General

Question 0

adip/o

Answer 0

fat

Question 1

py/o

Answer 1

pus

Question 2

myc/o

Answer 2

fungus

Question 3

pyr/o

Answer 3

fever, fire

Question 4

cyt/o

Answer 4

cell

Question 5

cyan/o

Answer 5

blue

Question 6

erythr/o

Answer 6

red

Question 7

leuk/o

Answer 7

white

Question 8

melan/o

Answer 8

black, dark

Question 9

lip/o

Answer 9

fat, lipid

Question 10

lapar/o

Answer 10

abdomen, abdominal wall

Question 11

coron/o

Answer 11

coronary , crown

Question 12

cervic/o

Answer 12

neck, cervix

Question 13

cephal/o

Answer 13

head

Question 14

albin/o

Answer 14

white

Question 15

aden/o

Answer 15

gland

Question 16

hist/o

Answer 16

tissue

Question 17

sarc/o

Answer 17

flesh, connective tissue

Question 18

path/o

Answer 18

disease, suffering, feeling, emotion

Question 19

ech/o

Answer 19

sound

Question 20

radi/o

Answer 20

radiation, x-rays

Question 21

carcin/o

Answer 21

cancerous

Question 22

onc/o

Answer 22

tumor

Question 23

splen/o

Answer 23

spleen

Question 24

axill/o

Answer 24

armpit

Question 25

edema

Answer 25

swelling

Question 26

erythrocyte

Answer 26

red blood cells

Question 27

fistula

Answer 27

abnormal passage between two internal organs

Question 28

fissure

Answer 28

a groove or crack-like sore of the skin

Question 29

hyper-

Answer 29

excessive

Question 30

hypo-

Answer 30

deficient

Question 31

therm

Answer 31

heat

Question 32

sign

Answer 32

objective evidence of disease
can be evaluated or measured by the patient or others
Ex: fever

Question 33

symptom

Answer 33

subjective evidence of a disease
can be evaluated or measured only by the patient
Ex: pain or a headache

Question 34

syndrome

Answer 34

a set of signs and symptoms that occur together as part of a specific disease proces

Question 35

diagnosis

Answer 35

the identification of a disease

Question 36

differential diagnosis (D/DX) also known as rule out (R/O)

Answer 36

an attempt to determine which one of several diseases can be causing the signs and symptoms that are present

Question 37

prognosis

Answer 37

a prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disorder

Question 38

acute

Answer 38

has a rapid onset, a severe course, and a relatively short duration

Question 39

chronic

Answer 39

condition is of long duration. Such diseases can be controlled, they are rarely cured.

Question 40

remission

Answer 40

the temporary, partial or complete disappearance of the symptoms of a disease without achieving a cure

Question 41

disease

Answer 41

a condition in which one or more body parts are not functioning normally

Question 42

eponym

Answer 42

a disease, structure, operation or procedure named for the person who discovered or described it first

Question 43

anatomy

Answer 43

study of the structures of the body

Question 44

physiology

Answer 44

study of the functions of the structures of the body

Question 45

superior

Answer 45

upper portion of the body

Question 46

inferior

Answer 46

lower portion of the body