Portage Learning Medical Terminology - Module 1 Questions with 100% Verified Answers UPDATED!!!.

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Portage Learning Medical Terminology - Module 1 Questions
with 100% Verified Answers UPDATED!!!



-ac, -ic, -al, -ous, -tic, -is, -ar, -ary, -ior, -eal - ANSWER pertaining
to


-algia, -dynia - ANSWER pain


-ate, -ize - ANSWER to use


-cele - ANSWER hernia, swell, protrusion, tumor


-centesis - ANSWER surgical puncture


-cle, -cule, -ule, -ulus - ANSWER small


-cyte - ANSWER cell


-desis - ANSWER a binding together

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-derma - ANSWER skin


-ectomy - ANSWER surgical removal, cutting out


-emesis - ANSWER to vomit


-emia - ANSWER blood condition


-esis, -ia, -iasis, -ism, -ity, -osis, -sis, -tion, -y - ANSWER condition
of


-form - ANSWER shape


-genesis, -genic - ANSWER to form


-globin - ANSWER protein


-gram - ANSWER a weight, mark, record

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-graph - ANSWER instrument used to record, to write


-graphy - ANSWER process of recording


-ism - ANSWER theory


-itis - ANSWER inflamation


-lysis - ANSWER breakdown, destruction, separation, loosening


-malacia - ANSWER softening


-megaly - ANSWER enlargement


-meter - ANSWER instrument used to measure


-metry - ANSWER process of measuring


-ologist - ANSWER specialist