Medical terms

Question 1

What does the suffix -gram mean?

Answer 1

Record.

Question 2

What does the suffix -graphy refer to?

Answer 2

Process of recording.

Question 3

What does the suffix -genic indicate?

Answer 3

Pertaining to producing, produced by, produced in.

Question 4

What does the suffix -ia signify?

Answer 4

Condition.

Question 5

What is the meaning of the suffix -ion?

Answer 5

Process.

Question 6

What does the suffix -itis denote?

Answer 6

Inflammation.

Question 7

What does -listhesis mean?

Answer 7

Slipping.

Question 8

What does the suffix -logy mean?

Answer 8

Study of.

Question 9

What does the combining form sarc/o refer to?

Answer 9

Flesh, connective tissue.

Question 10

What does the combining form scoli/o mean?

Answer 10

Crooked/bent.

Question 11

What does the combining form scirrh/o signify?

Answer 11

Hard.

Question 12

What does the combining form spondyl/o refer to?

Answer 12

Vertebra.

Question 13

What does the combining form synov/o mean?

Answer 13

Synovial membrane.

Question 14

What does the combining form thromb/o indicate?

Answer 14

Clot/clotting.

Question 15

What does the combining form onc/o refer to?

Answer 15

Tumour.

Question 16

What does the combining form orth/o mean?

Answer 16

Straight back.

Question 17

What does the combining form oste/o refer to?

Answer 17

Bone.

Question 18

What does the combining form path/o signify?

Answer 18

Disease.

Question 19

What does the combining form phag/o mean?

Answer 19

Eat/swallow.

Question 20

What does the combining form pod/o refer to?

Answer 20

Foot.

Question 21

What does the combining form py/o signify?

Answer 21

Pus.

Question 22

What does the combining form rheumat/o mean?

Answer 22

Watery flow.

Question 23

What does the combining form hepat/o refer to?

Answer 23

Liver.

Question 24

What does the combining form iatr/o signify?

Answer 24

Treatment.

Question 25

What does the combining form kyph/o mean?

Answer 25

Humpback.

Question 26

What does the combining form lith/o refer to?

Answer 26

Stone.

Question 27

What does the combining form log/o mean?

Answer 27

Study of.

Question 28

What does the combining form lord/o refer to?

Answer 28

Curve/sway back.

Question 29

What does the combining form nephr/o signify?

Answer 29

Kidney.

Question 30

What does the combining form neur/o refer to?

Answer 30

Nerve.

Question 31

What does the combining form chondr/o mean?

Answer 31

Cartilage.

Question 32

What does the combining form cis/o signify?

Answer 32

To cut.

Question 33

What does the combining form crin/o mean?

Answer 33

Secrete.

Question 34

What does the combining form dacty/o refer to?

Answer 34

Fingers/toes.

Question 35

What does the combining form dermat/o mean?

Answer 35

Skin.

Question 36

What does the combining form enter/o signify?

Answer 36

Intestines.

Question 37

What does the combining form erythem/o refer to?

Answer 37

Redness/flushed.

Question 38

What does the combining form gastr/o mean?

Answer 38

Stomach.

Question 39

What does the combining form gnos/o signify?

Answer 39

Knowledge.

Question 40

What does the prefix mal- mean?

Answer 40

Bad.

Question 41

What does the prefix per- indicate?

Answer 41

Through.

Question 42

What does the prefix peri- mean?

Answer 42

Surrounding, around.

Question 43

What does the prefix poly- signify?

Answer 43

Many, much.

Question 44

What does the prefix pro- mean?

Answer 44

Before, forward.

Question 45

What does the prefix re- indicate?

Answer 45

Back, backward, again.

Question 46

What does the prefix retro- mean?

Answer 46

Behind.

Question 47

What does the prefix sub- signify?

Answer 47

Below, under.

Question 48

What does the prefix supra- mean?

Answer 48

Above, upper.

Question 49

What does the prefix tachy- refer to?

Answer 49

Fast.

Question 50

What does the prefix trans- mean?

Answer 50

Across, through.

Question 51

What does the prefix a- or an- signify?

Answer 51

No, not, without.

Question 52

What does the prefix ab- mean?

Answer 52

Away from.

Question 53

What does the prefix ad- signify?

Answer 53

Towards.

Question 54

What does the prefix brady- mean?

Answer 54

Slow.

Question 55

What does the prefix brachy- refer to?

Answer 55

Short or near.

Question 56

What does the prefix con- mean?

Answer 56

With, together.

Question 57

What does the prefix contra- signify?

Answer 57

Against, opposite.

Question 58

What does the prefix dia- mean?

Answer 58

Through, complete.

Question 59

What does the prefix dys- signify?

Answer 59

Bad, painful, difficult, abnormal.

Question 60

What does the term haematology refer to?

Answer 60

The study of blood.

Question 61

What does the term gastritis mean?

Answer 61

Inflammation of the stomach.

Question 62

What does the suffix -oma indicate?

Answer 62

Tumour, mass, swelling.

Question 63

What does the suffix -opsy mean?

Answer 63

Process of viewing.

Question 64

What does the suffix -osis signify?

Answer 64

Condition, usually abnormal.

Question 65

What does the suffix -pathy mean?

Answer 65

Disease condition.

Question 66

What does the suffix -phagia refer to?

Answer 66

Eating, swallowing.

Question 67

What does the suffix -trophy indicate?

Answer 67

Development, nourishment.

Question 68

What does the suffix -tomy mean?

Answer 68

Process of cutting, incision.