chapter 1

Question 1

inter

Answer 1

between

Question 2

ultra

Answer 2

excessive

Question 3

anti

Answer 3

against

Question 4

a

Answer 4

without

Question 5

bi

Answer 5

two

Question 6

pre

Answer 6

before

Question 7

poly

Answer 7

many

Question 8

neo

Answer 8

new

Question 9

peri

Answer 9

around

Question 10

hyper

Answer 10

excessive

Question 11

plasty

Answer 11

surgical repair

Question 12

megaly

Answer 12

enlargment

Question 13

rrhagia

Answer 13

burst forth

Question 14

penia

Answer 14

reduction

Question 15

necr/o

Answer 15

death

Question 16

toxic/o

Answer 16

poison

Question 17

acr/o

Answer 17

extremity

Question 18

angi/o

Answer 18

vessel

Question 19

cyt/o

Answer 19

cell

Question 20

melan/o

Answer 20

black

Question 21

-cele

Answer 21

pouching, hernia

Question 22

-ecasis

Answer 22

expansion, dilation

Question 23

-emia

Answer 23

blood condition

Question 24

-iasis

Answer 24

formation or presence of

Question 25

-malacia

Answer 25

softening

Question 26

-oma

Answer 26

tumor

Question 27

-osis

Answer 27

condition or increase

Question 28

-phil, -philia

Answer 28

attraction for

Question 29

-plasia

Answer 29

formation of

Question 30

-ptosis

Answer 30

falling, dropping

Question 31

-rrhage

Answer 31

bursting forth

Question 32

-rrhexis

Answer 32

rupture

Question 33

-algia, -dynia

Answer 33

pain

Question 34

-genic, -genesis

Answer 34

origin, production

Question 35

-lysis

Answer 35

breaking down

Question 36

-oid

Answer 36

resembling

Question 37

-penia

Answer 37

abnormal reduction

Question 38

-rrhea

Answer 38

discharge

Question 39

-spasm

Answer 39

involuntary contraction

Question 40

-centesis

Answer 40

surgical puncture

Question 41

-desis

Answer 41

binding

Question 42

-ectomy

Answer 42

excision

Question 43

-pexy

Answer 43

surgical fixation

Question 44

-plasty

Answer 44

surgical repair

Question 45

-rrhaphy

Answer 45

suture

Question 46

-tomy

Answer 46

incision

Question 47

-stomy

Answer 47

new incision

Question 48

-tripsy

Answer 48

crushing

Question 49

-ia, -ism

Answer 49

condition of

Question 50

-ium

Answer 50

structure or tissue

Question 51

-y

Answer 51

condition or process of

Question 52

-icle, -ole, -ula, -ule

Answer 52

small

Question 53

-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ical, -ous, -tic

Answer 53

pertaining to

Question 54

-gram

Answer 54

record

Question 55

-graph

Answer 55

instrument for recording

Question 56

-iatrics, -iatry

Answer 56

treatment

Question 57

-ist

Answer 57

one who specializes in

Question 58

-meter

Answer 58

instrument for measuring

Question 59

-metry

Answer 59

process of measuring

Question 60

-poiesis

Answer 60

formation

Question 61

-scope

Answer 61

instrument for examination

Question 62

-stasis

Answer 62

stop or standing still

Question 63

what is the point of the suffix

Answer 63

gives specific meaning by altering a root:

disease, surgical procedures, quantities, increase/decrease, direction

Question 64

what are the rules for building medical terms

Answer 64

1 a root word links a suffix that begins with a vowel. #2 A combing form (root+o) links a suffix that begins with a suffix. #3 A combining form links a root to another root to form compound word.

Question 65

four components of medical term is

Answer 65

root word, combining form, suffix, and prefix