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What is the combining form that means ear?

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Ot/o

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What medical term means pertaining to the chest?

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Thoracic

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What medical term means abnormal condition of nail fungus?

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Onychomycosis

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What medical term means dry skin?

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Xeroderma

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What medical term means abnormal condition of being blue?

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Cyanosis

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What medical term means no sweat?

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Anhidrosis

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What medical term means excessive sweat?

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Diaphoresis

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What combining form means joint?

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Arthr/o

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What combining form means bone marrow?

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Myel/o

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What combining form means vessel?

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Angi/o or vas/o

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What combining form means red?

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Erthy/o

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What combining form means blue?

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Cyan/o

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What combining form means white?

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Leuk/o

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What combining form means poison?

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Tox/o

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What combining form means straight or upright?

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Orthr/o

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What combining form means gallbladder?

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Cholecyst/o

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What combining form means kidney?

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Nephr/o

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What combining form means vagina?

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Colp/o or vagin/o

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What combining form means uterus?

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Metr/o or hyster/o or uter/o

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What combining form means testes?

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Orchid/o

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What combining form means ear?

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Ot/o

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What combining form means heart?

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Cardi/o

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What combining form means stomach?

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Gastr/o

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What combining form means lung?

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Pneum/o or pulmon/ o

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What combining form means backward?

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Retr/o

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What combining form means throat?

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Pharyn/o

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What combining form means voice box?

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Laryng/o

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What combining form means bladder?

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Cyst/o

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What combining form means breast?

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Mamm/o

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What combining form means hidden?

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Crypt/o

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What combining form means muscle?

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My/o or muscular/o

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What combining form means pus?

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Py/o

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What combining form means fire?

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Pyr/o

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What prefix means difficulty or bad?

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Dys-

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What prefix means fast?

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Tachy-

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What prefix means slow?

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Brady-

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What prefix means above or excessive?

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Hyper-

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What prefix means below?

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Hypo-

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38
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What prefix means blood?

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Hemato- or hema-

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39
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What prefix means half?

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Hemi-

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40
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What prefix means old age?

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Presby-

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41
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What prefix means above or upon?

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Supra-

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What prefix means many?

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Poly-

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What prefix means within?

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Endo-

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What prefix means normal or good?

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Eu-

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45
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What prefix means scanty or few?

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Oligo-

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46
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What prefix means none or without?

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A- or an-

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47
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What prefix means first?

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Primi-

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48
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What suffix means to view?

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-scopy

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What suffix means instrument used to view inside?

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-scope

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50
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What suffix means to suture?

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-rrhapy

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51
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What suffix means to repair?

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-plasty

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52
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What suffix means to discharge?

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-rrhea

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53
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What suffix means to flow?

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-rrhage

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54
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What suffix means enlargement?

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-megaly

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What suffix means to remove?

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-ectomy

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56
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What suffix means condition of stones?

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-lithiasis

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What suffix means to cut?

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-tomy

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What suffix means to surgically fix in place?

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-pexy

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What suffix means vision?

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-opia

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What suffix means hearing?

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-cusis

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What suffix means inflammation?

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-itis

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What suffix means destruction of?

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-lysis

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What suffix means narrowing?

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-stenosis

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What suffix means hardening?

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-sclerosis

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What suffix means study of?

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-ology

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66
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What suffix means digestion?

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-Pepsia

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67
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What suffix means to swallow?

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-phagia

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What suffix means urine?

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-uria

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What suffix means tumor?

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-Oma

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What suffix means dilation?

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-ectasis

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71
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What suffix means pain?

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-algia or -dynia

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What suffix means herniation?

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-cele

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73
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What suffix means new permanent opening?

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-ostomy

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74
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What suffix means to cut?

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-otomy

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75
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What suffix means abnormal softening?

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-malacia

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What suffix means puncture to withdraw fluid?

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-centesis

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What suffix means tone?

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-tonia

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What suffix means few or deficiency?

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-penia

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What suffix means breathing?

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-Pnea

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What suffix means disease?

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-pathy

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81
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What term means to view into a knee?

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Arthroscopy

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What term means enlarged heart?

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Cardiomegaly

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What term means rapid flow of blood?

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Hemorrhage

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What term means not breathing?

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Apnea

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85
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What term means difficult breathing?

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Dyspnea

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What term means no voice?

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Aphasia

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87
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What term means throat inflammation?

