 83

tumour

Question 84

-ostomy

Answer 84

creation of an artificial opening

Question 85

-otomy

Answer 85

cutting into or surgical incision

Question 86

-pathy

Answer 86

disease process

Question 87

-penia

Answer 87

deficiency

Question 88

-plasty

Answer 88

surgical repair

Question 89

-rrhage
-rrhagia

Answer 89

bleeding or excessive discharge

Question 90

-rrhexis

Answer 90

rupture

Question 91

-sclerosis

Answer 91

abnormal hardening

Question 92

-scopy

Answer 92

visual examination

Question 93

-stenosis

Answer 93

abnormal narrowing

Question 94

-er

Answer 94

Person who

Question 95

-orexia

Answer 95

apetite

Question 96

-mania

Answer 96

obsessive preoccupation

Question 97

-ician

Answer 97

specialist

Question 98

-rrhea

Answer 98

flow, discharge

Question 99

phon/o

Answer 99

voice

Question 100

acoust/o

Answer 100

sound, hearing

Question 101

arthr/o

Answer 101

joint

Question 102

therm/o

Answer 102

heat

Question 103

mobil/o

Answer 103

capable of moving

Question 104

neutr/o

Answer 104

neautral

Question 105

aque/o

Answer 105

water

Question 106

chron/o

Answer 106

time