Medical Terminology Week 2

Question 1

anxi(o)-

Answer 1

fear, worry

Question 2

arch(e)-, arch(i)-, -arche

Answer 2

first, primitive, beginning

Question 3

-asthenia

Answer 3

weakness

Question 4

audi(o)-

Answer 4

hearing

Question 5

aur(i)-, aur(o)-

Answer 5

of or pertaining to the ear

Question 6

bi-

Answer 6

twice, double, two

Question 7

-blast

Answer 7

an immature precursor cell

Question 8

blast(o)-

Answer 8

budding by cells or tissue

Question 9

blephar(o)-

Answer 9

of or pertaining to the eyelid

Question 10

cata-

Answer 10

down, under

Question 11

cephal(o)

Answer 11

of or pertaining to the head

Question 12

cerebr-

Answer 12

brain or cerebrum

Question 13

cervic(o)-

Answer 13

of or pertaining to the neck or the cervix

Question 14

chrom(o), chromat(o)-

Answer 14

color

Question 15

coreo-

Answer 15

of or pertaining to the pupil

Question 16

crani(o)-

Answer 16

belonging or relating to the cranium

Question 17

cycl-

Answer 17

circle, cycle, ciliary body

Question 18

dacry(o)-

Answer 18

of or pertaining to the tears

Question 19

-dynia

Answer 19

pain

Question 20

-emia

Answer 20

blood condition

Question 21

encephal(o)-

Answer 21

of or pertaining to the brain

Question 22

erythr(o)-

Answer 22

red, redness

Question 23

esthesi(o)-

Answer 23

sensation, perception

Question 24

fibr(o)-

Answer 24

fiber

Question 25

gli(o)-

Answer 25

glue, gluelike

Question 26

granul(o)-

Answer 26

granular, granule

Question 27

halluc-

Answer 27

to wander in mind

Question 28

hema-, hem(at)-, hem(ato)-, hemo-

Answer 28

of or pertaining to the blood

Question 29

iatr(o)-

Answer 29

of or pertaining to medicine or a physician

Question 30

-iatry

Answer 30

denotes a field in medicine emphasizing a certain body component

Question 31

ipsi-

Answer 31

same

Question 32

irid(o)-

Answer 32

of or pertaining to the iris

Question 33

-ite

Answer 33

the nature of, resembling

Question 34

kerat(o)-

Answer 34

cornea (eye or skin)

Question 35

-lepsis, -lepsy

Answer 35

attack, seizure

Question 36

leuk(o)-

Answer 36

denoting a white color

Question 37

lymph(o)-

Answer 37

lymph

Question 38

macr(o)-

Answer 38

large, long

Question 39

mening(o)-

Answer 39

membrane

Question 40

micro-

Answer 40

small

Question 41

my(o)-

Answer 41

of or relating to muscle

Question 42

myel(o)-

Answer 42

of or pertaining to bone marrow or the spinal cord

Question 43

neur(i)-, neur(o)-

Answer 43

of or pertaining to nerves and the nervous system

Question 44

noci-

Answer 44

pain, injury, heat

Question 45

norm(o)-

Answer 45

normal

Question 46

ocul(o)-

Answer 46

of or pertaining to the eye

Question 47

opthalm(o)-

Answer 47

of or pertaining to the eye

Question 48

-opia, -opsia, -opsis

Answer 48

vision

Question 49

opt(o)

Answer 49

vision, eye

Question 50

ot(o)-

Answer 50

of or pertaining to the ear

Question 51

pan-, pant(o)-

Answer 51

all, entire

Question 52

-penia

Answer 52

deficiency

Question 53

phaco-

Answer 53

lens-shaped, related to a lens

Question 54

phako-

Answer 54

lens

Question 55

phren-, phreni-, -phrenia

Answer 55

1)diaphragm
2)the mind

Question 56

-plasia

Answer 56

formation, development

Question 57

-plegia

Answer 57

paralysis

Question 58

-poiesis

Answer 58

production

Question 59

porphyr-

Answer 59

denotes a purple color

Question 60

reticul(o)-

Answer 60

net

Question 61

rhabd(o)-

Answer 61

rod-shaped, striated

Question 62

-scope

Answer 62

instrument for viewing

Question 63

-scopy

Answer 63

process of viewing

Question 64

-staxis

Answer 64

dripping, trickling