Unit 1

Question 1

Who is the Father of western medicine?

Answer 1

Hippocrates

Question 2

Who was the most famous practitioner in the Roman Empire ca.129-199/216

Answer 2

Galen

Question 3

A medical term may posses what four parts?

Answer 3

Word root, Combining vowel, Suffix, and Prefix

Question 4

Origin and Meaning of Algesi/a

Answer 4

Origin: Gr. algos = pain
Meaning: Pain

Question 5

Origin and Meaning of Cardi/o

Answer 5

Origin: Gr. kardia = heart
Meaning: Heart

Question 6

Origin and Meaning of Cephal/o

Answer 6

Origin: Gr. kephale = head
Meaning: head

Question 7

Origin and Meaning of Cerebr/o

Answer 7

Origin: Lat. cerebrum = brain
Meaning: cerebrum (largest part of the brain)

Question 8

Origin and Meaning of derm, dermat/o

Answer 8

Origin: Gr. derma = skin
Meaning: skin

Question 9

Origin and Meaning of ectom/y (suffix)

Answer 9

Origin: Gr. ektome = excision
Meaning: excision of an organ or gland

Question 10

Origin and Meaning of encephal/o

Answer 10

Origin: Gr. enkephalos = brain
Meaning: brain

Question 11

Origin and Meaning of Enter/o

Answer 11

Origin: Gr. enteron = intestine
Meaning: intestine

Question 12

Origin and Meaning of Erythr/o

Answer 12

Origin: Gr. erythros = red
Meaning: red

Question 13

Origin and Meaning of Esthet- Estheti-

Answer 13

Origin: Gr. aisthesis = sensation
Meaning: Perception, feeling, sensation

Question 14

Origin and Meaning of Gastr/o

Answer 14

Origin: Gr. gaster = belly
Meaning: stomach

Question 15

Origin and Meaning of Glyc/o

Answer 15

Origin: Gr. glykys = sweet
Meaning: sugar

Question 16

Origin and Meaning of Hem/o Em/o

Answer 16

Origin: Gr. haima = blood
Meaning: blood

Question 17

Origin and Meaning of Log/o

Answer 17

Origin: Gr. logos = study
Meaning: study, science

Question 18

Origin and Meaning of Megal/o

Answer 18

Origin: Gr. megas = large
Meaning: large, enlarged

Question 19

Origin and Meaning of My/o

Answer 19

Origin: Gr. mys = muscle
Meaning: muscle

Question 20

Origin and Meaning of Oste/o

Answer 20

Origin: Gr. osteon = bone
Meaning: bone

Question 21

Origin and Meaning of peps/i

Answer 21

Origin: Gr. peptein = to digest
Meaning: digest

Question 22

Origin and Meaning of Pneum, Pneumon, Pneumat/o

Answer 22

Origin: Gr. pneumon = lung
Meaning: lung, air

Question 23

Origin and Meaning of Seps/is Sept/i

Answer 23

Origin: Gr. septos = putrid, sepsis = putrification
Meaning: pathogens or their toxins

Question 24

Origin and Meaning of Therm/o

Answer 24

Origin: Gr. therme = heat
Meaning: heat

Question 25

Origin and Meaning of Thromb/o

Answer 25

Origin: Gr. Thrombos = clot, coagulation Meaning: clot, clotting

Question 26

Origin and Meaning of Ur/o

Answer 26

Origin: Gr. ouron = urine Meaning: urinary tract/ urine

Question 27

Origin and Meaning of Arteri/o

Answer 27

Origin: Gr. arteria = an air duct Meaning: artery

Question 28

Origin and Meaning of Arthr/o

Answer 28

Origin: Gr. arthros = joint Meaning: Joint

Question 29

Origin and Meaning of Hepat/o

Answer 29

Origin: Gr. hepar = liver Meaning: liver

Question 30

Origin and Meaning of Hyster/o

Answer 30

Origin: Gr. hystera = womb Meaning: uterus

Question 31

Origin and Meaning of Lingu/o

Answer 31

Origin: Lat. lingua = tongue Meaning: tongue

Question 32

Origin and Meaning of Mamm/o

Answer 32

Origin: Gr. & Lat. mamma = breast Meaning: breast

Question 33

Origin and Meaning of Ot/o

Answer 33

Origin: Gr. ous, otos = ear Meaning: ear

Question 34

Origin and Meaning of Path/o

Answer 34

Gr. pathos = suffering, disease Meaning: disease

Question 35

Prefix a- (before consant) an- (before vowel)

