Chapter 3 - Nervous System and Tumors - Words

Question 1

aden/ectomy

Answer 1

surgical removal of a gland

Question 2

aden/itis

Answer 2

inflammation of a gland

Question 3

aden/o/carcin/oma

Answer 3

cancerous tumor of the gland

Question 4

anti/ne/o/plastic

Answer 4

preventing development of neoplastic cells

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ather/oma

Answer 5

fat tumor

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ather/o/scler/osis

Answer 6

condition of fatty deposits causing hardening

Question 7

carcin/oma

Answer 7

malignant tumor, cancerous tumor

Question 8

cephal/algia

Answer 8

pain in head, headache

Question 9

cephal/ic

Answer 9

pertaining to the head or toward the head

Question 10

cerebr/oma

Answer 10

tumor of the cerebrum

Question 11

cerebr/o/malacia

Answer 11

softening of the cerebrum

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cerebr/o/spin/al

Answer 12

relating/pertaining to the brain and spinal cord

Question 13

crani/ectomy

Answer 13

cut out, excision of the cranium, surgical removal

Question 14

crani/o/plasty

Answer 14

surgical repair of skull

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elect/o/encephal/o/gram

Answer 15

picture of electrical activity of brain

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electr/o/neur/o/diagnos/tic

Answer 16

pertains to the technologist that studies electrical activity

Question 17

emetic

Answer 17

pertaining to vomit; an agent that induces vomiting

Question 18

encephal/itis

Answer 18

inflammation of the brain

Question 19

encephal/o/cele

Answer 19

herniation of brain tissue

Question 20

encephal/oma

Answer 20

brain tumor

Question 21

encephal/o/mening/itis

Answer 21

inflammation of brain and meninges

Question 22

encephal/o/tomy

Answer 22

incision into brain

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hist/o/logy

Answer 23

study of tissues, branch of anatomy

Question 24

hydr/o/cephal/us

Answer 24

fluid in skull; increase in CSF

Question 25

hydr/o/phobia

Answer 25

fear of the water; also rabies

Question 26

hyper/active

Answer 26

increase, more than usual, activity

Question 27

lip/oma

Answer 27

a tumor of fatty tissue

Question 28

melan/o/carcin/oma

Answer 28

dark pigmented, black cancerous tumor

Question 29

myel/o/mening/o/cele

Answer 29

hernia of the meninges and spinal cord

Question 30

myel/o/cyte

Answer 30

a bone marrow cell

Question 31

myel/o/dys/plasia

Answer 31

abnormal formation of the spinal cord

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myel/o/pathy

Answer 32

any disease or disorder of the spinal cord or bone marrow

Question 33

my/o/spasm

Answer 33

muscle spasm or twitching

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necr/o/philia

Answer 34

love or attraction for the dead

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ne/o/nat/al

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of, relating to, or affecting the newborn

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ne/o/genesis

Answer 36

generate new tissue growth

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ne/o/plasm

Answer 37

abnormal growth of cells

Question 38

neur/o/logy

Answer 38

study of nervous system

Question 39

neur/o/surgeon

Answer 39

physician performs surgery on the nervous system

Question 40

onc/o/logist

Answer 40

a specialist in oncology; cancer

Question 41

polio/myel/itis

Answer 41

inflammation of spinal cord gray matter

Question 42

psych/iatrist

Answer 42

a physician specializing in psychiatry

Question 43

rhabd/o/my/o/sarc/oma

Answer 43

cancer of rod shaped muscle

Question 44

sarc/oma

Answer 44

malignant tumor of connective tissues

Question 45

viscer/al

Answer 45

pertaining to the internal organs

Question 46

viscer/o/genic

Answer 46

pertaining to or originating from an organ