Unit 10

Question 1

centi-

Answer 1

prefix for one hundredth

Question 2

centigram

Answer 2

1/100 of a gram

Question 3

centimeter

Answer 3

1/100 of a meter

Question 4

ablactation

Answer 4

to wean a nursing baby/slowly away from the breast milk

Question 5

ablation

Answer 5

to take away tissue by cutting or cautery

Question 6

aboral

Answer 6

away from the mouth

Question 7

abortion

Answer 7

the termination of pregnancy

Question 8

auto

Answer 8

a combining form for self

Question 9

autograft

Answer 9

a tissue grafting with one’s own tissues

Question 10

autogenous

Answer 10

one’s own generated substance

Question 11

autoimmunity

Answer 11

an immune response (sensitivity) to one’s own tissues

Question 12

circum

Answer 12

the prefix for encircling/surrounding

Question 13

circumduction

Answer 13

moving as to describe a circle

Question 14

circumscribed

Answer 14

encircling or in a circular shape

Question 15

circumocular

Answer 15

encircling the eye

Question 16

de-

Answer 16

the prefix for down from/resulting in less than

Question 17

dehydration

Answer 17

to result in less than normal of the amount of water (intake)

Question 18

descending

Answer 18

in a downward direction or moving downward

Question 19

ex-

Answer 19

the prefix for out from

Question 20

excision

Answer 20

the removal or cutting out

Question 21

excretion

Answer 21

removal of waste

Question 22

exhale

Answer 22

the breathe out

Question 23

extraction

Answer 23

to pull out/remove

Question 24

iso-

Answer 24

the prefix that means same/equal

Question 25

isometric

Answer 25

measuring equal or the same on both sides

Question 26

isodactylism

Answer 26

when fingers/toes are all in an even length

Question 27

isotonic

Answer 27

the osmotic pressure the same as a cell

Question 28

masto-

Answer 28

the combining form for breast

Question 29

mastectomy

Answer 29

the excision/removal of the breast

Question 30

mastocarcinoma

Answer 30

a cancer of the breast tissue

Question 31

mono

Answer 31

the prefix for one

Question 32

monomyoplegia

Answer 32

a single muscle paralysis

Question 33

mononuclear

Answer 33

a single/one nucleus

Question 34

mononucleosis

Answer 34

a condition of an increase monocytes (viral infection)

Question 35

glycogenesis

Answer 35

the formation of sugar or glycogen

Question 36

glycohemoglobin

Answer 36

a glucose attached to a hemoglobin

Question 37

hyperglycemia

Answer 37

excessive high blood glucose level

Question 38

hypoglycemia

Answer 38

an excessive low level of blood glycogen

Question 39

multi-

Answer 39

the prefix for many

Question 41

multiglandular

Answer 41

relates to many glands

Question 42

multinuclear

Answer 42

having many nuclei within one cell

Question 43

multipara

Answer 43

having many/more than one births

Question 44

necro-

Answer 44

the combining form for dead/dead tissue

Question 45

necrotic

Answer 45

relates to dead tissue

Question 46

necrotomy

Answer 46

the incision/cut into the dead tissue

Question 47

necropsy

Answer 47

inspection of the dead tissue (like autopsy)

Question 48

peri-

Answer 48

the prefix for around/surrounding

Question 49

periarticular

Answer 49

around a joint

Question 50

pericardiectomy

Answer 50

an excision of the pericardial membrane

Question 51

peritonsillar

Answer 51

around the tonsil

Question 52

primi

Answer 52

the prefix for first

Question 53

primigravida

Answer 53

the first pregnancy

Question 54

primipara

Answer 54

the first birth

Question 55

per

Answer 55

the prefix for through

Question 56

percussion

Answer 56

striking through (tapping)

Question 57

percutaneous

Answer 57

through the skin

Question 58

perfusion

Answer 58

supplying blood through tissues

Question 59

perforation

Answer 59

puncturing/making a hole through

Question 60

pyro

Answer 60

a combining form for fever (fire)

Question 61

pyrexia

Answer 61

a condition of high temperature fever

Question 62

pyrolysis

Answer 62

a destruction of tissues caused by fever

Question 63

pyrotoxin

Answer 63

poisons that is created by metabolism during a fever