Module 3

Question 1

Diagnostic Suffix

Answer 1

describes disease conditions or their symptoms

Question 2

-algia

Answer 2

condition of pain

Question 3

-emia

Answer 3

blood condition

Question 4

Septicemia

Answer 4

blood infections; result when pathogens enter blood from a wound; more serious form of bacteremia that moves rapidly and may be life-threatening

Question 5

Bacteremia

Answer 5

bacterial invasion of blood w/o or w/ symptoms

Question 6

-ia

Answer 6

condition

Question 7

-itis

Answer 7

inflammation

Question 8

cellulitis

Answer 8

inflammation of soft tissue under the skin

Question 9

Myos/o

Answer 9

muscle

Question 10

thrombophlebitis

Answer 10

inflammation of a vein with formation of clot

Question 11

-megaly

Answer 11

enlargement

Question 12

-oma

Answer 12

mass, tumour

Question 13

adenoma

Answer 13

tumour of the glad; benign (noncancerous) tumour

Question 14

adenocarcinoma

Answer 14

tumour of the gland, malignant (cancerous) tumour

Question 15

Sarcomas

Answer 15

cancerous tumors of the flesh (connective tissue); muscle, bones, cartilage and fibrous tissue and fat

Question 16

Myel/o

Answer 16

bone marrow

Question 17

myeloma

Answer 17

malignant (cancerous) tumour of cells in the bone marrow

Question 18

Carcin/o or sarc/o

Answer 18

anything combined with these roots is a malignant (cancerous) tumour. If it ends in -oma but these roots aren’t present then the tumour is benign (non-cancerous); except for some special cases

Question 19

chondr/o

Answer 19

cartilage

Question 20

Fibr/o

Answer 20

fibrous tissue

Question 21

Leiomy/o

Answer 21

visceral/smooth muscle

Question 22

Rhabdomy/o

Answer 22

skeletal muscle

Question 23

-osis

Answer 23

condition, abnormal condition BUT when used with blood cell words, means a slight increase in number of cells

Question 24

-pathy

Answer 24

disease condition

Question 25

Leukocytosis vs. Leukemia

Answer 25

Leukocytosis: slight increase in normal WBCs; bodies response to bacterial infection Leukemia: malignant condition marked by dramatic increase in cancerous WBCs

Question 26

Cardiomyopathy

Answer 26

chronic (ongoing) disease of heart muscle with inflammation and weakness

Question 27

Myocardial Infarction (MI)

Answer 27

an acute (sudden) condition involving an area of heart muscle that has died as a result of ischemia; this is a heart attack

Question 28

-rrhea

Answer 28

flow, discharge

Question 29

-rrhage or -rrhagia

Answer 29

excessive discharge of blood

Question 30

-sclerosis

Answer 30

hardening

Question 31

Atherosclerosis

Answer 31

most common type of arteriosclerosis (hardening of the arteries). A fatty plaque (atheroma) collects on the lining of arteries

Question 32

-uria

Answer 32

condition of urine

Question 33

Adjective Suffixes

Answer 33

mean pertaining to and describe part of the body, process or condition

Question 34

-al or -eal

Answer 34

pertaining to

Question 35

Infarction

Answer 35

area of dead tissue caused by ischemia

Question 36

ischemia

Answer 36

condition in which blood supply is held back from a part of the body

Question 37

Menorrhea vs. Menorrhagia

Answer 37

Menorrhea: normal discharge of blood and tissue from lining of uterus Menorrhagia: abnormally heavy/long menstrual periods; chronic can result in anemia; a common complication of fibroids (uterine muscle tumours)

Question 38

Hematuria

Answer 38

blood in the urine

Question 39

Uremia

Answer 39

high levels of urea in the blood

Question 40

-ar

Answer 40

pertaining to

Question 41

-ary

Answer 41

pertaining to

Question 42

-ic

Answer 42

pertaining to

Question 43

-centesis

Answer 43

surgical puncture to remove fluid

Question 44

-ectomy

Answer 44

removal, resection, excision

Question 45

pharynx

Answer 45

throat

Question 46

larynx

Answer 46

voice box

Question 47

hyster/o

Answer 47

uterus; hysterectomy = removal of the uturus (total/subtotal)

Question 48

-gram

Answer 48

record

Question 49

lamin/o

Answer 49

backbone

Question 50

pneum/o or pulmon/o

Answer 50

lungs

Question 51

-graphy

Answer 51

process of recording

Question 52

angi/o

Answer 52

vessel

Question 53

-lysis

Answer 53

separation, breakdown, destruction

Question 54

Hemodialysis

Answer 54

removal of blood for passage through (DIA) a kidney machine to filter out waste materials (urea)

Question 55

-plasty

Answer 55

surgical repair, or surgical correction

Question 56

-scopy

Answer 56

process of visual examination

Question 57

-stomy

Answer 57

opening; creation of permanent/semipermanent opening from an organ to the outside of body

Question 58

anastomosis

Answer 58

when tubelike structures are surgically connected within the body; this is the new connection; ie. colocolostomy is an anastomosis; a new connection btw two previously unconnected portions of the colon

Question 59

-therapy

Answer 59

treatment

Question 60

Radiotherapy (radiation therapy)

Answer 60

treatment for cancer by using radiation to kill tumour cells; done by radiation oncologist

Question 61

Radiology

Answer 61

done by a radiologist; diagnose conditions using x-ray, magnetic wave, and ultrasound techniques

Question 62

-tomy

Answer 62

incision, cutting into

Question 63

Phlebotomy

Answer 63

incision of the vein