Introduction to Healthcare Terminology

Question 1

ante-

Answer 1

Forward, in front of, before

Question 2

anti-

Answer 2

Against

Question 3

dys-

Answer 3

Abnormal, difficult, bad, painful

Question 4

endo-

Answer 4

Inside

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hyper-

Answer 5

Excessive

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hypo-

Answer 6

Below

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neo-

Answer 7

New

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per-

Answer 8

Through

Question 9

peri-

Answer 9

Surrounding, around

Question 10

-al

Answer 10

Pertaining to

Question 11

-algia

Answer 11

Pain

Question 12

-ectomy

Answer 12

Removal, resection, excision

Question 13

-graphy

Answer 13

Instrument to record

Question 14

-itis

Answer 14

Inflammation

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-logy

Answer 15

Study of

Question 16

-plasty

Answer 16

Surgical repair

Question 17

-scope

Answer 17

Instrument to view

Question 18

-tomy

Answer 18

Incision, cutting

Question 19

arth/o

Answer 19

Joint

Question 20

cardi/o

Answer 20

heart

Question 21

col/o

Answer 21

colon, large intestine

Question 22

cyst/o

Answer 22

Bladder/sac

Question 23

enter/o

Answer 23

Small intestine

Question 24

gastr/o

Answer 24

stomach

Question 25

gloss/o

Answer 25

Tongue

Question 26

hyster/o

Answer 26

Uterus

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hepat/o

Answer 27

Liver

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mamm/o

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Breas

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nat/o

Answer 29

Birth, born

Question 30

neur/o

Answer 30

Nerve

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ophthalm/o

Answer 31

Eye

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oste/o

Answer 32

bone

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path/o

Answer 33

disease

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ped/o

Answer 34

child

Question 35

rhin/o

Answer 35

Nose

Question 36

therm/o

Answer 36

Heat, temperature

Question 37

acronym

Answer 37

Abbreviations that are also pronounceable

Question 38

diagnosis

Answer 38

Evaluation of a patient’s signs, symptoms, and history.

Question 39

sign

Answer 39

An objective finding of a disease state

Question 40

acute

Answer 40

An abrupt, severe onset to a disease

Question 41

eponym

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Terms that are named after a person or a place associated with the term. Ex: Alzheimer disease

Question 42

suffix

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word parts that appear at the end of some terms. Used to indicate whether the term is an anatomic, pathologic, diagnostic, or therapeutic intervention term.

Question 43

chronic

Answer 43

Developing slowly and lasting for a long time. (Chron/o means time)

Question 44

nondecodable term

Answer 44

Terms that do not have word parts that can be used to assemble a definition. Must be memorized without the benefit of word parts.

Question 45

symptom

Answer 45

A subjective report of a disease state

Question 46

combining form

Answer 46

Word root with its respective combining vowel

Question 47

prefix

Answer 47

word parts that appear at the beginning of some terms. Used to further define absence, location, number, quantity, or state of the term.

Question 48

word root

Answer 48

word origin

Question 49

decodable term

Answer 49

Terms that can be broken into their Greek and Latin word parts and given a working definition based on the meanings of those word parts.

Question 50

prognosis

Answer 50

A prediction of the probable outcome of a disease or disorder.