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.**