Practice: Chapter 2 Medical Specialties Flashcards
Spell and Define
Blepharoptosis
Blephar/o:
ptosis:
(eyelid sagging) an abnormal low-lying upper eyelid margin with the eye in primary gaze
blephar/o: eyelid
ptosis: sagging
Spell and Define
Ophthalmic
opthalm/o:
ic:
relating to the eye and its diseases
opthalm/o: eye
ic: pertaining to
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Dentist
Dent/o:
ist:
one who works on teeth, a person qualified to treat the diseases and conditions that affect the teeth and gums
Dent/o: teeth
ist: one who
Build a medical term
surgical repair of nose
Rhinoplasty: surgery that changes the shape of the nose
Rhin/o (nose)
-plasty (surgical repair)
Build a medical term
inflammation of the tonsils
Tonsillitis
Tonsill/o (tonsil)
-itis (inflammation)
Build a medical term
skin specialist
Dermatologist
Dermat/o (skin)
-logist (one who studies, specializes)
Build a medical term
pertaining to the stomach
Gastric
Gastr-(stomach)
-ic (pertaining to)
Matching
-logical
pertaining to the study of
Matching
cerebr/o
ecephala/o
brain
Matching
mast/o
breast
Matching
-rrhea
flow, discharge
Matching
path/o
Disease
Multiple Choice
Which of the following term refers to an enzyme that breaks down protein?
A. protease
B. proteinous
C. proteogenesis
D. proteolysis
A. protease
prote/o (protein)
-ase (enzyme)
Multiple Choice
An instrument for incising (cutting into) brain tissue is:
A. a cerebrotomy
B. a cerebrectomy
C. an encephalotome
D. an encephalocele
C. an encephalotome
en- (inside)
cephal/o (brain)
-tome (instrument used for cutting)
Multiple Choice
Which combining form means skin?
A. crin/o
B. dermat/o
C. onc/o
D. rheumat/o
B. dermat/o
