MDA

Question 1

albumin/o

Answer 1

albumin (a protein in the blood)
e.g. albuminuria

Question 2

azot/o

Answer 2

nitrogen
e.g. azotemia
An elevation of blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and serum creatinine levels.

Question 3

bacteri/o

Answer 3

bacteria
e.g. bacteriuria
Sign of UTI.

Question 4

dips/o

Answer 4

thirst
e.g. polydipsia

Question 5

kal/i

Answer 5

potassium
e.g. hyperkalemia
Too much potassium in the blood

Question 6

ket/o
keton/o

Answer 6

ketone bodies
e.g. ketosis
A metabolic state that occurs when your body burns fat for energy instead of glucose.

Question 7

lith/o

Answer 7

stone
e.g. nephrolithiasis

Question 8

natr/o

Answer 8

sodium
e.g. hyponatremia
Low sodium level in the blood

Question 9

noct/o

Answer 9

night
e.g. nocturia
Excessive or frequent urination at night

Question 10

olig/o

Answer 10

scanty (small, insufficient amount)
e.g. oliguria
Production of the small amount of urine

Question 11

-poietin

Answer 11

substance that forms
e.g. erythropoietin
A glycoprotein hormone, naturally produced by the peritubular cells of the kidney, that stimulates red blood cell production

Question 12

py/o

Answer 12

pus
e.g. pyuria

Question 13

-tripsy

Answer 13

crushing
e.g. lithotripsy
Procedure that uses shock waves to break up stones in the kidney and parts of the ureter

Question 14

ur/o

Answer 14

urine, urea

Question 15

-uria

Answer 15

urination, urine condition
e.g. dysuria, anuria

Question 16

amni/o

Answer 16

amnion
The innermost membrane that encloses the embryo of a mammal
e.g. amniotic fluid

Question 17

bartholin/o

Answer 17

bartholin gland

Question 18

cervic/o

Answer 18

cervix, neck

Question 19

chori/o
chorion/o

Answer 19

chorion
The outermost membrane surrounding an embryo

Question 20

colp/o

Answer 20

vagina
e.g. colposcopy

Question 21

culd/o

Answer 21

cul-de-sac
e.g. culdocentesis
A needle is placed through the posterior wall of the vagina and fluid is withdrawn for diagnostic purposes.

Question 22

episi/o

Answer 22

vulva
e.g. episiotomy

Question 23

galact/o

Answer 23

milk
e.g. galactorrhea
Abnormal persistent discharge of milk

Question 24

gynec/o

Answer 24

woman, female

Question 25

hyster/o

Answer 25

uterus, womb

Question 26

lact/o

Answer 26

milk

Question 27

mamm/o
mast/o

Answer 27

breast

Question 28

men/o

Answer 28

menses, menstration

Question 29

metr/o
metri/o

Answer 29

uterus

Question 30

my/o
myom/o

Answer 30

muscle,
muscle tumor

Question 31

nat/i

Answer 31

birth

Question 32

obstetr/o

Answer 32

pregnancy and childbirth

Question 33

o/o
ovul/o

Answer 33

egg
e.g. oogenesis, oocyte

Question 34

oophor/o

Answer 34

ovary
e.g. oophorectomy

Question 35

ovari/o

Answer 35

ovary

Question 36

perine/o

Answer 36

perineum

Question 37

phor/o

Answer 37

to bear
e.g. oophoritis

Question 38

salping/o

Answer 38

fallopian tubes
e.g. salpingectomy

Question 39

uter/o

Answer 39

uterus

Question 40

vulv/o

Answer 40

vulva
e.g. vulvovaginitis

Question 41

-arche

Answer 41

beginning
e.g. menarche
First menstration

Question 42

-cyesis
-gravida

Answer 42

pregnancy
e.g. pseudocyesis
e.g. primigravida
A woman during her first pregnancy.

Question 43

-parous

Answer 43

bearing, bringing forth
e.g. primiparous
A woman who has given birth to at least one child.

Question 44

-salpinx

Answer 44

fallopian (uterine) tube

Question 45

-tocia

Answer 45

labor, birth
e.g. dystocia, oxytocia

Question 46

-version

Answer 46

act of turning
e.g. cephalic version
The fetus turns so that the head is the body part closest to the cervix

Question 47

dys-

Answer 47

painful
e.g. dyspareunia
pareunia=sexual intercourse

Question 48

endo-
intra-

Answer 48

within

Question 49

nulli-

Answer 49

no, not, none
e.g. nulliparous
A female who has never given birth to a live baby

Question 50

primi-

Answer 50

first
e.g. primipara
A woman who is giving birth for the first time.