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Pharyngitis

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88
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What term means surgical repair of voice box?

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Larygnoplasty

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89
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What term means difficult digestion?

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Dyspepsia

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90
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What term means bladder inflammation?

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Cystitis

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91
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What term means to surgically crush stones?

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Lithotripsy

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What term means to remove the appendix?

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Appendectomy

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What term means to remove the tonsils?

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Tonsillectomy

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What term means to repair the kidney?

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Nephroplasty

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What term means surgical fixation of the kidney?

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Nephropexy

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What term means study of the urinary system?

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Urology

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What term means condition of no urine?

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Anuria

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98
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What term means scanty amount of urine?

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Oligouria

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What term means enlarged extremities?

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Acromegaly?

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What term means surgical removal of thyroid?

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Thyroidectomy

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What term means study of the stomach?

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Gastrology

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What term means surgical removal of the thymus?

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Thymenectomy

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103
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What term means study of the endocrine system?

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Endocrinology

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104
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What term means study of the urinary system?

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Urology

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105
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What term means the study of skin?

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Dermatology

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What term means the study of ears, nose and throat?

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Otorhinolaryngology

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107
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What term means the study of tissues?

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Histology

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108
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What term means study of hearing?

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Audiology

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109
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What term means study of ears?

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Otology

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What term means study of the heart?

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Cardiology

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What term means too much urine?

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Polyuria

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112
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What term means inflammation of nerves?

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Neuritis

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113
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What term means inflammation of tonsils?

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Tonsillitis

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114
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What term means inflammation of appendix?

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Appendicitis

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115
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What term means the study of the kidneys?

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Nephrology

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116
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What term refers to a horizontal plane?

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Transverse

117
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What term refers to the side?

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Lateral

118
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What term means lying downward?

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Prone

119
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What term means middle?

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Medial

120
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What term means baldness?

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Alopecia

121
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What term means hives?

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Urticaria

122
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What term means itching?

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Pruitis

123
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What term means an artificial body part?

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Prosthesis

124
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What term means narrowing of the spinal cord?

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Spinal stenosis

125
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What term means softening of the bone?

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Osteomalacia

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What prefix means bone?

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Osteo-

127
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What prefix means spinal cord or bone marrow?

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Myel-o

128
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What prefix means slow?

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Brady-

129
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What prefix means fast?

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Tachy-

130
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What suffix means pregnancy?

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Gravidia

131
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What prefix means testicle?

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orchi/o

132
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What term means to flow backward?

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Regurgitation

133
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What term means fast heartrate?

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Tachycardia

134
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What term means slow heartrate?

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Bradycardia

135
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What term means to stop bleeding?

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Hemostasis

136
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What term means nosebleed?

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Epistaxis

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What term means spitting up blood?

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Hemoptysis

138
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What term means to vomit?

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Emesis

139
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What term means to make a permanent incision into the trachea?

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Tracheostomy

140
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What term means to make an incision into the trachea?

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Tracheotomy

141
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What term means the passage of bright red stools?

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Hematochezia

142
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What term means the intestine twists on itself, cutting off blood flow?

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Volvulus

143
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What term means to view inside of the abdomen?

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Laparoscopy

144
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What term means to cut into the abdomen?

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Laparotomy

145
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What term means voiding?

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Micturation

146
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What term means the visual examination of a kidney?

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Nephroscopy

147
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What term refers to a women who has had 2 or more pregnancies?

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Multigravida

148
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What term means to dilate the cervix in order to scrape the inside of the uterus?

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D&C

149
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What prefix means menses?

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Meno-

150
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What term refers to bleeding that occurs between menstrual periods?

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Menometrorrhagia

151
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What term refers to a procedure that may be required to permanently correct Cryptorchidism?

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Orchidopexy

152
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What prefix means hidden?

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Crypto-

153
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What condition would require a circumcision as the treatment?

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Phimosis

154
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What term means foreskin?

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Prepuce

155
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What term means tip of the penis?

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Glans penis

156
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What term means excessive hormone production?

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Hypersecretion

157
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What prefix means excessive?

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Hyper-

158
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What prefix means under or not enough?

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Hypo-

159
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What prefix means breast?

A

Mammo-

160
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What prefix means female?

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Gyneco-

161
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What term means male breast formation?

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Gynecomastia

162
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What is the “master gland”?

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Pituitary gland

163
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What prefix means nerve?

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Neuro-

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What prefix means muscle?

