Chapter 1

Question 1

-algia

Answer 1

pain, suffering

Question 2

-dynia

Answer 2

pain

Question 3

-ectomy

Answer 3

surgical removal, cutting out

Question 4

-gram

Answer 4

picture or record

Question 5

hyper-

Answer 5

excessive, increased

Question 6

hypo-

Answer 6

deficient, decreased

Question 7

-itis

Answer 7

inflammation

Question 8

-osis

Answer 8

abnormal condition, disease

Question 9

-ostomy

Answer 9

the surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface

Question 10

pre-

Answer 10

before, in front of

Question 11

-plasty

Answer 11

surgical repair

Question 12

-rrhage

Answer 12

bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge

Question 13

-rrhaphy

Answer 13

surgical suturing

Question 14

-rrhea

Answer 14

flow or discharge

Question 15

-sclerosis

Answer 15

abnormal hardening

Question 16

myel/o

Answer 16

spinal cord

Question 17

my/o

Answer 17

muscle

Question 18

osteo/o

Answer 18

bone

Question 19

neuro/o

Answer 19

nerve

Question 20

arthr/o

Answer 20

joint

Question 21

cyan/o

Answer 21

blue

Question 22

erythr/o

Answer 22

red

Question 23

leuk/o

Answer 23

white

Question 24

melan/o

Answer 24

black

Question 25

poli/o

Answer 25

gray

Question 26

noun suffixes

Answer 26

-a, -e, -um, -us, -y

Question 27

adjective suffixes

Answer 27

mean “pertaining to”
-ac, -al, -an, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ical, -ial, -ic, -ine, -ior, -ory, -ous, -tic

Question 28

suffixes that mean “abnormal condition or disease”

Answer 28

-ago, -iasis, -osis, -esis, -ion, -pathy, -ia, -ism

Question 29

hepat/o

Answer 29

liver

Question 30

-malacia

Answer 30

abnormal softening

Question 31

-necrosis

Answer 31

tissue death

Question 32

-sclerosis

Answer 32

abnormal hardening

Question 33

arteri/o

Answer 33

artery

Question 34

-stenosis

Answer 34

abnormal narrowing

Question 35

-centesis

Answer 35

surgical procedure to remove fluid

Question 36

abdomin/o

Answer 36

abdomen

Question 37

-graphy

Answer 37

process of producing a picture or record

Question 38

angi/o

Answer 38

blood vessel

Question 39

-scopy

Answer 39

visual examination

Question 40

nat

Answer 40

birth

Question 41

peri-

Answer 41

surrounding

Question 42

ab-

Answer 42

away from, negative, absent

Question 43

ad-

Answer 43

toward, to, in the direction

Question 44

dextro-

Answer 44

right side

Question 45

sinistro-

Answer 45

left side

Question 46

abdominocentesis

Answer 46

the surgical puncture of the abdominal cavity to remove fluid

Question 47

angiography

Answer 47

process of producing an x-ray, or radiographic study, of blood vessels after the injection of a contrast medium to make the blood vessels visible