General Medical Terminology

Question 1

What type of word part am I?
gastr/

Answer 1

Root

Question 2

What type of word part am I?
hypo-

Answer 2

Prefix

Question 3

What type of word part am I?
-ic

Answer 3

Suffix

Question 4

What type of word part am I? /o

Answer 4

Combining vowel

Question 5

What type of word part am I?
gastr/o

Answer 5

Combining form

Question 6

Break me down to component parts and define me:
- haematoma

Answer 6

haemat/o = blood
oma = tumour
= blood tumour

Question 7

Break me down to component parts and define me:
- erythrocyte

Answer 7

erythr/o = red
cyte = cell
= red cell (red blood cell)

Question 8

Break me down to component parts and define me:
- arthralgia

Answer 8

arthr/o = joint
algia = pain
= condition of joint pain

Question 9

Break me down to component parts and define me:
- subhepatic

Answer 9

sub = under / below
hepat/o = liver
ic = pertaining to
= pertaining to below the liver

Question 10

Break me down to component parts and define me:
- hyperglycaemia

Answer 10

hyper = above, excessive
glyc/o = glucose
aemia = blood (condition of)
= condition of excessive glucose in the blood

Question 11

Define me: Adhesion

Answer 11

Tissues adhering where they should not

Question 12

Define me: Ophthalmology

Answer 12

Study of the eye

Question 13

Define me: Haemorrhage

Answer 13

Profuse bleeding, can be internal or external, from arteries, veins or capillaries

Question 14

Define me: Prophylaxis

Answer 14

Preventative treatment, prevention of or protection against a disease

Question 15

Define me: Anomaly - Clue: This is focused on the ‘development in the embryo’ stage of life

Answer 15

• irregularity in a structure or organ
• especially an absence, deformity, or excess body parts
• the result of faulty development of the embryo

Question 16

State the plural (multiple) form of this word: Ovum

Answer 16

Plural = Ova

Question 17

State the plural (multiple) form of this word: Appendix

Answer 17

Plural = Appendices

Question 18

State the plural (multiple) form of this word: Diagnosis

Answer 18

Plural = Diagnoses

Question 19

State the plural (multiple) form of this word: Fungus

Answer 19

Plural = Fungi

Question 20

Define me: Anaesthetic

Answer 20

A drug or agent capable of producing a complete or partial loss of feeling (anaesthesia)

Question 21

Define me: Orthopnoea

Answer 21

Abnormal condition where a person must sit or stand to breathe deeply or comfortably

Question 22

Define me: Binocular

Answer 22

Pertaining to both eyes, especially regarding vision

Question 23

Define me: Nephrocystitis

Answer 23

An inflammation involving both the kidney and the urinary bladder

Question 24

Define me: Secundigravida

Answer 24

A woman who is pregnant for the second time

Question 25

Define me: Transabdominal

Answer 25

Pertaining to a procedure through the abdominal wall

Question 26

Define me: Nasogastric tube

Answer 26

Any tube passed into the stomach through the nose

Question 27

Define me: Chronic

Answer 27

A disease or disorder persisting for a long period, often for the remainder of a person’s lifetime