Medical Terminology

Question 1

Tachycardia

Answer 1

Rapid (tachy) heartbeat (cardia)

Question 2

Hypertension

Answer 2

High (hyper) blood pressure (tension)

Question 3

Hypotension

Answer 3

Low (hypo) blood pressure (tension)

Question 4

Bradycardia

Answer 4

Slow (brady) heart rate (cardia)

Question 5

Bradypnea

Answer 5

Slow (Brady) breathing (pnea)

Question 6

Dyspnea

Answer 6

Difficulty (dys) breathing (pnea)

Question 7

Nocturia

Answer 7

Night time (noct) urinating (uria)

Question 8

Arthritis

Answer 8

Inflammation (itis) of the joints (arth)

Question 9

Phlebitis

Answer 9

Inflammation (itis) of the veins (phleb)

Question 10

Tracheotomy

Answer 10

Cutting into (otomy) the trachea (trache)

Question 11

Apnea

Answer 11

Absence (a) of breathing (pnea)

Question 12

Orthopnea

Answer 12

Breathing (pnea) sitting up (ortho)

Question 13

Hematuria

Answer 13

Blood (hema) in the urine (uria)

Question 14

Mastectomy

Answer 14

Removal (ectomy) of the breast (mast)

Question 15

Colonoscopy

Answer 15

Inspection with a scope (scopy) of the colon (colon)

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Craniotomy

Answer 16

Cutting into (otomy) the cranium/skull (crani)

Question 17

Dermatitis

Answer 17

Inflammation (itis) of the skin (derma)

Question 18

Laparotomy

Answer 18

Cutting into (otomy) the abdomen (lapa)

Question 19

Hemiplegia

Answer 19

Half (hemi) paralyzed (plegia)

Question 20

Thoracotomy

Answer 20

Cutting into (otomy) the chest (thora)

Question 21

Bronchitis

Answer 21

Inflammation (itis) of the bronchus (bronch)

Question 22

Hepatomegaly

Answer 22

Enlargement of the liver

Question 23

Cholycystectomy

Answer 23

Removal (ectomy) of the gallbladder (cholycyst)

Question 24

Intravenous

Answer 24

Into (intra) the vein (venous)

Question 25

-plasty

Answer 25

Surgical repair or reshaping

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-logy

Answer 26

study of

Question 27

-ostomy

Answer 27

surgical opening

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Colostomy

Answer 28

Surgical opening (ostomy) to the colon (colo)

Question 29

Arth(o)

Answer 29

joint

Question 30

bronch(o)

Answer 30

bronchus (plural bronchi)

Question 31

crani(o)

Answer 31

skull

Question 32

gastr(o)

Answer 32

stomach

Question 33

hem(a)

Answer 33

blood

Question 34

hepat(o)

Answer 34

liver

Question 35

hyster(o)

Answer 35

uterus

Question 36

mast(o)

Answer 36

breast

Question 37

myel(o)

Answer 37

spinal cord or bone marrow

Question 38

phleb(o)

Answer 38

vein

Question 39

pnea

Answer 39

breathing, respiration

Question 40

pulm(o)

Answer 40

lung

Question 41

-ectomy

Answer 41

excision of, removal

Question 42

-ism

Answer 42

condition of

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-itis

Answer 43

inflammation of

Question 44

-plegia

Answer 44

paralysis

Question 45

-rrhea

Answer 45

profuse flow, discharge

Question 46

-scopy

Answer 46

examination with a scope

Question 47

-otomy

Answer 47

incision, cutting into

Question 48

-uria

Answer 48

condition of the urine

Question 49

a-, an-

Answer 49

without, absence of

Question 50

brady-

Answer 50

slow

Question 51

dys-

Answer 51

difficult, abnormal

Question 52

hemi-

Answer 52

half

Question 53

hyper-

Answer 53

excessive, high, too much

Question 54

hypo-

Answer 54

under, less than normal, decreased

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intra-

Answer 55

into, within

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meg-

Answer 56

large

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olig-

Answer 57

small, scant

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peri-

Answer 58

around

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poly-

Answer 59

many, much

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supra-

Answer 60

above, over

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tachy-

Answer 61

fast, rapid

Question 62

trans-

Answer 62

across