Terminology Quiz 12

Question 1

-scope

Answer 1

instrument for viewing

Question 2

-scopy

Answer 2

use of instrument for viewing

Question 3

semi-

Answer 3

one-half; partly

Question 4

sial(o)-

Answer 4

saliva, salivary gland

Question 5

sigmoid(o)-

Answer 5

sigmoid, sigmoid colon

Question 6

sinistr(o)-

Answer 6

left, left side

Question 7

sinus-

Answer 7

of or pertaining to the sinus

Question 8

-sis

Answer 8

condition of

Question 9

sito-

Answer 9

food, grain

Question 10

somat(o)-, somatico-

Answer 10

body, bodily

Question 11

spasmo-

Answer 11

spasm

Question 12

sperma, spermato

Answer 12

seed, sperm

Question 13

sperma-, spermo-, spermato-

Answer 13

semen, spermatozoa

Question 14

splanchn(i)-, splanchn(o)-

Answer 14

viscera

Question 15

splen(o)-

Answer 15

spleen

Question 16

splondyl(o)-

Answer 16

of or pertaining to the spine, the vertebra

Question 17

squama

Answer 17

scaly

Question 18

squamos(o)-

Answer 18

denoting something as ‘full of scales’ or ‘scaly’

Question 19

-stasis

Answer 19

stop, stand

Question 20

-staxis

Answer 20

dripping, trickling

Question 21

sten(o)-

Answer 21

denoting something as narrrow in shape’ or pertaining to narrowness

Question 22

steth(o)-

Answer 22

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

Question 23

stheno-

Answer 23

strength, force, power

Question 24

stom(a)

Answer 24

mouth

Question 25

stoma

Answer 25

mouth, opening

Question 26

stomat(o)-

Answer 26

of or pertaining to the mouth

Question 27

-stomy

Answer 27

creation of an opening

Question 28

sub-

Answer 28

beneath

Question 29

super-

Answer 29

in excess, above, superior

Question 30

supra-

Answer 30

above, excessive

Question 31

sy(l)-, sym, syn, sys

Answer 31

indicates similarity, likeness, or being together

Question 32

tachy-

Answer 32

denoting something as fast, irregularly fast

Question 33

tempora

Answer 33

temporal

Question 34

-tension, -tensive

Answer 34

blood pressure

Question 35

thely-

Answer 35

denoting something as ‘relating to a woman’ or ‘feminine’

Question 36

therm(o)-

Answer 36

heat

Question 37

thermic

Answer 37

heat

Question 38

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

Answer 38

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