Medical Vocabulary - T

Question 1

tachy-

Answer 1

denoting something as fast, irregularly fast; TACHYCARDIA

Question 2

• tension

- tensive

Answer 2

pressure; HYPERTENSION

Question 3

tetan-

Answer 3

rigid, tense; TETANUS

Question 4

thec-

Answer 4

case, sheath; INTRATHECAL

Question 5

thel(e)-

thel(o)-

Answer 5

of or pertaining to the nipple; THELEPLASTY

Question 6

thely-

Answer 6

denoting something as ‘relating to a woman, feminine’; THELYGENOUS

Question 7

therm(o)-

Answer 7

heat

Question 8

thorac(i)-
thorac(o)-
thoracico-

Answer 8

of or pertaining to the upper chest, chest; the area above the breast and under the neck; THORAX

Question 9

thromb(o)-

Answer 9

of or relating to a blood clot, clotting of blood; THROMBUS, THROMBOCYTOPENIA

Question 10

thyr(o)-

Answer 10

thyroid

Question 11

thym(o)(ia)-

Answer 11

emotions; DYSTHYMIA

Question 12

-tic

Answer 12

pertaining to

Question 13

toco-

Answer 13

childbirth

Question 14

-tome

Answer 14

cutting instrument

Question 15

-tomy

Answer 15

act of cutting; incising, incision; GASTROTOMY

Question 16

tono-

Answer 16

tone, tension, pressure

Question 17

-tony

Answer 17

tension

Question 18

top(o)-

Answer 18

place, topical

Question 19

tox(i)-
tox(o)-
toxico-

Answer 19

toxin, poison; TOXOPLASMOSIS

Question 20

trache(o)-

Answer 20

trachea

Question 21

trachel(o)-

Answer 21

of or pertaining to the neck; TRACHEOTOMY

Question 22

trans-

Answer 22

denoting something as moving or situated ‘across’ or ‘through’; TRANSFUSION

Question 23

trich(i)-
trichia
trich(o)-

Answer 23

of or pertaining to hair, hair-like structure; TRICHOCYST

Question 24

-tripsy

Answer 24

crushing; LITHOTRIPSY

Question 25

-trophy

Answer 25

nourishment, development; PSEUDOHYPERTROPHY

Question 26

tympan(o)-

Answer 26

eardrum; TYMPANOCENTESIS