Module 4 Terminations

Question 1

-acousia

Answer 1

sense of hearing

Question 2

-acousis

Answer 2

sense of hearing

Question 3

-algesia

Answer 3

pain

Question 4

-odynia

Answer 4

pain

Question 5

-aphia

Answer 5

sense of touch; touch

Question 6

-centesis

Answer 6

surgical puncture to withdraw fluid

Question 7

-cyte

Answer 7

cell

Question 8

-dipsia

Answer 8

thirst

Question 9

-ectasis

Answer 9

dilation; expansion; bulge

Question 10

-ectasia

Answer 10

dilation; expansion; bulge

Question 11

-ectopia

Answer 11

malposition; displacement

Question 12

-ectopy

Answer 12

malposition; displacement

Question 13

-edema

Answer 13

fluid-filled swelling (of an organ or structure)

Question 14

-oedema

Answer 14

fluid-filled swelling (of an organ or structure)

Question 15

-gamy

Answer 15

marriage; sexual union

Question 16

-geusia

Answer 16

sense of taste

Question 17

-geustia

Answer 17

sense of taste

Question 18

-iatry

Answer 18

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

Question 19

-iatrics

Answer 19

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

Question 20

-lysis

Answer 20

destruction; a loosening; a breakdown

Question 21

-lytic

Answer 21

pertaining to the destruction, loosening or breakdown

[appropriate choices made based on context]

Question 22

-necrosis

Answer 22

death

[in particular, in reference to cells, tissues, or organs]

Question 23

-opia

Answer 23

visual disorder

Question 24

-opy

Answer 24

vision

Question 25

-opsia

Answer 25

a viewing

Question 26

-opsy

Answer 26

examination

Question 27

-orexia

Answer 27

appetite

Question 28

-orexis

Answer 28

appetite

Question 29

-osphresia

Answer 29

sense of smell

Question 30

-osphresis

Answer 30

sense of smell

Question 31

-osmia

Answer 31

sense of smell

Question 32

-penia

Answer 32

an insufficient amount (of a substance)

Question 33

-ptosis

Answer 33

prolapse

[i.e a slipping down of an organ or part of an organ from its usual location]

Question 34

-rrhagia

Answer 34

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

Question 35

-rhagia

Answer 35

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

Question 36

-rrhage

Answer 36

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

Question 37

-rhage

Answer 37

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

Question 38

-rrhaphy

Answer 38

suture

Question 39

-rrhea

Answer 39

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

Question 40

-rhea

Answer 40

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

Question 41

-rrhexis

Answer 41

rupture

Question 42

-rhexis

Answer 42

rupture

Question 43

-sclerosis

Answer 43

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

Question 44

-sepsis

Answer 44

infection

Question 45

-septic

Answer 45

pertaining to infection; infected

Question 46

-spasm

Answer 46

involuntary movement

Question 47

-stasis

Answer 47

stagnation (of a flow or movement); cessation (of a flow or movement)

Question 48

-stat

Answer 48

device used to control; agent used to control

Question 49

-static

Answer 49

pertaining to the control (of a substance); pertaining to the stagnation (or, cessation) (of a flow or movement)

Question 50

-stenosis

Answer 50

a narrowing; constriction

Question 51

-therapy

Answer 51

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