Module 4 - Terminations

Question 1

• opia
• opy
• opsia
• opsy

Answer 1

visual disorder; vision; a viewing; examination (4)

Question 2

-lysis

Answer 2

destruction; a loosening; breakdown

Question 3

-sclerosis

Answer 3

a hardening (of an organ or other body structure); a hardening caused by (a substance)

Question 4

-cyte

Answer 4

cell

Question 5

-centesis

Answer 5

surgical puncture to withdraw fluid

Question 6

-stenosis

Answer 6

a narrowing; constriction

Question 7

-rrhaphy

Answer 7

suture

Question 8

-necrosis

Answer 8

death [of cells, tissues, or organs]

Question 9

-aphia

Answer 9

sense of touch; touch

Question 10

• ectopia

- ectopy

Answer 10

malposition; displacement (2)

Question 11

-stasis

Answer 11

stagnation (of a flow or movement); cessation

Question 12

• edema

- oedema

Answer 12

fluid-filled swelling (of an organ or structure) (2)

Question 13

-static

Answer 13

pertaining to the control (of a substance); pertaining to the stagnation/cessation (of flow)

Question 14

• algesia

- odynia

Answer 14

pain (2)

Question 15

• rrhagia
• rhagia
• rrhage
• rhage

Answer 15

rapid discharge (of a substance, or from an organ or other location) (4)

Question 16

-penia

Answer 16

an insufficient amount (of a substance)

Question 17

• orexia

- orexis

Answer 17

appetite (2)

Question 18

-septic

Answer 18

pertaining to infection; infected

Question 19

-therapy

Answer 19

treatment (of an organ, symptom, or disease); treatment by means (of a substance or process)

Question 20

• osphresia
• osphresis
• osmia

Answer 20

sense of smell (3)

Question 21

• acousia

- acousis

Answer 21

sense of hearing (2)

Question 22

-stat

Answer 22

device used to control; agent used to control

Question 23

-spasm

Answer 23

spasm

Question 24

• iatry

- iatrics

Answer 24

study and treatment [in specific reference to the medical profession or a physician]

Question 25

• ectasis

- ectasia

Answer 25

dilation; expansion; bulge (2)

Question 26

-ptosis

Answer 26

prolapse [a slipping down of an organ or part of an organ]

Question 27

• rrhexis

- rhexis

Answer 27

rupture (2)

Question 28

-lytic

Answer 28

pertaining to the destruction, loosening, or breakdown [make appropriate choice for the context]

Question 29

• geusia

- geustia

Answer 29

sense of taste (2)

Question 30

-gamy

Answer 30

marriage; sexual union

Question 31

-dipsia

Answer 31

thirst

Question 32

• rrhea

- rhea

Answer 32

discharge (of a substance, or from an organ or other location) (2)

Question 33

-sepsis

Answer 33

infection