Medical Terms Quiz 2

Question 1

-algia

Answer 1

Pain - neuralgia (Nerve pain)

Question 2

-cidal

Answer 2

Destroying; killing - Bactericidal (destroying bacteria)

Question 3

-ectomy

Answer 3

removal of - cholecystectomy (removal of the gallbladder)

Question 4

-edema

Answer 4

Swelling - Lymphedema (swelling due to obstructed lymph nodes)

Question 5

-itis

Answer 5

Inflammation - nephritis (kidney inflammation)

Question 6

-oma

Answer 6

tumor; neoplasm - myoma (neoplasm of muscle tissue)

Question 7

-ostomy

Answer 7

Opening - colostomy (surgical opening into the colon)

Question 8

-pathy

Answer 8

Disease -Osteopathy (bone disease)

Question 9

-phagia

Answer 9

Eating - dysphagia (difficulty eating or swallowing)

Question 10

-plasty

Answer 10

Surgical repair - Rhinoplasty (plastic surgery of the nose)

Question 11

-plegia

Answer 11

paralysis - quadriplegia (paralysis of all four limbs)

Question 12

-pnea

Answer 12

Breath - dyspnea (difficulty breathing)

Question 13

-Stasis

Answer 13

Stopping/constant - hemostasis (stopping bleeding)

Question 14

-uria

Answer 14

Urine - Hematuria (blood in urine)