ch3 Flashcards
1
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What is combining form for the word “abdomen”?
A
abdomin/o
2
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What is the term for a surgical puncture to remove fluid from the abdomen, also known as paracentesis?
A
abdominocentesis
3
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List 10 suffixes that mean “pertaining to”?
A
-ac, -iac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ical, -ous, -tic, -ior
4
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What is the term for an inherited disorder of dwarfism in which the bones of the arms and legs fail to grow to normal size?
A
achondroplasia
5
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What is the combining form for the word “extremities” ?
A
acr/o
6
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What is the term for enlargement of extremities after puberty due to pituitary gland problem?
A
acromegaly
7
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What is the term for fear of heights?
A
acrophobia
8
Q
What is the combining form of the word “sharp”
A
acu/o
9
Q
What is the term for “characterized by severe symptoms and a short course of illness”?
A
acute
10
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What is the combining form of the word “gland”?
A
aden/o
11
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What is the term for small masses of lymphatic tissue in the part of pharynx (throat) near nose and nasal passages
A
adenoids
12
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What is the combining form of the word “fat”?
A
adip/o
13
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What is the term for “fat”?
A
adipose
14
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What is the term for fear of open spaces; an anxiety disorder?
A
agoraphobia
15
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What is the suffix that means: pain?
A
-algia
16
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What is the combining form of the word “amnion”
A
amni/o
17
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What is the term for a surgical puncture to remove fluid from the sac around the embryo?
A
amniocentesis
18
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What is the term for the condition marked by reduction in the number of erythrocytes or in the amount of hemoglobin in blood?
A
anemia
19
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What is the combining form of the word “vessel”?
A
angi/o
20
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What is the term for formation of blood vessels?
A
angiogenesis
21
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What is the term for X-ray imaging of blood vessels after injection of contrast material?
A
angiography
22
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What is the term for surgical repair of a blood vessel?
A
angioplasty
23
Q
What is the combining form of the term “artery”
A
arteri/o
24
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What is the term for a small artery?
A
arteriole
25
What is the term for hardening of an artery with collection of fatty plaque?
arteriosclerosis
26
What is the combining form of the word “joint”?
arthr/o
27
What is the term for joint pain?
arthralgia
28
What is the term for a decrease in size of normally developed organ or tissue of the body; wasting away?
atrophy
29
What is the combining form of the word “armpit”
axill/o
30
What is the term for the “underarm or armpit“?
axillary
31
What is the term for a White blood cell (leukocyte) containing dark granules that stain with basic dye?
basophil
32
What is the combining form of the word “life”?
bi/o
33
What is the term for removal of living tissue for examination under a microscope?
biopsy
34
What is the combining form of the word “eyelid”?
blephar/o
35
What is the term for prolapse of an eyelid?
blepharoptosis
36
What is the combining form of the word “bronchial tubes”
bronch/o
37
What is the term for inflammation of bronchial tubes?
bronchitis
38
What is the combining form of the word “cancer”?
carcin/o
39
What is the term for formation or production of cancer?
carcinogenesis
40
What is the term for cancer-producing?
carcinogenic
41
What is the combining form of the word “heart”?
cardi/o
42
What is the term for “pertaining to the heart“?
cardiac
43
What is the term for “disease of heart muscle“?
cardiomyopathy
44
What is the suffix for the word “hernia“?
-cele
45
What is the suffix for the phrase “surgical puncture to remove fluid”?
-centesis
46
What is the combining form of the word “drug”?
chem/o
47
What is the term for “treatment using drugs“?
chemotherapy
48
What is the combining form of the word “cartilage’?
chondr/o
49
What is the term for “softening of cartilage“?
chondromalacia
50
What is the combining form of the word “time”?
chron/o
51
What is the term for “continuing over a long period of time“?
chronic
52
What is the combining form of the word “colon’?
col/o
53
What is the term for a new opening of the colon through the abdominal wall to the outside of the body?
colostomy
54
What is the combining form of the term “urinary bladder”?
cyst/o
55
What is the term for a hernia of the urinary bladder?
cystocele
56
What is the term that means cell?
cyte
57
What is the term that means “pain”?
dynia
58
What is the suffix for the word “excision“?
-ectomy
59
What is the term for a record of the electricity in the brain?
electroencephalogram (EEG)
60
What is the term for an instrument used to record the electricity in brain?
electroencephalograph
61
What is the term for the process of recording the electricity in the brain?
electroencephalography
62
What is the suffix for the phrase “blood condition”?
-emia
63
What is the combining form of the word “brain”?
encephal/o
64
What is the term for a leukocyte whose granules turn red with stain and whose numbers are elevated in allergic reactions?
eosinophil
65
What is the suffix for the phrase “one who”?
-er
66
What is the combining form of the word “red”?
erythr/o
67
What is the term for a red blood cell?
erythrocyte
68
What is the term for a deficiency of red blood cells?
erythropenia
69
What is the term for the tube connecting the throat to the stomach?
esophagus
70
What is the suffix for “the condition of producing, forming, or formation of“?
