MedTerm4

Question 1

oste/o

Answer 1

cf for bone

Question 2

oste/o/malacia

Answer 2

softening of the bones

Question 3

-malacia

Answer 3

suffix for softening

Question 4

eti/o/logy

Answer 4

the study of the cause of diseases

Question 5

oste/oma

Answer 5

bone tumor

Question 6

oste/o/mata

Answer 6

bone tumors (plural)

Question 7

osteopathic

Answer 7

doctor for the skeleton and its relationship to disease

Question 8

arthr/o

Answer 8

joints

Question 9

oste/o/arthr/o/pathy

Answer 9

bone and joint disease

Question 10

oste/o/por/osis

Answer 10

condition of deterioration of the bone matrix causing pores and weekness

Question 11

poros

Answer 11

passageway

Question 12

-penia

Answer 12

suffix for low number or loss

Question 13

osteopenia

Answer 13

bone loss

Question 14

osteosarcoma

Answer 14

bone cancer

Question 15

sarcoma

Answer 15

cancer of the connective tissue

Question 16

myel/o

Answer 16

cf for bone marrow or the spinal cord

Question 17

poli/o

Answer 17

cf for gray matter of the nervous system

Question 18

poliomyelitis

Answer 18

inflammation of the gram matter of the spinal cord, caused by an infection

Question 19

encephalomyelopathy

Answer 19

disease of the brain and spinal cord

Question 20

osteomyelitis

Answer 20

inflammation of the bone and marrow

Question 21

myeolodysplasia

Answer 21

defective form of the spinal cord

Question 22

arthr/o

Answer 22

cf for joint

Question 23

myelocytic

Answer 23

pertaining to the myelocytes

Question 24

myeloccele

Answer 24

herniation of the spinal cord

Question 25

meningomyelocele

Answer 25

herniation of the spinal cord and meninges

Question 26

-plasia

Answer 26

suffix for development or formation

Question 27

dys

Answer 27

defective

Question 28

dysplasia

Answer 28

defective development

Question 29

arthrodysplasia

Answer 29

defective development of a joint

Question 30

myelodysplasia

Answer 30

defective (abnormal) growth of the spinal cord

Question 31

osteodysplasia

Answer 31

defective bone development

Question 32

a/plasia

Answer 32

failure of an organ to develop