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Myo-

165
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What prefix means pus?

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Pyo-

166
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What prefix means fire?

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Pyro-

167
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What prefix means dry?

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Xero-

168
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What term means repair of a nerve?

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Neuroplasty

169
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What term means to suture ruptured nerve?

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Neurorrhapy

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What term means nearsightedness?

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Myopia

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What term means farsightedness?

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Hyperopia

172
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What term means dizziness?

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Vertigo

173
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What term means fainting?

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Syncope

174
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What prefix means water?

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Hydro-

175
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What prefix means sweat?

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Hid/o

176
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What term means the eyes are turning outward?

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Extropia

177
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What term means the eyes are turning inward?

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Esotropia

178
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What term means dry eyes?

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Xerophthalmia

179
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What term means night blindness?

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Nyctalopia

180
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What term means the white part of the eye?

A

Sclera

181
Q

What term means the patient is lying face up?

A

Supine

182
Q

What term means the patient is lying face down?

A

Prone

183
Q

What abbreviation means twice a day?

A

Bid

184
Q

What abbreviation means three times a day?

A

Tid

185
Q

What abbreviation means four times a day?

A

Qid

186
Q

What term refers to to the side?

A

Lateral

187
Q

What term refers to the middle?

A

Medial

188
Q

What term means scaly skin?

A

Ichthyoderma

189
Q

What term means nail biting?

A

Onychophagia

190
Q

What term means the middle layer of the skin?

A

Dermis

191
Q

What term means the upper layer of skin?

A

Epidermis

192
Q

What term means the inner layer of skin?

A

Subcutaneous

193
Q

What term means instrument to view inside a joint?

A

Arthroscope

194
Q

What term means surgical procedure to stabilize a joint?

A

Tendonesis

195
Q

What term means autoimmune disease attacking the joints?

A

Rheumatoid arthritis

196
Q

What suffix means to eat or swallow?

A

-phagia

197
Q

What term means chest pain?

A

Angina pectoris

198
Q

What term means temporary loss of blood supply?

A

Ischemia

199
Q

What term means an area of dead tissue?

A

Necrosis or infarct

200
Q

What term means heart attack?

A

Myocardial infarction (MI)

201
Q

What are the layers of the heart?

A

Epicardium
Myocardium
Endocardium

202
Q

What term means a stationary blood clot?

A

Thrombus

203
Q

What term means a floating blood clot?

A

Embolus

204
Q

What term means blood disorder?

A

Dyscrasia

205
Q

What term means blue tint to the skin?

A

Cyanosis

206
Q

What term means visual examination of the bronchi?

A

Bronchoscopy

207
Q

What term means excessive fluid retained in the lung tissue?

A

Pulmonary edema

208
Q

What term means excessive fluid in the tissues?

A

Edema

209
Q

What term means pus in the thorax?

A

Pyothorax or empyema

210
Q

What term means loss of appetite?

A

Anorexia

211
Q

What term means dark, tarry stool?

A

Melena

212
Q

What term means heartburn?

A

Pyrosis

213
Q

What term means outpouching off the colon?

A

Diverticulum

214
Q

What term means floating kidney?

A

Nephroptysis

215
Q

What term means waste accumulates in the blood?

A

Uremia

216
Q

What term means maintaining balance in the body?

A

Homeostasis

217
Q

What term means increased formation of urine?

A

Diuresis

218
Q

What term means twisted spermatic cord?

A

Testicular torsion

219
Q

What term means first menstrual period?

A

Menarche

220
Q

What term means last menstrual period?

A

Menopause

221
Q

What term means hidden or undescended testicle?

A

Cryptorchidism

222
Q

What term means male sterilization?

A

Vasectomy

223
Q

What term means reversal of vasectomy?

A

Vasovasotomy

224
Q

What term means congenital anomaly of penis and the urethra is on the underneath side if the penis?

A

Hypospadius

225
Q

What term means congenital anomaly of penis and the urethra is on the top side of the penis?

A

Epispadius

226
Q

What term means paralysis of the lower part of the body?

A

Paraplegia

227
Q

What suffix means extreme weakness?

A

-paresis

228
Q

What suffix means paralysis?

A

-plegia

229
Q

What term means paralysis of all four extremities?

A

Quadriplegia

230
Q

What term means extreme weakness of all four extremities?

A

Quadraparesis

231
Q

What term means paralysis on one half of the body?

