E-I Medical Termonology

Question 1

What does ‘e-‘ mean?

Answer 1

Without

Question 2

What does ‘-ectasis’ refer to?

Answer 2

Expansion, dilation, stretching

Question 3

What does ‘ec-‘ mean?

Answer 3

Outside, external

Question 4

What does ‘-ectomy’ refer to?

Answer 4

Surgical removal of

Question 5

What does ‘electr-‘ mean?

Answer 5

Electrical

Question 6

What does ‘-emesis’ refer to?

Answer 6

Vomit

Question 7

What does the suffix -emia mean?

Answer 7

Blood

Question 8

What does the root encephal- refer to?

Answer 8

Brain

Question 9

What does the prefix endo- mean?

Answer 9

Within, innermost

Question 10

What does the root enter- refer to?

Answer 10

Intestine

Question 11

What does the prefix epi- mean?

Answer 11

Upon, over, upper

Question 12

What does the root erythro- refer to?

Answer 12

Red

Question 13

-esis

Answer 13

Condition of

Question 14

-esthesia

Answer 14

Sensation, perception, feel

Question 15

eu-

Answer 15

Well, easy, normal

Question 16

ex- (o)

Answer 16

Outside of, beyond

Question 17

faci-

Answer 17

Face

Question 18

-fascia- (0)

Answer 18

Fibrous band

Question 19

What does ‘fibri-‘ refer to?

Answer 19

Fiber, connective tissue

Question 20

What does ‘fore-‘ mean?

Answer 20

In front of

Question 21

What does ‘-form’ indicate?

Answer 21

Having the form of, shape

Question 22

What does ‘-fuge’ signify?

Answer 22

Driving away, expelling

Question 23

What does ‘galacto-‘ refer to?

Answer 23

Milk, galactose (milk sugar)

Question 24

What does ‘gast-‘ refer to?

Answer 24

Stomach

Question 25

-genesis

Answer 25

Development, production, creation

Question 26

-genetic, -genic

Answer 26

Origin, producing, causing

Question 27

genito-

Answer 27

Organs of reproduction

Question 28

-genous

Answer 28

Kind, type

Question 29

geront- (o)

Answer 29

Old age, elderly

Question 30

gingiv-

Answer 30

Gums, gingiva

Question 31

What does 'gloss-' refer to?

Answer 31

Tongue

Question 32

What does 'gluc-' signify?

Answer 32

Sweetness, sugar, glucose

Question 33

What does 'gly-' mean?

Answer 33

Sugar

Question 34

What does '-gram' indicate?

Answer 34

Tracing, picture, record

Question 35

What does '-graph' refer to?

Answer 35

Diagram, instrument for recording

Question 36

What does 'gyn-' signify?

Answer 36

Woman, female

Question 37

What does 'hem-' refer to?

Answer 37

Blood

Question 38

What does 'hemi-' mean?

Answer 38

Half

Question 39

What does 'hepat-' refer to?

Answer 39

Liver

Question 40

What does 'herni-' mean?

Answer 40

Rupture

Question 41

What does 'hetero-' signify?

Answer 41

Other, unlike, different

Question 42

What does 'hist-' refer to?

Answer 42

Tissue

Question 43

What does the prefix 'hom-' mean?

Answer 43

Same, like

Question 44

What does the prefix 'hydro-' mean?

Answer 44

Water

Question 45

What does the prefix 'hyper-' indicate?

Answer 45

Excessive, high, over, increased, more than normal

Question 46

What does the prefix 'hypno-' refer to?

Answer 46

Sleep

Question 47

What does the prefix 'hypo-' signify?

Answer 47

Decreased, deficient, low, under, less than normal

Question 48

What does the prefix 'hyster-' refer to?

Answer 48

Uterus

Question 49

-ia, -iasis

Answer 49

Condition of, abnormal/pathological state

Question 50

-ic, -ac

Answer 50

Pertaining to

Question 51

idio-

Answer 51

Peculiar to an individual, self-originating

Question 52

ile- (o, um)

Answer 52

Ileum

Question 53

infra-

Answer 53

Beneath, below

Question 54

inter-

Answer 54

Between, among

Question 55

What does 'intra-' mean?

Answer 55

'Within, into, inside'

Question 56

What does '-ism' signify?

Answer 56

'Condition, theory, state of being'

Question 57

What does 'iso-' refer to?

Answer 57

'Equal, alike, same'

Question 58

What does '-itis' indicate?

Answer 58

'Inflammation, inflammation of'