NCCT Medical Terminology Study Guide.
Suffix EMIA - Answer✔blood
expanding or opening wider - Answer✔dilate
lack of or absence of breathing - Answer✔apnea
groups of cells with the same function - Answer✔tissue
basic unit of body structure - Answer✔cell
the time when menstruation begins - Answer✔menarche
time when menstruation stops - Answer✔menopause
involuntary movement - Answer✔reflex
paralysis from the waist down - Answer✔paraplegia
paralysis from the neck down - Answer✔quadriplegia
removal of the tonsils - Answer✔tonsillectomy
paralysis on one side of the body - Answer✔hemiplegia
turning the joint inward - Answer✔internal rotation
turning upward - Answer✔supination
decrease in size or a wasting - Answer✔atrophy
straightening of a body part - Answer✔extension
moving a body part away from the body - Answer✔abduction
bending a body part - Answer✔flexion
turning downward - Answer✔pronation
bending backward - Answer✔dorsiflexion
abnormal shortening of a muscle - Answer✔contracture
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moving a body part toward the body - Answer✔adduction
loss of appetite - Answer✔anorexia
tube feeding - Answer✔gavage
swelling of body with water - Answer✔edema
painful or difficult urination - Answer✔dysuria
sugar in the urine - Answer✔glucosuria
decubitis ulcer, a pressure sore - Answer✔bedsore
preparation that masks and controls body odor - Answer✔deodorant
itis - Answer✔inflammation
hema, hemo - Answer✔blood
hyster - Answer✔uterus
mast - Answer✔breast
gastro - Answer✔stomach
myo - Answer✔muscle
otomy - Answer✔incision, surgical cutting
oma - Answer✔tumor
phlebo - Answer✔vein
pneumo - Answer✔air, lungs
adeno - Answer✔gland
algia, algesia - Answer✔pain
cardio - Answer✔heart
cranio - Answer✔skull
ectomy - Answer✔surgical removal
endo - Answer✔within, inner, on the inside
emesis - Answer✔vomiting
cise - Answer✔cut
centesis - Answer✔puncture
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