Medical Terminology Final exam Study guide (chapters 1-13) Questions and Answers 100% pass

-ectomy EK-toh-mee - ANS- removal (vasectomy) -emia - ANS- blood condition -gram gram - ANS- written record (cardiogram) -graphy grah-fee - ANS- writing procedure (cardiography) -ia ee-ah - ANS- condition (pneumonia) -ic ik - ANS- pertaining to (medic) -icle ik-el - ANS- small (ventricle) -ion (suffix) - ANS- ...process -ism iz-um - ANS- condition (autism) -ist ist - ANS- specialist (dentist) -itis AI-tis - ANS- inflammation (arthritis) -ium ee-um - ANS- tissue, structure (pericardium) -logy - ANS- study of (psychology) -lysis lih-sis - ANS- loosen, break down (hemolysis) -mania - ANS- excessive desire -metry meh-tree - ANS- pocess of measuring (cephalometry) -oma OH-mah - ANS- tumor (melanoma) -opia - ANS- vision condition -ous us - ANS- pertaining to (subcutaneous) -penia (suffix) -comes from the greek word meaning " poverty" or "famine" - ANS- deficiency -phlegia from greek for "to strike" - ANS- paralysis -phobia - ANS- excessive fear or sensitivity -pnea - ANS- breathing -scope skohp - ANS- instrument used to look (arthroscope) -tropin - ANS- stimulating hormone -ule yool - ANS- small (pustule) -uria - ANS- urine condition a- ay - ANS- not (aphasia) ab- ab - ANS- away (abduct) ABCDE - ANS- asymmetry, border, color, diameter, evolving abdomin/o- - ANS- abdomen Abscess ab/sess (AB-ses) -it was believed that the harmful humors of the body would "go away" from the body via puss leaking from an abscess - ANS- a localized collection of pus in the body away/go aden/o- -this root refers to any gland - ANS- gland adenocarcinoma - ANS- canerous tumor of a gland ADHD - ANS- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder adip/o - ANS- fat adren/o- -literally means "on the kidney" -ad(to,on) + renal (kidney) - ANS- adrenal gland AIDS - ANS- acquired immunodeficiency syndrome Alopecia -greek for fox a-loh-PEE-sha - ANS- baldness amenorrhea a/meno/rrhea AY-men-oh-REE-ah - ANS- no menstruation no/menstruation/discharge amni/o -amnion is the innermost membrane covering the fetus - ANS- amnion amniocentesis AM-nee-oh-sin-TEE-sis - ANS- surgical puncture of the amnion amniocentesis amnio/centesis AM-nee-oh-sin-TEE-sis - ANS- surgical puncture of the amnion amnion/puncture An- an - ANS- not (anemia) analgesic