Look Alike, Sound Alike Terms And Word Parts

Question 0

Ather/o

Answer 0

Plaque or Fatty Substance

Question 1

Arteri/o

Answer 1

Artery

Question 2

Arthr/o

Answer 2

Joint

Question 3

-Ectomy

Answer 3

Surgical removal

Question 4

-Ostomy

Answer 4

Surgical Creation of an artificial opening to the body surface

Question 5

-Otomy

Answer 5

Cutting or a Surgical incision

Question 6

Fissure

Answer 6

Groove or Crack-like sore of the skin

Question 7

Fistula

Answer 7

“Abnormal Passage”

Normally between two internal organs or leading from an organ to the surface of the body

Question 8

Ilium

Answer 8

Hip bone

Question 9

Ileum

Answer 9

Last and longest portion of the small intestine

Question 10

Infection

Answer 10

Invasion of the body by a pathogenic organism

Question 11

Inflammation

Answer 11

Localized response to an injury or to the destruction of tissues.

Question 12

Laceration

Answer 12

Is a torn or jagged wound or an accidental cut wound

Question 13

Lesion

Answer 13

Pathologic change of the tissues due to disease or injury

Question 14

Mucous

Answer 14

Describes the Specialized membrane that line the body cavities

Question 15

Mucus

Answer 15

Name of the fluid secreted by these mucous membranes

Question 16

Myc/o

Answer 16

Fungus

Question 17

Myel/o

Answer 17

Bone marrow or spinal cord

Question 18

My/o

Answer 18

Muscle

Question 19

-Ologist

Answer 19

Specialist

Question 20

-Ology

Answer 20

Study of

Question 21

Palpation

Answer 21

Examination technique in which the examiners hands are used to feel the texture, size, consistency, and location of certain body parts

Question 22

Palpitation

Answer 22

Pounding or racing of the heart

Question 23

Pyel/o

Answer 23

Renal pelvis

Question 24

Py/o

Answer 24

Pus

Question 25

Pyr/o

Answer 25

Fever or fire

Question 26

Supination

Answer 26

Is the act of rotating the arm so that the palm of the hand is forward or upward

Question 27

Suppuration

Answer 27

Is the formation or discharge of pus

Question 28

Triage

Answer 28

Medical screening of patients to determine their relative priority of need and the proper place of treatment

Question 29

Trauma

Answer 29

Wound or injury

Question 30

Viral

Answer 30

Pertaining to a virus

Question 31

Virile

Answer 31

Means having the nature, properties, or qualities of an adult male

Question 32

Prostate

Answer 32

Male gland that lies under the urinary bladder

Question 33

Prostrate

Answer 33

To collapse and be lying flat