Answer 35

without

Question 36

Prefix dys-

Answer 36

bad, painful, difficult

Question 37

Prefix ecto-

Answer 37

outside, outer

Question 38

Prefix endo-

Answer 38

inside, inner

Question 39

Prefix epi-

Answer 39

over, upon

Question 40

Prefix hyper-

Answer 40

above, excessive, more than normal

Question 41

Prefix peri-

Answer 41

around

Question 42

Prefix hypo-

Answer 42

below, less than normal

Question 43

Adjectival Suffix -ic

Answer 43

pertaining to

Question 44

Adjectival Suffix -al

Answer 44

pertaining to

Question 45

Adjectival Suffix -ac

Answer 45

pertaining to

Question 46

Adjectival Suffix -oid

Answer 46

resembling

Question 47

Noun Suffix -a

Answer 47

condition, quality

Question 48

Noun Suffix -ia

Answer 48

Condition, quality, entity

Question 49

Noun Suffix -ion

Answer 49

act of, process, state of

Question 50

Noun Suffix -is

Answer 50

condition, quality, entity

Question 51

Noun Suffix -ism

Answer 51

condition

Question 52

Adjectival Suffix -ual

Answer 52

pertaining to

Question 53

Adjectival Suffix -ar

Answer 53

Pertaining to

Question 54

Adjectival Suffix -ary (ory)

Answer 54

pertaining to

Question 55

Noun Suffix -ist

Answer 55

one who specializes in

Question 56

Noun Suffix -itis

Answer 56

inflammation

Question 57

Noun Suffix -oma

Answer 57

tumor

Question 58

Noun Suffix -or

Answer 58

one who does/thing which does

Question 59

Noun Suffix -osis

Answer 59

abnormal condition

Question 60

Noun Suffix -us

Answer 60

condition, quality

Question 61

Noun Suffix -y

Answer 61

quality, state of

Question 62

Adjectival Suffix -ant (-ent)

Answer 62

pertaining to an action or doing an action

Question 63

Adjectival Suffix -ive

Answer 63

having characteristics of, tending to, inclined to

Question 64

Noun and Adjectival Suffix -ate

Answer 64

having, provided with or verb-forming suffix

Question 65

Diminutive Suffix -culus Ex) musculus

Answer 65

little mouse in Latin

Question 66

Diminutive Suffix -cule Ex) molecule

Answer 66

little mass of substance

Question 67

Diminutive Suffix -cle Ex) muscle

Answer 67

little mouse (from the shape of a contracted muscle)

Question 68

Diminutive Suffix -cle Ex) corpuscle

Answer 68

little body (old term for blood cell)

Question 69

Diminutive Suffix -cle Ex) clavicle

Answer 69

little key (from the shape of an old key)

Question 70

Diminutive Suffix -ellum Ex) cerebellum

Answer 70

little brain

Question 71

Diminutive Suffix -ella Ex) patella

Answer 71

little pan or plate

Question 72

Diminutive Suffix -el Ex) scalpel

Answer 72

little knife

Question 73

Diminutive Suffix -illus Ex) bacillus

Answer 73

little rod

Question 74

Diminutive Suffix -il Ex) tonsil

Answer 74

tonsil= a little oar

Question 75

Diminutive Suffix -ille Ex) pastille

Answer 75

a little loaf (a small medicated tablet or lozenge)

Question 76

Diminutive Suffix -olus Ex) alveolus

Answer 76

a small pit ( though of as an air cell in lung)

Question 77

Diminutive Suffix -ola Ex) arteriola

Answer 77

a little artery

Question 78

Diminutive Suffix -ole Ex) bronchiole

Answer 78

little windpipe

Question 79

Diminutive Suffix -ulus Ex) calculus

Answer 79

a little stone

Question 80

Diminutive Suffix -uva Ex) uvula

Answer 80

a little grape

Question 81

Diminutive Suffix -ule Ex) venule

Answer 81

a little vein

Question 82

Prefix circum-

Answer 82

around

Question 83

Prefix extra-

Answer 83

beyond, in addition, outside of

Question 84

Prefix hemi-

Answer 84

half

Question 85

Prefix infra-

Answer 85

below, under

Question 86

Prefix inter-

Answer 86

between

Question 87

Prefix intra-

Answer 87

within

Question 88

Prefix semi-

Answer 88

half

Question 89

Prefix sub-

Answer 89

under

Question 90

Prefix super-

Answer 90

above, beyond, superior, over

Question 91

Prefix supra-

Answer 91

above