Medical Terminology Week 6

Question 1

acr(o)-

Answer 1

extremity, topmost

Question 2

adren-

Answer 2

of or relating to the adrenal glands

Question 3

amyl(o)-

Answer 3

starch, polysaccharide

Question 4

arthr(o)-

Answer 4

of or pertaining to the joints, limbs

Question 5

-cele

Answer 5

pouching, hernia

Question 6

celio-

Answer 6

abdomen

Question 7

-centesis

Answer 7

surgical puncture for aspiration

Question 8

-chalasia

Answer 8

relaxation of a bodily opening

Question 9

cheil(o)-

Answer 9

of or pertaining to the lips

Question 10

chlor(o)-

Answer 10

1) denoting a green color
2) chlorine, chloride

Question 11

chol(e)-

Answer 11

of or pertaining to bile

Question 12

chondr(i)o-

Answer 12

cartilage, granular, gritty

Question 13

crypt(o)-

Answer 13

hidden

Question 14

cutane-

Answer 14

skin

Question 15

cyst(o)-, cyst(i)-

Answer 15

bladder, cyst, cystic duct

Question 16

-dactyl(o)-

Answer 16

of or pertaining to a finger, toe

Question 17

dermat(o)-, derm(o)-, -derm

Answer 17

of or pertaining to the skin, covering

Question 18

-ectomy

Answer 18

surgical removal of a body part; resection, excision

Question 19

-emesis

Answer 19

vomiting condition

Question 20

enter(o)-

Answer 20

of or pertaining to the intestine

Question 21

gastr(o)-

Answer 21

of or pertaining to the stomach or the belly

Question 22

gloss(o)-, glott(o)-

Answer 22

of or pertaining to the tongue

Question 23

hepat(o)-, hepatico-

Answer 23

of or pertaining to the liver

Question 24

hidr(o)-

Answer 24

sweat

Question 25

hist(o)-, histio-

Answer 25

tissue

Question 26

-icter(o)

Answer 26

jaundice

Question 27

kin(e)-

Answer 27

movement

Question 28

kinesi(o)-, kines(o)-

Answer 28

motion

Question 29

lapar(o)-

Answer 29

of or pertaining to the abdominal wall

Question 30

lip(o)-

Answer 30

fat

Question 31

lumb(o)-

Answer 31

lumbar region, lower back

Question 32

-malacia

Answer 32

softening

Question 33

melan(o)-

Answer 33

having a black color

Question 34

odont-

Answer 34

of or pertaining to the teeth

Question 35

ossi-, osseo-

Answer 35

bone or bony

Question 36

ost(e)-, oste(o)-

Answer 36

bone

Question 37

-paresis

Answer 37

slight paralysis

Question 38

pelv(i)-

Answer 38

pelvis

Question 39

-pepsia

Answer 39

denotes something relating to digestion, or the digestive tract

Question 40

-phagia, -phage

Answer 40

forms terms denoting conditions relating to eating or ingestion

Question 41

phago-, -phagy

Answer 41

eating, devouring

Question 42

proct(o)-

Answer 42

anus, rectum

Question 43

-pytal(o)-

Answer 43

saliva, salivary glands

Question 44

rect-, recti-

Answer 44

rectum, straight

Question 45

scler(o)-

Answer 45

hard

Question 46

sial(o)-

Answer 46

saliva, salivary gland

Question 47

sigmoid(o)-

Answer 47

sigmoid, S-shaped curvature

Question 48

spasmo-

Answer 48

spasm

Question 49

splanchn(i)-, spanchn(o)-

Answer 49

viscera

Question 50

spondyl(o)-

Answer 50

of or pertaining to the spine, the vertebra

Question 51

squamos(o)-

Answer 51

denoting something as “full of scales” or “scaly”

Question 52

-stalsis

Answer 52

contraction

Question 53

stom(a)-, stomat(o)-

Answer 53

of or pertaining to the mouth

Question 54

viscer(o)-

Answer 54

of or pertaining to the internal organs, the viscera

Question 55

xanth(o)-

Answer 55

having a yellow color, especially an abnormally yellow color