Medical Terminology

Question 1

singular -a
ex. vertebra

Answer 1

plural ending - ae
ex. vertebrae

Question 2

singular -en
example : lumen

Answer 2

plural -ina
ex. lumina

Question 3

singular -ex,ix, yx
ex. matrix

Answer 3

plural -ices
ex. matrices

Question 4

singular -is
ex. diagnosis

Answer 4

plural -es
ex. diagnoses

Question 5

singular - ma
ex. stigma ( scar or mark)

Answer 5

plural -mata
ex. stigmata ( multiple scars or marks )

Question 6

singular -nx, anx, inx, ynx
ex. phalanx (finger or toe bone)

Answer 6

plural -nges
ex. phalanges ( finger or toe bones)

Question 7

singular -on
ex. ganglion

Answer 7

plural -a
ex. ganglia

Question 8

singular - um
ex. serum (thin body fluid)

Answer 8

plural - a
ex. sera (multiple thin body fluids)

Question 9

singular -us
ex. thrombus

Answer 9

plural -i
thrombi

Question 10

morph/o
ex. polymorphous

Answer 10

form
polymorphous - having many forms

Question 11

cyt/o , -cyte
ex. cytotoxin, leukocyte

Answer 11

cell
ex. poisonous to the cells, white blood cell

Question 12

nucle/o
ex. nuclear

Answer 12

nucleus
ex. pertains to nucleus

Question 13

kary/o
ex. karyotype

Answer 13

nucleus
ex. picture of cells nucleus that shows chromosomes in order

Question 14

hist/o
ex. histology

Answer 14

tissue
ex. study of tissues

Question 15

reticul/o
reticulum

Answer 15

network
a network of tissue

Question 16

aden/o
adenoma

Answer 16

gland
glandular tumor

Question 17

papill/o
duodenal papilla

Answer 17

round projection
round projection at the end of the duodenum where common bile duct and pancreatic duct drain

Question 18

myx/o
ex. myxadenitis
(mikes -ad-eh-NI-tis)

Answer 18

mucus
ex. inflammation of mucus gland

Question 19

muc/o
ex. mucorrhea

Answer 19

mucus/mucus membrane
ex. increased flow of mucus

Question 20

somat/o
ex. somatic cell

Answer 20

body
ex. cell of the body

Question 21

blast/o
histioblast

Answer 21

immature cell/ embryonic cell
cell that forms tissues

Question 22

blast/o
histioblast

Answer 22

immature cell/ embryonic cell
cell that forms tissues

Question 23

gen
genesis

Answer 23

origin or formation
formation of something

Question 24

phag/o
autophage

Answer 24

to eat or ingest
an organism that produces its own food

Question 25

phil
hydrophilic

Answer 25

to attract or absorb
something that attracts or absorbs water

Question 26

phil
hydrophilic

Answer 26

to attract or absorb
something that attracts or absorbs water

Question 27

plas
hyperplasia

Answer 27

to grow, form or develop
overgrowth of tissues

Question 28

trop
chronotropic

Answer 28

act on or affect
affecting rate or timing

Question 29

troph/o
atrophy

Answer 29

growth
when tissue stops growing

Question 30

-ase
lipase

Answer 30

enzyme
enzyme that digests fat

Question 31

-ose
lactose

Answer 31

sugar
milk sugar

Question 32

hydr/o
hydration

Answer 32

water
addition of water

Question 33

gluc/o

Answer 33

glucose

Question 34

glyc/o
hypoglycemia

Answer 34

sugar/glucose
low blood sugar

Question 35

sacchar/o

Answer 35

sugar

Question 36

amyl/o

Answer 36

starch

Question 37

amyl/o

Answer 37

starch

Question 38

lip/o

Answer 38

fat

Question 39

adip/o

Answer 39

fat

Question 40

steat-
steatorrhea

Answer 40

fatty
fatty stools

Question 41

prote/o

proteauria

Answer 41

proteins
protein in the urine

Question 42

1. 2. 3
2. 5. 6
3. 8. 9

starting with 1 on the right name the regions of the abdomen

Answer 42

1. right hypochondriac
2. epigastric
3. left hypochondriac
4. right lumbar
   5.umbilical
5. left lumbar
6. right iliac
7. hypogastric
8. left iliac

Question 43

-pachy

Answer 43

thick

Question 44

xero-

Answer 44

dry

Question 45

-cele
gastrocele

Answer 45

hernia
hernia of the stomach

Question 46

-clasis

Answer 46

breaking

Question 47

-odynia
urodynia

Answer 47

pain
painful urination

Question 48

-rhage
-rhagia
hemorrhage

Answer 48

bursting or profuse flow
excessive bleeding

Question 49

-rhea
dysmenorrhea

Answer 49

flow or discharging
irregular menstrual flow

Question 50

-rhexis
amniorrhexis

Answer 50

rupture
rupturing of the amniotic sac

Question 51

-schisis

Answer 51

splitting or fissure

Question 52

-malacia

Answer 52

softening

Question 53

-ptosis
blepharoptosis

Answer 53

drooping
drooping of the eyelids

Question 54

ABBREVIATION
“CA”

Answer 54

Cancer

Question 55

ABBREVIATION
“CIS”

Answer 55

Carcinoma in situ

Question 56

ABBREVIATION
“FUO”

Answer 56

Fever of unknown origin

Question 57

ABBREVIATION
“Gm+, Gm-“

Answer 57

gram positive or gram negative

Question 58

ABBREVIATION
“MDR”

Answer 58

multi medication resistant

Question 59

ABBREVIATION
“MRSA”

Answer 59

methicillin resistant S. aureus

Question 60

ABBREVIATION
“VRSA”

Answer 60

vancomycin resistant s. aureus

Question 61

palliative

Answer 61

treatment that may provide relief but not cure

Question 62

TMN system

Answer 62

used to stage cancer
T- primary tumor
N -regional lymph nodes
M-distant metastases

Question 63

• desis
  pleurodesis

Answer 63

binding or fusion
binding the pleura of the lungs together

Question 64

-ectomy
appendectomy

Answer 64

exision or surgical removal
removal of the appendix

Question 65

-pexy
hysteropexy

Answer 65

surgical fixation
fixation of the uterus ( treatment for prolapse)

Question 66

-plasty
rhinoplasty

Answer 66

plastic repair/reconstruction
nose reconstruction

Question 67

-rhaphy

Answer 67

surgical repair

Question 68

-stomy

Answer 68

surgical creation of an opening
ie. illeostomy - surgical opening at the illeum

Question 69

-tripsy

Answer 69

crushing