Medical Terminology

Question 1

Word root, meaning

Answer 1

Core part of medical term

Question 2

Prefix

Answer 2

Adds specificity to beginning of root word

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Suffix

Answer 3

End of root word (adds diagnostic, procedural, symptomatic detail)

Question 4

Bridge

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Combining vowel of a root word

Question 5

Albi/o
Cyan/o
Melan/o

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White
Blue
Black

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Bi/o
Necr/o
Cry/o

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Life
Death
Cold

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Cutane/o
Derm
Dermat/o

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Skin

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Diaphor/o
Ichthy/o
Kerat/o

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Profuse sweat
Scaly
Hard

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Electr/o

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Electricity

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Lip/o
Seb/o
Xer/o

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Fat
Oil
Dry

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Myc/o

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Fungus

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Symptomatic

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Refers to symptoms or evidence of illness

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Procedural

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Refers to procedure or operation

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Diagnostic

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Refers to specific illness

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-algia
-dynia

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Pain

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-cele
-oma

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Hernia, protrusion
Mass, tumor

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-cise

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Cut

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-cyte

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Cell

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-ectasis
-itis
-megaly

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Dilation
Inflammation
Enlargement, large

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-genesis
-gen
-genic

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Produces, generates
That which produces
Produced by, produces

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-ia
-iasis
-osis
-ism

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State, condition
Abnormal condition
Abnormal condition
State of

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-logist
-logy

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One who studies
Study of

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-lysis

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Destruction

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-malacia

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Abnormal softening

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-pathy

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Disease

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-plasia -plasm

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Development, growth Formation, developement

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-ptosis

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Drooping

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-rrhage -rrhea

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Excessive, abnormal flow Discharge, flow

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-rrhexis

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Rupture

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-stenosis -sclerosis

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Narrowing Hardening

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-therapy

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Treatment

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-trophy

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Nourishment

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A- An-

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Away from Without

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Ante-

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Before, in front of

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Anti- Auto-

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Against Self

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Brady- Tachy-

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Slow Fast

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Dys-

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Difficult, painful

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Endo- Intra-

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Within, inner Within, inside

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Epi- Hyper- Super- Supra- Ultra-

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Upon, over Above, over Over, excess Above Beyond, excess

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Eu- Homo-

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Normal, good Same

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Hetero- Pseudo-

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Different Fake, false

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Hypo- Sub-

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Under, below

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Infra- Retero-

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Under, beneath, below Backward, behind

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Inter- Intra- Para- Peri- Per- Trans-

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Among, between Within, inside Beside, beyond, near Around Through Through, across

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Macro- Micro- Neo- Pan-

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Big Small New All

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Post- Pre-

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After Before

Question 48

-a Plural ?

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-ae

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-ax Plural?

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-aces

Question 50

-ex Plural?

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-ices

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-ix Plural?

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-ices

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-ma Plural?

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-mata

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-is Plural?

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-es

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-on Plural?

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-a

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-us Plural?

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-i

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-um Plural?

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-a

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-y Plural?

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-ies

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-x Plural?

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-ges

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-en Plural?

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-ina