-genesis
71
What is the suffix for the phrase “produced by or in”?
-genic
72
What is the suffix that means “record”?
-gram
73
What is the suffix for the phrase “Instrument to record”?
-graph
74
What is the suffix for the process of recording?
-graphy
75
What is the combining form of the word “blood”?
hem/o
76
What is the term for collection or mass of blood?
hematoma
77
What is the term for destruction of blood (RBCs)?
hemolysis
78
What is the term for stoppage of bleeding or circulation of blood?
hemostasis
79
What is the combining form for the word “liver“?
hepat/o
80
What is the combining form of the word “water”?
hydro
81
What is the term for the abnormal condition of fluid (water) in the kidney?
hydronephrosis
82
What is the term for “treatment using water“?
hydrotherapy
83
What is the term for an increase in size of tissue or organ; excessive development
hypertrophy
84
What is the suffix for the word “condition“?
-ia
85
What is the combining form of the word “groin”?
inguin/o
86
What is the term for “pertaining to the groin“?
inguinal
87
What is the combining form of the term “to hold back”?
isch/o
88
What is the term for when blood is held back from an area?
ischemia
89
What is the suffix for the word “specialist“?
-ist
90
What is the suffix that means “inflammation”?
-Itis
91
What is the combining form of the word “abdomen”
lapar/o
92
What is the term for visual examination of the abdomen?
laparoscopy
93
What is the term for incision of the abdomen?
laparotomy
94
What is the medical term for the voicebox?
larynx
95
What is the combining form of the word “larynx”?
laryng/o
96
What is the term for “pertaining to the voice box“?
laryngeal
97
What is the term for “removal of the voice box“?
laryngectomy
98
What is the combining form of the word “white”?
leuk/o
99
What is the term for the disease of high numbers of malignant (cancerous) white blood cells?
leukemia
100
What is the term for a slight increase in white blood cells?
leukocytosis
101
What is the term for a deficiency in white blood cells?
leukopenia
102
What is the suffix that means “study of”
-logy
103
What is the combining form of the word “lymph”?
lymph/o
104
What is the term for a mononuclear leukocyte that destroys foreign cells by making antibodies?
lymphocyte
105
What is the suffix for the phrase “breakdown, destruction, or separation”?
-lysis
106
What is the suffix for the word “softening“?
-malacia
107
What is the combining form of the word “breast”?
mamm/o
108
What is the combining form of the word “breast”?
Mast/o
109
What is the term for an X-ray record of the breast?
mammogram
110
What is the term for “resection (removal of) of a breast“?
mastectomy
111
What is the suffix for the word “enlargement“?
-megaly
112
What is the term for “spread of a cancerous tumor“?
metastasis
113
What is the term for a mononuclear leukocyte that is a phagocyte?
monocyte
114
What is the combining form of the word “shape”?
morph/o
115
What is the term for the study of the shape or form of the cells?
morphology
116
What is the combining form of the word “mucus”?
muc/o
117
What is the term for “resembling mucus”?
mucoid
118
What is the term for the epithelial membrane that secretes mucus and lines the tubular organs of the body?
mucous membrane
119
What is the term for the sticky substance that is secreted from the mucous membrane?
mucus
120
What is the term for a tumor of bone marrow (cancerous)
multiple myeloma
121
What is the combining form for the word “muscle“?
my/o
122
What is the term for muscle pain?
myalgia; myositis
123
What is the combining form of the word “spinal cord”?
myel/o
124
What is the term for inflammation of the spinal cord?
myelitis
125
What is the term for an X-ray record of the spinal cord?
myelogram
126
What is the term for a tumor of muscle?
myoma or myosarcoma
127
What is the combining form for the word “death“?
necr/o
128
What is the term for viewing a dead body; autopsy?
necropsy
129
What is the term for abnormal death of cells?
necrosis
130
What is the term for “pertaining to death of cells“?
necrotic
131
What is the combining form of the word “kidney”?
nephr/o
132
What is the term for a specialist in the study of the kidneys?
nephrologist
133
What is the term for diseases of kidney?
nephropathy
134
What is the combining form for the word “nerve“?
neur/o
135
What is the term for nerve pain?
neuralgia
136
What is the combining form of the word “neutrophil”?
neutr/o
137
What is the term for deficiency of neutrophils?
neutropenia
138
What is the term for a granulocytic white blood cell that destroys cells by engulfing and digesting them; polymorphonuclear leukocyte?
neutrophil
139
What is the combining form of the word “nucleus”?
nucle/o
140
What is the suffix for the phrase “resembling; derived from”?
-oid
141
What is the suffix for the phrase “little, small”?
-ole, -ule
142
What is the suffix that means “tumor”?
-oma
143
What is the combining form of the word “eye”?
ophthalm/o
144
What is the term for the study of eye and eye disorders?
ophthalmology
145
What is the suffix that means “view”?
-opsy
146
What is the suffix for the phrase “full of; pertaining to”?
-ose
147
What is the term that means “condition”?
