CSCC MULT 1110 EXAM ONE CHAPTER
1-9 WITH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
20225 UPDATE.
Foundation of most medical terms and gives essential meaning of the term. Frequently, not
always, refers to a body structure, organ, or system. - ANS Word Root
Found at the end of a medical term. Provides information including conditions, diseases, surgical
procedures, and diagnostic procedures involving the word root. ALL MEDICAL TERMS MUST
CONTAIN A SUFFIX!! - ANS Suffix
Found at the beginning of a medical term. It often indicates info such as abnormal conditions,
numbers, positions, and times. - ANS Prefix
Used for two reasons: to connect word parts and to make medical terms easier to spell and
pronounce. Placed between a word root and a suffix or between two word roots. NOT USED
BETWEEN A PREFIX AND A WORD ROOT!! Do NOT use between a word root and a suffix
if the suffix begins with a vowel. Put a combining vowel between two word roots always. - ANS
Combining Vowel
pain - ANS -algia
weakness - ANS -asthenia
hernia, protrusion - ANS -cele
pain - ANS -dynia
abnormal cell condition (too many) - ANS -cytosis
dilated, stretched out - ANS ectasis
swelling - ANS -edema
vomiting - ANS -emesis
condition of the blood - ANS -emia
state, condition - ANS -ia
abnormal condition - ANS -iasis
state of, condition - ANS -ism
inflammation - ANS -itis
stone - ANS -lith
destruction - ANS -lysis
destruction - ANS -lytic
abnormal softening - ANS -malacia
enlargement - ANS -megaly
tumor, mass - ANS -oma
abnormal condition - ANS -osis
disease - ANS -pathy
too few - ANS -penia
fear - ANS -phobia
paralysis - ANS -plegia
drooping - ANS -ptosis
bursting forth - ANS -rrhage
bursting forth - ANS -rrhagia
,discharge, flow - ANS -rrhea
rupture - ANS -rrhexis
hardened condition - ANS -sclerosis
involuntary muscle contraction - ANS -spasm
stopping - ANS -stasis
narrowing - ANS -stenosis
poison - ANS -toxic
condition of the urine - ANS -uria
surgical breaking - ANS -clasia
surgical fixation - ANS -desis
surgical removal, excision - ANS -ectomy
surgically create an opening - ANS -ostomy
cutting into, incision - ANS -otomy
surgical fixation - ANS -pexy
surgical repair - ANS -plasty
suture - ANS -rrhaphy
instrument to cut - ANS -tome
crushing - ANS -tripsy
puncture to withdraw fluid - ANS -centesis
record or picture - ANS -gram
instrument for recording - ANS -graph
process of recording - ANS -graphy
instrument for measuring pressure - ANS -manometer
instrument for measuring - ANS -meter
process of measuring - ANS -metry
instrument for viewing - ANS -scope
process of visually examining - ANS -scopy
small - ANS -cle
pregnancy - ANS -cyesis
cell - ANS -cyte
skin condition - ANS -derma
thirst - ANS -dipsia
feeling, sensation - ANS -esthesia
that which produces - ANS -gen
produces, generates - ANS -genesis
producing - ANS -genic
protein - ANS -globin
protein - ANS -globulin
pregnancy - ANS -gravida
movement - ANS -kinesia
resembling - ANS -oid
small - ANS -ole
vision - ANS -opia
view of - ANS -opsy
sense of smell - ANS -osmia
oxygen - ANS -oxia
, to bear (offspring) - ANS -para
birth, labor - ANS -partum
digestion - ANS -pepsia
eating, swallowing - ANS -phagia
speech - ANS -phasia
attracted to - ANS -phil
voice - ANS -phonia
formation, development - ANS -plasm
breathing - ANS -pnea
formation - ANS -poiesis
porous - ANS -porosis
spitting up, coughing up - ANS -ptysis
treatment - ANS -therapy
chest - ANS -thorax
development - ANS -trophic
nourishment, development - ANS -trophy
small - ANS -ule
one who - ANS -er
medical specialty - ANS -iatric
physician - ANS -iatrist
treatment, medicine - ANS -iatry
specialist - ANS -ician
specialist - ANS -ist
one who studies - ANS -logist
study of - ANS -logy
pertaining to - ANS -ac
pertaining to - ANS -al
pertaining to - ANS -an
pertaining to - ANS -ar
pertaining to - ANS -ary
pertaining to - ANS -atic
pertaining to - ANS -eal
pertaining to - ANS -ic
pertaining to - ANS -ine
pertaining to - ANS -ior
pertaining to - ANS -nic
pertaining to - ANS -ory
pertaining to - ANS -ose
pertaining to - ANS -ous
pertaining to - ANS -tic
Next Chapter 3 - ANS End of Chapter 1 and 2
without - ANS a-
without - ANS an-
against - ANS anti-
slow - ANS brady-
