Module 1: Basic Medical Terminology

Question 1

Derivations of Medical Terminology

Answer 1

Greek, Latin, physician’s names, mythology

Question 2

Elements of Medical Terms

Answer 2

Prefix, suffix, root, combining forms

Question 3

Acro

Answer 3

Extremity, tip

Question 4

Cardi

Answer 4

Heart

Question 5

Cyt

Answer 5

Cell

Question 6

Dermat or derm

Answer 6

Skin

Question 7

Eti

Answer 7

Cause

Question 8

Leuko

Answer 8

White

Question 9

Mega

Answer 9

Enlarged

Question 10

A-

Answer 10

Without, absent

Question 11

An-

Answer 11

Without, absent

Question 12

Ab-

Answer 12

Away from

Question 13

Ad-

Answer 13

To, toward

Question 14

Anti-

Answer 14

Against

Question 15

Brady-

Answer 15

Slow

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Tachy-

Answer 16

Fast

Question 17

Dys-

Answer 17

Difficult

Question 18

Macro-

Answer 18

Large

Question 19

Micro-

Answer 19

Small

Question 20

Oligo-

Answer 20

Small, little, scanty, deficient

Question 21

Poly-

Answer 21

Many, much

Question 22

Sym- or syn-

Answer 22

Together

Question 23

Asplenia

Answer 23

Without a spleen

Question 24

Anemia

Answer 24

Absence of blood

Question 25

Antidote

Answer 25

Action against a poison

Question 26

Abduction

Answer 26

Movement away from the central axis of the body

Question 27

Adduction

Answer 27

Movement toward the central axis of the body

Question 28

Bradycardia

Answer 28

Slow heart rate (

Question 29

Tachycardia

Answer 29

Fast heart rate (>100 bpm)

Question 30

-logy

Answer 30

Study of

Question 31

-itis

Answer 31

Inflammation of

Question 32

-ectomy

Answer 32

Excision of (cut out)

Question 33

-megaly

Answer 33

Enlargement of

Question 34

-ostomy

Answer 34

Forming a new opening

Question 35

-otomy

Answer 35

Incision into

Question 36

-plasty

Answer 36

Surgical repair

Question 37

-algia

Answer 37

Pain

Question 38

-centesis

Answer 38

Puncture of a cavity

Question 39

-dynia

Answer 39

Pain

Question 40

-pathy

Answer 40

Suffering, disease

Question 41

-penia

Answer 41

Deficiency, lack of

Question 42

-poiesis

Answer 42

Production, formation of

Question 43

Cardiomegaly

Answer 43

Enlargement of the heart

Question 44

Rhinoplasty

Answer 44

Surgical repair of nose

Question 45

-hemi or hemi-

Answer 45

Half

Question 46

Plegia- or -plegia

Answer 46

Paralysis

Question 47

Hemiplegia

Answer 47

Paralysis of one side of the body

Question 48

Combining form formation

Answer 48

Adding connecting vowel, often “o”

Question 49

Acrocyanosis

Answer 49

Bluish color of hands and feet

Question 50

Anisocytosis

Answer 50

Variation or inequality in cell size

Question 51

Dysphagia

Answer 51

Difficulty swallowing

“phagia” –> “eating”

Question 52

Macrocephaly

Answer 52

Large head

Question 53

Megacolon

Answer 53

Large colon

Question 54

Microglossia

Answer 54

Small tongue

Question 55

Oliguria

Answer 55

Decreased urine output

Question 56

Polydipsia

Answer 56

Excessive thirst

Question 57

Arthralgia

Answer 57

Painful joints

Question 58

Thoracentesis

Answer 58

Puncture of chest wall with drainage of fluid

Question 59

Coccigodynia

Answer 59

Painful coccyx

Question 60

Myopathy

Answer 60

Disease of muscles

Question 61

Leukopenia

Answer 61

Low WBC count

Question 62

Hematopoiesis

Answer 62

Production/formation of blood cells

Question 63

Periocular

Answer 63

Around the eye