Medical Homonyms

Question 1

Agonist/Antagonist

Answer 1

AGONIST - Pharmaceutical agent

ANTAGONIST - element which neutralizes, obstructs or combats the action of another

Question 2

Anuresis/Enuresis

Answer 2

Anuresis - inability to pass urine

Enuresis - uncontrolled urination esp. at night

Question 3

APOphysis/ EPIphysis

Answer 3

APOphysis - part of a bone that juts out

EPIphysis - rounded edge of a long bone

Question 4

AUral/ Oral

Answer 4

AUral - pertaining to the ear, its parts and its functions

Oral - pertaining to the mouth, its parts and its functions

Question 5

Cor/core

Answer 5

Cor - pertaining to the heart

Core - the midpoint

Question 6

diaphysis

diathesis

diastasis

Answer 6

diaphysis - long bone shaft

diathesis - predisposition to health problems

diastasis - anatomical parts joined together which end up seperating

Question 7

dyskaryosis

dyskeratosis

Answer 7

dyskaryosis - change in epithelial cells in irregular nuclear structure

dyskeratosis - unusual keratinization

Question 8

dysphagia

dysphasia

Answer 8

dysphagia - trouble swallowing

dysphasia - diminished ability to understand speech

Question 9

gallactorrhea

galacturia

Answer 9

galactorrhea - uncharacteristic flow of milk from the breasts

galacturia - milky colouring of the urine

Question 10

humeral

humoral

Answer 10

humeral - humerus

humoral - body fluids

Question 11

hypophysis/hypothesis

Answer 11

hypophysis - pertains to pituitary gland

hypothesis - scientific supposition

Question 12

ileum/ilium

Answer 12

ileum - third region of the colon

ilium - broadest region of the pelvic bone

Question 13

lice/lyse

Answer 13

lice - parasite

lyse - to destroy

Question 14

malleolus/malleus

Answer 14

malleolus - bondy projection in the ankle that resembles a mallet

malleus - mallet-shaped bone in the middle ear

Question 15

metaphysis/metastasis

Answer 15

metaphysis - broad part at the tip of a long bone

metastasis - secondary malignant growth

Question 16

mucous/mucus

Answer 16

mucous - mucus-secreting

mucus - sticky secretions secreted by mucous membranes

Question 17

osteal/ostial

Answer 17

osteal - that which resembles, affects, involves or is related with the skeleton

ostial - pertains to os/ostium (opening)

Question 18

profuse/perfuse

Answer 18

profuse - copious, such as bleeding

perfuse - bring about the flow of the dissemination of something within a tissue

Question 19

radicle/radical

Answer 19

radicle - smallest subdivision of a nerve

radical - created to get rid of every possible prolongation or spread of a mrbid process such as in radical treatment

Question 20

resection/recession

Answer 20

resection - when part of the anatomical structure or organ is surgically removed

recession - surgical procedure of the eye

Question 21

tract/track

Answer 21

tract - normal anatomical system of organs such as respiratory tract

track - pertains to a route, such as Z track injection

Question 22

vesicle/vesical

Answer 22

vesicle - tiny fluid carrying sac like seminal vesicles

vesical - pertains to the bladder

Question 23

viscus/viscous

Answer 23

viscus - single form of the viscera meaning internal organ

viscous - viscid, gelatinous used to describe bodily secretions