without - ANS de-
1-9 WITH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
20225 UPDATE.
Foundation of most medical terms and gives essential meaning of the term. Frequently, not
always, refers to a body structure, organ, or system. - ANS Word Root
Found at the end of a medical term. Provides information including conditions, diseases, surgical
procedures, and diagnostic procedures involving the word root. ALL MEDICAL TERMS MUST
CONTAIN A SUFFIX!! - ANS Suffix
Found at the beginning of a medical term. It often indicates info such as abnormal conditions,
numbers, positions, and times. - ANS Prefix
Used for two reasons: to connect word parts and to make medical terms easier to spell and
pronounce. Placed between a word root and a suffix or between two word roots. NOT USED
BETWEEN A PREFIX AND A WORD ROOT!! Do NOT use between a word root and a suffix
if the suffix begins with a vowel. Put a combining vowel between two word roots always. - ANS
Combining Vowel
pain - ANS -algia
weakness - ANS -asthenia
hernia, protrusion - ANS -cele
pain - ANS -dynia
abnormal cell condition (too many) - ANS -cytosis
dilated, stretched out - ANS ectasis
swelling - ANS -edema
vomiting - ANS -emesis
condition of the blood - ANS -emia
state, condition - ANS -ia
abnormal condition - ANS -iasis
state of, condition - ANS -ism
inflammation - ANS -itis
stone - ANS -lith
destruction - ANS -lysis
destruction - ANS -lytic
abnormal softening - ANS -malacia
enlargement - ANS -megaly
tumor, mass - ANS -oma
abnormal condition - ANS -osis
disease - ANS -pathy
too few - ANS -penia
fear - ANS -phobia
paralysis - ANS -plegia
drooping - ANS -ptosis
bursting forth - ANS -rrhage
bursting forth - ANS -rrhagia
,discharge, flow - ANS -rrhea
rupture - ANS -rrhexis
hardened condition - ANS -sclerosis
involuntary muscle contraction - ANS -spasm
stopping - ANS -stasis
narrowing - ANS -stenosis
poison - ANS -toxic
condition of the urine - ANS -uria
surgical breaking - ANS -clasia
surgical fixation - ANS -desis
surgical removal, excision - ANS -ectomy
surgically create an opening - ANS -ostomy
cutting into, incision - ANS -otomy
surgical fixation - ANS -pexy
surgical repair - ANS -plasty
suture - ANS -rrhaphy
instrument to cut - ANS -tome
crushing - ANS -tripsy
puncture to withdraw fluid - ANS -centesis
record or picture - ANS -gram
instrument for recording - ANS -graph
process of recording - ANS -graphy
instrument for measuring pressure - ANS -manometer
instrument for measuring - ANS -meter
process of measuring - ANS -metry
instrument for viewing - ANS -scope
process of visually examining - ANS -scopy
small - ANS -cle
pregnancy - ANS -cyesis
cell - ANS -cyte
skin condition - ANS -derma
thirst - ANS -dipsia
feeling, sensation - ANS -esthesia
that which produces - ANS -gen
produces, generates - ANS -genesis
producing - ANS -genic
protein - ANS -globin
protein - ANS -globulin
pregnancy - ANS -gravida
movement - ANS -kinesia
resembling - ANS -oid
small - ANS -ole
vision - ANS -opia
view of - ANS -opsy
sense of smell - ANS -osmia
oxygen - ANS -oxia
, to bear (offspring) - ANS -para
birth, labor - ANS -partum
digestion - ANS -pepsia
eating, swallowing - ANS -phagia
speech - ANS -phasia
attracted to - ANS -phil
voice - ANS -phonia
formation, development - ANS -plasm
breathing - ANS -pnea
formation - ANS -poiesis
porous - ANS -porosis
spitting up, coughing up - ANS -ptysis
treatment - ANS -therapy
chest - ANS -thorax
development - ANS -trophic
nourishment, development - ANS -trophy
small - ANS -ule
one who - ANS -er
medical specialty - ANS -iatric
physician - ANS -iatrist
treatment, medicine - ANS -iatry
specialist - ANS -ician
specialist - ANS -ist
one who studies - ANS -logist
study of - ANS -logy
pertaining to - ANS -ac
pertaining to - ANS -al
pertaining to - ANS -an
pertaining to - ANS -ar
pertaining to - ANS -ary
pertaining to - ANS -atic
pertaining to - ANS -eal
pertaining to - ANS -ic
pertaining to - ANS -ine
pertaining to - ANS -ior
pertaining to - ANS -nic
pertaining to - ANS -ory
pertaining to - ANS -ose
pertaining to - ANS -ous
pertaining to - ANS -tic
Next Chapter 3 - ANS End of Chapter 1 and 2
without - ANS a-
without - ANS an-
against - ANS anti-
slow - ANS brady-
without - ANS de-
