MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY: EXAM #1 (CHAPTERS 1-5) QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS

MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY: EXAM #1
(CHAPTERS 1-5) QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Cutane(o), Derm(a), Dermat(o) - Answer-Skin

Mamm(o) and Mast(o) - Answer-Breast

Nephr(o) and Ren(o) - Answer-Kidney

Oste(o) - Answer-Bone

Angi(o) and Vas(o) - Answer-Vessel

Steth(o) - Answer-Thorax (chest)

Trache(o) - Answer-Trachea (windpipe)

Onc(o) - Answer-Tumor

-oma - Answer-Tumor

Cancer(o), Carcin(o) - Answer-Cancer

-itis - Answer-Inflammation

-emia - Answer-Blood Condition

-ia, -iasis, and -osis - Answer-Condition

-cele - Answer-Hernia (Protrusion of body part, like organ, through skin or body
opening)

Lith(o) - Answer-Stone

-lith - Answer-Stone

-ptosis - Answer-Prolapse or Sagging

-phobia - Answer-Irrational fear

-mania - Answer-Excessive occupation

-maniac - Answer-A person who shows excessive preoccupation

-able, -ible - Answer-Capable of

, -ac, -al, -an, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ive, -tic - Answer-Pertaining to

-ase - Answer-Enzyme

-ose - Answer-Sugar

-eum, -ium - Answer-Membrane

-iac - Answer-One who suffers

-opia - Answer-Vision

-ous - Answer-Pertaining to or characterized by

-ia, -ism - Answer-Condition or theory

-y - Answer-State or condition

Cyt(o) - Answer-Cell

-cyte - Answer-Cell

Gen(o) - Answer-Beginning, origin

-genic - Answer-Produce by or in

-genesis - Answer-Producing or forming

Kinesi(o) - Answer-Movement

-kinesia, -kinesis - Answer-Movement, motion

Leps(o) - Answer-Seizure

-lepsy - Answer-Seizure

Log(o) - Answer-Knowledge or Words

Lys(o) - Answer-Destruction, Dissolving

-lysin - Answer-That which destroys

-lytic - Answer-Capable of destroying

Megal(o) - Answer-Large, Enlarge

-megaly - Answer-Enlargement

Metr(o) - Answer-Measure, Uterine Tissue