A

Hemiplegia

232
Q

What term means profound unconsciousness?

A

Coma

233
Q

What term means accumulation of CSF in the ventricles of the brain?

A

Hydrocephalus

234
Q

What is a VP shunt called?

A

Ventricular peritoneal shunt

235
Q

What term means facial paralysis?

A

Bell’s palsy

236
Q

What term means loss of myelin sheath around neurons?

A

Multiple sclerosis

237
Q

What term means eruption of painful blisters along a nerve path?

A

Shingles

238
Q

What term means dilates and constricts to control light into the eye?

A

Pupil

239
Q

What term means mucous membrane of the eyelid?

A

Conjunctiva

240
Q

What term means inflammation of the mucous membrane of the eyelid?

A

Conjunctivitis

241
Q

What term means refers to the production of tears?

A

Lacrimal

242
Q

What term refers to old-age vision?

A

Presbyopia

243
Q

What term means old-age hearing?

A

Presbycusis

244
Q

What term means ringing in the ears?

A

Tinnitus

245
Q

What does ENT mean?

A

Otorhinolaryngology

246
Q

What term means feeling of dread?

A

Phobia

247
Q

What term means loss of memory?

A

Amnesia

248
Q

What term means perceiving something that is not there?

A

Hallucinations

249
Q

What term describes the plane that divides the body into left and right
portions?

A

Saggital

250
Q

What term describes the plane that divides the body into upper and lower portions?

A

Transverse

251
Q

In the anatomical divisions of the abdomen, the center square of the middle row is called?

A

Umbilical

252
Q

What anatomical division is located above the umbilical area?

A

Epigastric

253
Q

What anatomical division is located below the umbilical area?

A

Hypogastric

254
Q

In the anatomical divisions, the squares next to the epigastric area are called?

A

Hypochondriac – right and left

255
Q

In the anatomical divisions of the abdomen, the right and left squares on the bottom row are called?

A

Iliac or inguinal

256
Q

What term means surgical procedure remove superficial skin lesions with scraping?

A

Curettage

257
Q

What term means torn or jagged wound?

A

Laceration

258
Q

What term means abnormal tone?

A

Dystonia

259
Q

What term means bones of the wrist?

A

Carpals

260
Q

What term means bones of the feet?

A

Tarsals

261
Q

What term means bones of fingers or toes?

A

Phalanges

262
Q

What term means puncture of a joint?

A

Arthrocentensis

263
Q

What term means abnormal lateral curvature of the spine?

A

Scoliosis

264
Q

What term means incision of a joint?

A

Arthrotomy

265
Q

What term means too few white blood cells?

A

Leukopenia

266
Q

What term means study of blood?

A

Hematology

267
Q

What term means normal breathing?

A

Eupnea

268
Q

What term means difficult breathing?

A

Dyspnea

269
Q

What term means no breathing?

A

Apnea

270
Q

What term means shallow breathing?

A

Hypopnea

271
Q

What term means fast breathing?

A

Tachypnea

272
Q

What term means slow breathing?

A

Bradypnea

273
Q

What term means nasal discharge?

A

Rhinorrhea

274
Q

What term means nose repair?

A

Rhinoplasty

275
Q

What means bladder?

A

Cyst

276
Q

What means gall?

A

Chole

277
Q

What term means removal of gallbladder?

A

Cholecystectomy

278
Q

What term means gallbladder stones?

A

Choleolithiasis

279
Q

What term means removal of stomach?

A

Gastrectomy

280
Q

What term means frequent, watery bowel movements?

A

Diarrhea

281
Q

What term means to create a connection between 2 structures?

A

Anastomosis

282
Q

What term means surgical repair of the bladder?

A

Cystoplasty

283
Q

What term means surgical repair of the rectrum?

A

Protoplasty

284
Q

What term means condition of difficult urination?

A

Dysuria

285
Q

What term means urinating at night?

A

Nocturia

286
Q

What term means using shockwaves to crush kidney stones?

A

Extra corporeal shockwave lithotripsy (eswl)

287
Q

What term means scanty menstrual flow?

A

Oligomenorrhea

288
Q

What term means no menstrual flow?

A

Amenorrhea

289
Q

What term means painful menstrual flow?

A

Dysmenorrhea

290
Q

What are the three layers of the uterus?

A

Endometrium
Myometrium
Epimetrium

Medical Terminology--Final Review (1 decks)

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