MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY PURDUE
EXAM 1, CH. 1-3 QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
carcin/o - Answer-cancer
chol/e - Answer-bile, gall
cyan - Answer-blue
dys- - Answer-bad, painful, difficult
neo- - Answer-new
hemi- - Answer-one half
blephar/o - Answer-eyelid
hem/o - Answer-blood
men/o - Answer-menses, menstration
dia- - Answer-through, across
arteri/o - Answer-artery
-ac - Answer-pertaining to
-ary - Answer-pertaining to
-eal - Answer-pertaining to
-ic - Answer-pertaining to
-ical - Answer-pertaining to
-ile - Answer-pertaining to
-ior - Answer-pertaining to
-ous - Answer-pertaining to
-tic - Answer-pertaining to
-esis - Answer-condition
-ism - Answer-condition
, -iatry - Answer-medicine, treatment
-ician - Answer-specialist
-ist - Answer-specialist
-y - Answer-condition, process
-icle - Answer-small, minute
-ole - Answer-small, minute
-ule - Answer-small minute
pulmon- - Answer-lung
esophag - Answer-esophagus
thorac - Answer-chest
path/o - Answer-disease
log - Answer-study of
pen - Answer-penis
acous - Answer-hearing
pneumon - Answer-air, lung
pod - Answer-foot
obstetr - Answer-midwife
ventr - Answer-belly, belly side
ven - Answer-vein
plural suffix - Answer-part of the word that changes from singular to plural
peri- - Answer-around
post- - Answer-after
epi- - Answer-above, upon
hypo- - Answer-under, below, deficient
infra- - Answer-under, below
EXAM 1, CH. 1-3 QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
carcin/o - Answer-cancer
chol/e - Answer-bile, gall
cyan - Answer-blue
dys- - Answer-bad, painful, difficult
neo- - Answer-new
hemi- - Answer-one half
blephar/o - Answer-eyelid
hem/o - Answer-blood
men/o - Answer-menses, menstration
dia- - Answer-through, across
arteri/o - Answer-artery
-ac - Answer-pertaining to
-ary - Answer-pertaining to
-eal - Answer-pertaining to
-ic - Answer-pertaining to
-ical - Answer-pertaining to
-ile - Answer-pertaining to
-ior - Answer-pertaining to
-ous - Answer-pertaining to
-tic - Answer-pertaining to
-esis - Answer-condition
-ism - Answer-condition
, -iatry - Answer-medicine, treatment
-ician - Answer-specialist
-ist - Answer-specialist
-y - Answer-condition, process
-icle - Answer-small, minute
-ole - Answer-small, minute
-ule - Answer-small minute
pulmon- - Answer-lung
esophag - Answer-esophagus
thorac - Answer-chest
path/o - Answer-disease
log - Answer-study of
pen - Answer-penis
acous - Answer-hearing
pneumon - Answer-air, lung
pod - Answer-foot
obstetr - Answer-midwife
ventr - Answer-belly, belly side
ven - Answer-vein
plural suffix - Answer-part of the word that changes from singular to plural
peri- - Answer-around
post- - Answer-after
epi- - Answer-above, upon
hypo- - Answer-under, below, deficient
infra- - Answer-under, below