-osis
148
What is the combining form of the word “bone”?
oste/o
149
What is the term for “produced in bone or produced by bone”?
osteogenic
150
What is the term for softening of bones?
osteomalacia
151
What is the combining form of the word “ear”?
ot/o
152
What is the term for pain in the ear?
otalgia
153
What is the term for a surgical puncture to remove fluid from the abdomen; also known as abdominocentesis?
paracentesis
154
What is the combining form of the word “disease”?
path/o
155
What is the term for development of disease?
pathogenesis
156
What is the term for the study of disease?
pathology
157
What is the term for”pertaining to the study of disease?”
pathologic
158
What is the suffix for the phrase “disease condition”?
-pathy
159
What is the suffix for the word “deficiency“?
-penia
160
What is the term for the double-layered membrane surrounding the heart?
pericardium
161
What is the combining form of the word “peritoneum”?
peritone/o
162
What is the term for pertaining to the membrane surrounding the abdomen (peritoneum)?
peritoneal
163
What is the combining form of the word “to eat”?
phag/o
164
What is the combining form of the word “vein”?
phleb/o
165
What is the term for incision into a vein?
phlebotomy
166
What is the suffix for the word “fear“?
-phobia
167
What is the combining form of the word “formation”?
plas/o
168
What is the suffix that means “development”?
-plasia
169
What is the suffix for the phrase “surgical repair”?
-plasty
170
What is the term for the cell that causes blood clots?
platelet
171
What is the combining form of the word “pleura”?
pleur/o
172
What is the term for “pertaining to the pleura“?
pleural
173
What is the term for pain associated with inflammation of irritation of pleura?
pleurodynia
174
What is the combining form of the word “lungs”?
pneumon/o
175
What is the term for fluid or infection in the lung?
pneumonia
176
What is the term for a White blood cell with multi-lobe nucleus and dark staining granules; disease fighting cell or neutrophil?
polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN)
177
What is the suffix for the phrase “falling, drooping, prolapse”?
-ptosis
178
What is the term for prolapse, drooping and sagging of the upper eyelid?
ptosis (it can be a term or a suffix)
179
What is the combining form of the word “lungs”?
pulmon/o
180
What is the term for “pertaining to the lung“?
pulmonary
181
What is the combining form of the word “x-rays”?
radi/o
182
What is the term for the person who assists a radiologist in performing diagnostic x-ray procedures?
radiographer
183
What is the term for treatment using radiation, high-energy x-rays or other radiation sources?
radiotherapy
184
What is the combining form of the word “rectum”?
rect/o
185
What is the term for “hernia of the rectum“?
rectocele
186
What is the combining form of the word “kidney”?
ren/o
187
What is the combining form of the word “nose”?
rhin/o
188
What is the combining form for the word “flesh“?
sarc/o
189
What is the suffix for the word “hardening”?
-sclerosis
190
What is the suffix for the phrase “Instrument to visually examine”?
-scope
191
What is the suffix for the phrase “process of visual examination (with an endoscope)”?
-scopy
192
What is the combining form of the word “spleen”?
splen/o
193
What is the term for enlargement of the spleen?
splenomegaly
194
What is the suffix for the berry-shaped (spheroidal) bacteria?
-cocci (plural) or –coccus (singular)
195
What is the combining form of the word “clusters”?
staphyl/o
196
What is the term for berry or spherical shaped bacteria in a cluster formation?
staphylococci
197
What is the combining form of the word “twisted chains”?
strept/o
198
What is the term for berry of spherical shaped bacteria in a chain formation?
streptococcus
199
What is the suffix for the phrase “controlling, stopping”?
-stasis
200
What is the suffix for the phrase “new opening”?
-stomy
201
What is the suffix for the phrase “treatment”?
-therapy
202
What is the combining form of the word “chest”?
thorac/o
203
What is the term for a surgical procedure to remove fluid from the chest?
thoracentesis
204
What is the combining form of the word “clot”?
thromb/o
205
What is the term for “the clotting cell; platelet“?
thrombocyte
206
What is the term for deficiency of clotting cells?
thrombocytopenia
207
What is the term for inflammation of a vein associated with formation of a thrombus or clot?
thrombophlebitis
208
What is the suffix for the word “incision“?
-tomy
209
What is the combining form of the word “tonsils”?
tonsil/o
210
What is the term for “pertaining to the tonsils“?
tonsillar
211
What is the term for inflammation of lymph tissue in the throat?
tonsillitis
212
What is the combining form of the word “trachea”?
trache/o
213
What is the term for a new opening of the windpipe to the outside of the body?
tracheostomy
214
What is the term for an incision into the trachea?
tracheotomy
215
What is the suffix for the phrase “development, nourishment”?
-trophy
216
What is the suffix for the phrase “structure, tissue”?
-um, -ium
217
What is the suffix for the phrase “structure; thing”?
-us
218
What is the combining form of the word “vein”?
ven/o
219
What is the term for a small vein?
venule
220
What is the suffix for the phrase “condition; process”?
-y
