medical terminology

Question 1

what does cili/o mean

Answer 1

hair

Question 2

what does pil/o mean

Answer 2

hair

Question 3

what does derm/o, dermat/o and cutane/o mean

Answer 3

skin

Question 4

what does onych/o mean

Answer 4

nail

Question 5

what does ungu/o mean

Answer 5

nail

Question 6

what does arthr/o mean

Answer 6

joint

Question 7

what does chondr/o mean

Answer 7

cartilage

Question 8

what does cost/o

Answer 8

ribs

Question 9

what does myel/o mean

Answer 9

bone marrow

Question 10

what does spin/o mean

Answer 10

spine

Question 11

what does vertebro, spondyl/o mean

Answer 11

vertebrae

Question 12

what does blephar/o mean

Answer 12

eyelid

Question 13

what does myel/o mean

Answer 13

spinal cord

Question 14

what does ot/o mean

Answer 14

ear

Question 15

what does aden/o mean

Answer 15

gland

Question 16

what does hem/o and hemat/o mean

Answer 16

blood

Question 17

what does phleb/o mean

Answer 17

vein

Question 18

what does cheil/o mean

Answer 18

lips

Question 19

what does orchid/o mean

Answer 19

testicle

Question 20

what does phall/o mean

Answer 20

penis

Question 21

what does vas/o mean

Answer 21

vas deferens

Question 22

what does oophor/o mean

Answer 22

ovary

Question 23

salping/o mean

Answer 23

fallopian tube/ uterine tube

Question 24

what does hyster/o and metr/o mean

Answer 24

uterus

Question 25

what does anis/o mean

Answer 25

unequal

Question 26

what does cry/o mean

Answer 26

cold

Question 27

what does dacry/o mean

Answer 27

tears

Question 28

what does lith/o mean

Answer 28

stone

Question 29

what does papill/o mean

Answer 29

nipple-like

Question 30

what does rhabd/o mean

Answer 30

rod-shaped or striated

Question 31

what does sialaden/o mean

Answer 31

salivary gland/saliva

Question 32

what does xer/o mean

Answer 32

dry

Question 33

what is the medical term for green

Answer 33

chlor/o and vir

Question 34

what is the medical term for red

Answer 34

eosin/o, erythr/o, rhod, rub

Question 35

what is the medical term for white

Answer 35

leuk/o and alb

Question 36

what is the medical term for black

Answer 36

melan/o and nigr

Question 37

what is the medical term for gray

Answer 37

poli/o

Question 38

what is the medical term for purple

Answer 38

porphyr/o and purpur

Question 39

what is the medical term for yellow

Answer 39

xanth/o and flav

Question 40

what does the suffix plegia mean

Answer 40

paralysis

Question 41

what does the suffix algae mean

Answer 41

pain

Question 42

what does the suffix cele mean

Answer 42

hernia

Question 43

what does the suffix dynia mean

Answer 43

pain

Question 44

what does the suffix -iasis mean

Answer 44

abnormal condition

Question 45

what does the suffix -malacia

Answer 45

softening

Question 46

what does the suffix -ptysis mean

Answer 46

to split

Question 47

what does the suffix -rrhea mean

Answer 47

flow or discharge

Question 48

what does the suffix -rrhexis mean

Answer 48

rupture

Question 49

what does the suffix -centesis mean

Answer 49

surgical puncture to remove fluid from somewhere

Question 50

what does the suffix -desis mean

Answer 50

surgically bind or fuse something together

Question 51

what does the suffix -pexy mean

Answer 51

surgical fixation

Question 52

what does the suffix -plasty mean

Answer 52

surgical repair/reconstruction

Question 53

what does the suffix -rrhaphy mean

Answer 53

suture/slow

Question 54

what does the suffix -genic mean

Answer 54

produced by

Question 55

what does the suffix -oid mean

Answer 55

resembling

Question 56

what does the suffix -ole, -ule mean

Answer 56

small

Question 57

what does the suffix -ac, -al, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ous

Answer 57

pertaining to