MAA Final Exam Review Accurate (A+) Answers
Chondr/o - ✔✔cartilage
Sarcoma - ✔✔tumor, cancer of connective tissue
Cyst- - ✔✔bladder, sac
-ectomy - ✔✔surgical removal
Cyan/o - ✔✔blue (cyanosis)
-osis - ✔✔abnormal condition
Cervical - ✔✔pertaining to the neck
Jaundice - ✔✔yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes caused by an accumulation of bile
pigment (bilirubin) in the blood
Hematoma - ✔✔a solid swelling of clotted blood within the tissues.
Trache/o - ✔✔trachea, windpipe
,-ostomy - ✔✔surgically create an opening
Leukocyte - ✔✔white blood cell
Murmur - ✔✔abnormal swishing sound caused by improper closure of the heart valves
Triage - ✔✔the medical screening of patients to determine their relative priority of need and the
proper place of treatment
Inter- - ✔✔between, among
-costal - ✔✔pertaining to the ribs
Emesis - ✔✔vomiting
-stasis - ✔✔stopping, controlling
Hypo- - ✔✔under, below
Glyco- - ✔✔sugar, sweet
, -emia - ✔✔blood
A-, an - ✔✔not, without
-pnea - ✔✔breathing
Hyper- - ✔✔above
Lipid - ✔✔Energy-rich organic compounds, such as fats, oils, and waxes, that are made of
carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
-uria - ✔✔urination, urine
Hemat- - ✔✔pertaining to blood
Carcinoma - ✔✔a cancer arising in the epithelial tissue of the skin or of the lining of the internal
organs.
Acute - ✔✔New, usually of rapid onset and of concern, opposite of chronic
Endo- - ✔✔within, inner
Chondr/o - ✔✔cartilage
Sarcoma - ✔✔tumor, cancer of connective tissue
Cyst- - ✔✔bladder, sac
-ectomy - ✔✔surgical removal
Cyan/o - ✔✔blue (cyanosis)
-osis - ✔✔abnormal condition
Cervical - ✔✔pertaining to the neck
Jaundice - ✔✔yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes caused by an accumulation of bile
pigment (bilirubin) in the blood
Hematoma - ✔✔a solid swelling of clotted blood within the tissues.
Trache/o - ✔✔trachea, windpipe
,-ostomy - ✔✔surgically create an opening
Leukocyte - ✔✔white blood cell
Murmur - ✔✔abnormal swishing sound caused by improper closure of the heart valves
Triage - ✔✔the medical screening of patients to determine their relative priority of need and the
proper place of treatment
Inter- - ✔✔between, among
-costal - ✔✔pertaining to the ribs
Emesis - ✔✔vomiting
-stasis - ✔✔stopping, controlling
Hypo- - ✔✔under, below
Glyco- - ✔✔sugar, sweet
, -emia - ✔✔blood
A-, an - ✔✔not, without
-pnea - ✔✔breathing
Hyper- - ✔✔above
Lipid - ✔✔Energy-rich organic compounds, such as fats, oils, and waxes, that are made of
carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
-uria - ✔✔urination, urine
Hemat- - ✔✔pertaining to blood
Carcinoma - ✔✔a cancer arising in the epithelial tissue of the skin or of the lining of the internal
organs.
Acute - ✔✔New, usually of rapid onset and of concern, opposite of chronic
Endo- - ✔✔within, inner
