CHAPTER 2: SYMPTOMS OR DIAGNOSIS (suffix)

Question 1

pain

Answer 1

-algia, -dynia

Question 2

hernia (protrusion of all or part of an organ through wall of cavity that contains it)

Answer 2

-cele

Question 3

dilation (enlargement or stretching of structure or part)

Answer 3

-ectasia, -ectasis

Question 4

swelling

Answer 4

-edema

Question 5

vomiting

Answer 5

-emesis

Question 6

condition of the blood

Answer 6

-emia

Question 7

condition

Answer 7

-ia, -iasis

Question 8

inflammation

Answer 8

-itis

Question 9

stone or calculus

Answer 9

-lith

Question 10

soft, softening

Answer 10

-malacia

Question 11

enlargement

Answer 11

-megaly

Question 12

resembling

Answer 12

-oid

Question 13

tumor

Answer 13

-oma

Question 14

condition (often an abnormal condition; sometimes an increase)

Answer 14

-osis

Question 15

disease

Answer 15

-pathy

Question 16

deficiency

Answer 16

-penia

Question 17

abnormal fear

Answer 17

-phobia

Question 18

prolapse (sagging)

Answer 18

-ptosis

Question 19

escessive bleeding or hemorrhage

Answer 19

-rrhage, -rrhagia

Question 20

flow or discharge

Answer 20

-rrhea

Question 21

twitching, cramp

Answer 21

-spasm

Question 22

stopping, controlling

Answer 22

-stasis

Question 23

is pain along the course of a nerve

Answer 23

neuralgia

Question 24

mean pain in the ear

Answer 24

otodynia/otalgia

Question 25

is a hernia of the brain through an opening in the skull

Answer 25

encephalocele

Question 26

means dilation of a blood or lymph vessel

Answer 26

angiectasis

Question 27

is stretching of a nerve

Answer 27

neurectasia

Question 28

is a word that means the presence of abnormally large amounts of fluid in the tissues; it is usually applied to an accumulation of excessive fluid in the subcutaneous tissues, resulting in swelling.

Answer 28

edema

Question 29

is an abnormal accumulation of tissue fluid brought about by lymphatic vessel disruption

Answer 29

lymphedema

Question 30

is a word that means vomiting

Answer 30

emesis

Question 31

is the presence of bacteria in the blood

Answer 31

bacteremia

Question 32

is a condition so named because long ago hysterical women were thought to suffer from a disturbed condition of the uterus (hyster/o)

Answer 32

hysteria

Question 33

is a disease condition of the skin marked by itchy lesions

Answer 33

psoriasis

Question 34

is the inflammation of the appendix

Answer 34

appendicitis

Question 35

inflammation of the ear

Answer 35

otitis

Question 36

another name for gallstone

Answer 36

cholelith

Question 37

is softening of the bone

Answer 37

osteomalacia

Question 38

an excessive preoccupation leads to stealing on impulse

Answer 38

kleptomania

Question 39

means similar to or resembling mucus

Answer 39

mucoid

Question 40

means resembling paranoia

Answer 40

paranoid

Question 41

a psychotic disorder characterized by delusion of persecution

Answer 41

paranoia

Question 42

is cancer, or cancerous tumor

Answer 42

carcinoma

Question 43

is a nervous condition (disorder) that is not caused by a demonstrable structural change

Answer 43

neurosis

Question 44

organisms that can caused disease

Answer 44

pathogenic

Question 45

means a deficiency of calcium

Answer 45

calcipenia

Question 46

means an obsessive, irrational fear of a specific object, activity, or a physical situation, such as fear of heights

Answer 46

phobia

Question 47

means sagging. also refers to drooping or sagging eyelids

Answer 47

ptosis

Question 48

is abnormal internal or external bleeding. often refers to the loss of a large amount of blood

Answer 48

hemorrhage

Question 49

a urethral or vaginal discharge is a primary feature of?

Answer 49

gonorrhea

Question 50

means “ruptured heart”

Answer 50

cardiorrhexis

Question 51

means involuntary and sudden movement or convulsive muscular contraction

Answer 51

spasm

Question 52

means slowing or stopping. it may be intentional or it may result from an abnormal state of health

Answer 52

stasis