Word Building/Suffixes/Prefixes

Question 1

Procedure that destroys skin lesions by use of liquid nitrogen?

Answer 1

cryosurgery

Question 2

Abbreviation for ointment ?

Answer 2

ung

Question 3

Four elements used to build medical words?

Answer 3

word roots, combining forms, suffixes, prefixes

Question 4

Rule 1 of word building

Answer 4

word root links a suffix that begins with a vowel

Question 5

Rule 2 of word building

Answer 5

a combining form (root + o) links a suffix that begins with a consonant

Question 6

Rule 3 of word building

Answer 6

combining form (root + o) links a root to another root to form a compound word

Question 7

Order of defining medical words

Answer 7

1) define suffix
2) define the beginning of the word
3) define the middle of the word

Question 8

-centesis

Answer 8

surgical puncture

Question 9

-clast

Answer 9

to break

Question 10

-desis

Answer 10

binding, fixation

Question 11

-ectomy

Answer 11

excision, removal

Question 12

-lysis

Answer 12

separation, destruction, loosening

Question 13

-pexy

Answer 13

fixation (of an organ)

Question 14

-plasty

Answer 14

surgical repair

Question 15

-rrhaphy

Answer 15

suture

Question 16

-stomy

Answer 16

forming an opening (mouth)

Question 17

-tome

Answer 17

instrument to cut

Question 18

-tomy

Answer 18

incision

Question 19

-tripsy

Answer 19

crushing

Question 20

-gram

Answer 20

record, writing

Question 21

-graph

Answer 21

instrument for recording

Question 22

-graphy

Answer 22

process of recording

Question 23

-meter

Answer 23

instrument for measuring

Question 24

-metry

Answer 24

act of measuring

Question 25

-scope

Answer 25

instrument for examining

Question 26

-scopy

Answer 26

visual examination

Question 27

-algia/-dynia

Answer 27

pain

Question 28

-cele

Answer 28

hernia, swelling

Question 29

-ectasis

Answer 29

dilation,expansion

Question 30

-edema

Answer 30

swelling

Question 31

-emesis

Answer 31

vomiting

Question 32

-emia

Answer 32

blood condition

Question 33

-iasis

Answer 33

abnormal condition

Question 34

-itis

Answer 34

inflammation

Question 35

-lith

Answer 35

stone, calculus

Question 36

-malacia

Answer 36

softening

Question 37

-megaly

Answer 37

enlargement

Question 38

-oma

Answer 38

tumor

Question 39

-osis

Answer 39

abnormal condition, increase

Question 40

-pathy

Answer 40

disease

Question 41

-penia

Answer 41

decrease, deficiency

Question 42

-phobia

Answer 42

fear

Question 43

-plegia

Answer 43

paralysis

Question 44

-rrhage/-rrhagia

Answer 44

bursting forth of

Question 45

-rrhea

Answer 45

discharge, flow

Question 46

-rrhexis

Answer 46

rupture

Question 47

-stenosis

Answer 47

narrowing, stricture

Question 48

-toxic

Answer 48

poison

Question 49

-trophy

Answer 49

nourishment, development

Question 50

a-/an-

Answer 50

without, not

Question 51

circum-/peri-

Answer 51

around

Question 52

dia-/trans-

Answer 52

through, across

Question 53

dipl-/diplo-

Answer 53

double

Question 54

endo-/intra-

Answer 54

in, within

Question 55

homo-/homeo-

Answer 55

same

Question 56

hypo-

Answer 56

under, below, deficient

Question 57

macro-

Answer 57

large

Question 58

micro-

Answer 58

small

Question 59

mono-/uni-

Answer 59

one

Question 60

post-

Answer 60

after, behind

Question 61

pre-/pro-

Answer 61

before, in front of

Question 62

primi-

Answer 62

first

Question 63

retro-

Answer 63

backward, behind

Question 64

super-

Answer 64

upper, above

Question 65

Quadrant that contains the liver?

Answer 65

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