Medical Terminology Examples

Question 1

BACTERICIDE

Answer 1

SUBSTANCE THAT KILLS BACTERIA

Question 2

VIRUCIDE

Answer 2

A SUBSTANCE THAT KILLS VIRUSES

Question 3

FUNGICIDE

Answer 3

A SUBSTANCE THAT KILLS FUNGI

Question 4

HYPERGLYCEMIA

Answer 4

HIGH BLOOD SUGAR

Question 5

HYPOGLYCEMIA

Answer 5

LOW BLOOD SUGAR

Question 6

TONSILLITIS

Answer 6

INFLAMMATION OF THE TONSILS

Question 7

HEPATITIS

Answer 7

INFLAMMATION OF THE LIVER

Question 8

ARTHRITIS

Answer 8

INFLAMMATION OF A JOINT

Question 9

BRONCHITIS

Answer 9

INFLAMMATION OF THE BRONCHI

Question 10

MENINGITIS

Answer 10

INFLAMMATION OF THE MENINGES (THE MEMBRANOUS LAYER SURROUNDING THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD)

Question 11

BACTERIOLOGY

Answer 11

THE STUDY OF BACTERIA

Question 12

ONCOLOGY

Answer 12

STUDY OF CANCER

Question 13

NEUROLOGY

Answer 13

STUDY OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

Question 14

CARDIOLOGY

Answer 14

STUDY OF THE HEART

Question 15

NEPHROLOGY

Answer 15

STUDY OF THE KIDNEY

Question 16

ENCEPHALOPATHY

Answer 16

DISORDER OR DISEASE OF THE BRAIN

Question 17

CARDIOMYOPATHY

Answer 17

DISORDER OR DISEASE OF THE HEART

Question 18

EXCISE

Answer 18

TO CUT OUT

Question 19

CYSTECTOMY

Answer 19

REMOVAL OF A CYST

Question 20

LAPAROSCOPY

Answer 20

VISUAL EXAMINATION OF ORGANS IN THE ABDOMEN

Question 21

COLOSTOMY

Answer 21

CREATION OF NEW OPENING TO COLON

Question 22

TRACHEMOSTOMY

Answer 22

CREATION OF NEW OPENING TO TRACHEA

Question 23

CRANIOTOMY

Answer 23

INCISION INTO THE SKULL

Question 24

FASCIOTOMY

Answer 24

INCISION INTO THE FIBROUS MEMBRANE (FASCIA) WHICH COVERS A MUSCLE

Question 25

FISTULOTOMY

Answer 25

INCISION INTO A FISTULA (AN ABNORMAL CONNECTION BETWEEN TWO ORGANS OR VESSELS)

Question 26

ORCHIOPEXY

Answer 26

SURGICAL FIXATION OF AN UNDESCENDED TESTICLE TO THE CORRECT LOCATION

Question 27

RHINOPLASTY

Answer 27

SURGICAL REPAIR OF THE NOSE

Question 28

TYMPANOPLASTY

Answer 28

SURGICAL REPAIR OF THE EAR DRUM

Question 29

KYPHOPLASTY

Answer 29

SURGICAL REPAIR OF A FRACTURED VERTEBRA BY PERCUTANEOUS (THROUGH THE SKIN) INJECTION OF BONE CEMENT

Question 30

DERMATOME

Answer 30

AN INSTRUMENT USED FOR CUTTING SKIN

Question 31

CHOLECYST

Answer 31

GALLBLADDER

Question 32

INTERCOSTAL

Answer 32

BETWEEN THE RIBS

Question 33

CYST

Answer 33

ANY FLUID-FILLED SAC

Question 34

DERMOPATHY

Answer 34

SKIN DISEASE

Question 35

GASTROINTESTINAL

Answer 35

PERTAINING TO THE STOMACH AND INTESTINES

Question 36

HEMOSTAT

Answer 36

INSTRUMENT USED TO CONTROL BLEEDING

Question 37

HEPATITIS

Answer 37

INFLAMMATION OF THE LIVER

Question 38

COLECTOMY

Answer 38

REMOVAL OF PART OF THE LARGE INTESTINE

Question 39

CRANIOTOMY

Answer 39

SURGICAL OPENING INTO THE SKULL

Question 40

LITHOTRIPSY

Answer 40

CRUSHING OF A STONE

Question 41

MASTECTOMY

Answer 41

SURGICAL REMOVAL OF A BREAST

Question 42

OOPHERECTOMY

Answer 42

SURGICAL REMOVAL OF AN OVARY

Question 43

ANASTOMOSIS

Answer 43

A CONNECTION OR RECONNECTION OF TWO SEPARATE TUBLAR STRUCTURES; FOR EXAMPLE, BLOOD VESSELS OR PORTIONS OF INTESTINES

Question 44

ASEPSIS

Answer 44

WITHOUT INFECTION; STERILE

Question 45

TRANSURETHRAL

Answer 45

THROUGH THE URETHRA

Question 46

ENDOSCOPY

Answer 46

VISUALIZATION WITHIN; AND POSSIBLE TREATMENT OF, A PART OF THE BODY USING AN ENDOSCOPIC INSTRUMENTATION.