Introduction to medical terminology week 1 and week 2

Question 1

Gastritis

Answer 1

inflammation of the stomach

Question 2

Gastronomy

Answer 2

surgical incision to the stomach

Question 3

gastroesophageal

Answer 3

Pertaining to the stomach and esophagus

Question 4

cardi

Answer 4

heart

Question 5

cerebr

Answer 5

brain, cerebrum

Question 6

colo,colon

Answer 6

colon

Question 7

crani

Answer 7

cranium,skull

Question 8

dermat

Answer 8

skin

Question 9

gastr

Answer 9

stomach

Question 10

nephr

Answer 10

kidney

Question 11

neuron

Answer 11

nerve

Question 12

ost

Answer 12

bone

Question 13

pulmon

Answer 13

lung

Question 14

ren

Answer 14

kidney

Question 15

vas

Answer 15

vessel

Question 16

algia

Answer 16

pain

Question 17

ectomy

Answer 17

excision

Question 18

gram

Answer 18

record, recording

Question 19

ism, ia

Answer 19

condition of

Question 20

itis

Answer 20

inflammation

Question 21

lum

Answer 21

pertaining to body region, structure

Question 22

logy

Answer 22

study of

Question 23

oma

Answer 23

tumor

Question 24

tomy

Answer 24

incision

Question 25

Meaning of the prefix “intra-“

Answer 25

Within

Question 26

Prefix meaning “around, surrounding”

Answer 26

peri

Question 27

The combining _____ is added to the word root to make
it easier to pronounce the term.

Answer 27

vowel

Question 28

Prefix meaning “painful, difficult, abnormal”

Answer 28

Dys

Question 29

Term meaning “not pertaining to bacteria”

Answer 29

A bacterial

Question 30

Plural form of the term “vertebra”

Answer 30

Vertebrae

Question 31

Medical term meaning “frequent urination”

Answer 31

Polyuria

Question 32

meaning of the combining form “crani/o.”

Answer 32

Cranium

Question 33

Term that means “pertaining to the kidney”

Answer 33

Renal

Question 34

Word part that comes after the word root

Answer 34

Suffix

Question 35

Term meaning “a recording of the blood vessels”

Answer 35

Angiogram

Question 36

Combining form that means “kidney”

Answer 36

Nephro

Question 37

Term meaning “inflammation of the colon”

Answer 37

Colonitis

Question 38

Combining form meaning “skin”

Answer 38

Dermato

Question 39

Word part that comes before the word root

Answer 39

prefix

Question 40

Term meaning “surgical removal of a disk”

Answer 40

Discectomy

Question 41

Suffix meaning “pain”

Answer 41

algia

Question 42

The core or main part of the word is known
as the word _____.

Answer 42

root