Week 1&2- Medical Terminology

Question 1

a/an

Answer 1

without

Question 2

ab …………. ad

Answer 2

ab- away ……. ad- towards

Question 3

ante

Answer 3

before

Question 4

anti

Answer 4

against

Question 5

brady …. tachy

Answer 5

brady- slow; tachy- fast

Question 6

contra

Answer 6

against

Question 7

dys

Answer 7

difficult; pain

Question 8

eu

Answer 8

good/ normal

Question 9

metro

Answer 9

uterus

Question 10

oligo

Answer 10

less

Question 11

pneu

Answer 11

lung

Question 12

presby

Answer 12

relating to old age

Question 13

angio

Answer 13

blood vessels

Question 14

adeno

Answer 14

gland

Question 15

adipo

Answer 15

fat

Question 16

arthro

Answer 16

joint

Question 17

carcino

Answer 17

cancer

Question 18

chondro

Answer 18

cartilage

Question 19

colpo

Answer 19

vagina

Question 20

cutaneo

Answer 20

skin

Question 21

cysto

Answer 21

bladder

Question 22

entero

Answer 22

instestines

Question 23

gastro

Answer 23

stomach

Question 24

hepat

Answer 24

liver

Question 25

lith

Answer 25

stone

Question 26

oto

Answer 26

ear

Question 27

phleb

Answer 27

vein

Question 28

reno

Answer 28

kidney

Question 29

dynia

Answer 29

pain

Question 30

centesis

Answer 30

aspirate

Question 31

stasis

Answer 31

stop

Question 32

ectomy

Answer 32

surgical removal

Question 33

emia

Answer 33

blood

Question 34

edema

Answer 34

swelling

Question 35

emesis

Answer 35

vomitting

Question 36

itis

Answer 36

inflammation

Question 37

megaly

Answer 37

enlarged

Question 38

ostomy

Answer 38

surgical OPENING

Question 39

otomy

Answer 39

surgical incision

Question 40

plasty

Answer 40

surgical repair

Question 41

opia

Answer 41

vision

Question 42

pathy

Answer 42

disease

Question 43

cephalo

Answer 43

head

Question 44

suffixes that refer to eating

Answer 44

phagia

Question 45

nothing by mouth

Answer 45

NPO

Question 46

erythro

Answer 46

red

Question 47

on the opposite side

Answer 47

contralateral

Question 48

Device that should be used to record a patient’s heart rhythm

Answer 48

electrocardiogram machine

Question 49

Diagnostic procedures that produces images of body structures

Answer 49

computed tomography

Question 50

position where the person lying on the left side, left hip and lower extremity straight, and right hip and knee bent.

Answer 50

Simms Position

Question 51

standard patient position in which the patient is seated in a semi-sitting position (45-60 degrees) and may have knees either bent or straight.

Answer 51

fowlers position

Question 52

the patient is supine on the table with their head declined below their feet at an angle of roughly 16°

Answer 52

Trendelenburg position

Question 53

anterior/ ventral

Answer 53

front

Question 54

posterior/ dorsal

Answer 54

back

Question 55

-PC stands for

Answer 55

after meals

Question 56

-ism

Answer 56

condition of

Question 57

Vowel that is most common combining form used

Answer 57

O

Question 58

Abbreviation for aspirin

Answer 58

ASA

Question 59

hemi

Answer 59

half

Question 60

-emia

Answer 60

blood

Question 61

-algia

Answer 61

pain

Question 62

-logy

Answer 62

the study of

Question 63

-opsy or - scopy

Answer 63

examination

Question 64

carcino

Answer 64

cancer

Question 65

-ic

Answer 65

of or related to

Question 66

-ologist

Answer 66

someone who studies a certain area

Question 67

-toma

Answer 67

swelling

Question 68

hypo

Answer 68

under/below - less than

Question 69

hyper

Answer 69

above or over

Question 70

-cytosis

Answer 70

increase in cells

Question 71

-epi

Answer 71

above