Z words ALL

Question 1

hepatomegaly

Answer 1

enlargement of the liver

Question 2

otalgia

Answer 2

pain in the ear

Question 3

arthralgia

Answer 3

pain in a joint

Question 4

myalgia

Answer 4

pain in a muscle or muscles

Question 5

neuralgia

Answer 5

nerve pain

Question 6

septicemia

Answer 6

infection in the blood – commonly called: blood poisoning and is associated with the presence of bacteria or their toxins in the blood -

Question 7

meninges

Answer 7

the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord

Question 8

-meter

Answer 8

to measure

Question 9

-cision

Answer 9

process of cutting

Question 10

ana-

Answer 10

up, apart

Question 11

-graphy

Answer 11

process of recording

Question 12

-mission

Answer 12

to send

Question 13

-plegia

Answer 13

paralysis

Question 14

-ous

Answer 14

pertaining to

Question 15

-mortem

Answer 15

death

Question 16

-dipsia

Answer 16

thirst

Question 17

urethra / o

Answer 17

urethra (tube leading from the bladder to the outside of the body)

Question 18

-crine

Answer 18

secretion

Question 19

vertebr / o

Answer 19

vertebra (backbone)

Question 20

-plasia

Answer 20

formation ( condition)

Question 21

troph / o

Answer 21

development, nourishment

Question 22

ab-

Answer 22

away from

Question 23

top / o

Answer 23

to put, place, position

Question 24

dysplasia

Answer 24

abnormality of the development or the formation of cells

Question 25

thyroid / o

Answer 25

thyroid gland

Question 26

son / o

Answer 26

sound

Question 27

scapul / o

Answer 27

scapula ( shoulder blade)

Question 28

ren / o

Answer 28

kidney

Question 29

plas / o

Answer 29

formation, growth, development

Question 30

later / o

Answer 30

side

Question 31

a- , an-

Answer 31

no, not, without

Question 32

gen / o

Answer 32

to produce, to begin

Question 33

glyc / o

Answer 33

sugar

Question 34

dyspnea

Answer 34

painful, labored, difficult breathing

Question 35

dysmenorrhea

Answer 35

painful menstrual flow

Question 36

cutane / o

Answer 36

skin

Question 37

crani / o

Answer 37

skull

Question 38

dur / o

Answer 38

dura mater ( outermost meningeal membrane surrounding the brain and the spinal cord)

Question 39

-ia

Answer 39

condition

Question 40

abdomin / o

Answer 40

abdomen

Question 41

-phasia

Answer 41

speech

Question 42

brady-

Answer 42

slow

Question 43

dysphagia

Answer 43

difficulty swallowing

Question 44

syndactyly

Answer 44

webbing of the toes

Question 45

-ism

Answer 45

condition, process

Question 46

cis / o

Answer 46

to cut

Question 47

cis / o

Answer 47

to cut

Question 48

thesis

Answer 48

to put, place ( state of putting or placing)

Question 49

carp / o

Answer 49

carpal (wrist bones)

Question 50

cost / o

Answer 50

ribs

Question 51

-partum

Answer 51

birth

Question 52

-phagia

Answer 52

eating

Question 53

an / o

Answer 53

anus ( opening of the digestive tract to the outside of the body)

Question 54

-tension

Answer 54

pressure

Question 55

anti-

Answer 55

against

Question 56

-trophy

Answer 56

nourishment, development

Question 57

-ic

Answer 57

pertaining to

Question 58

-y

Answer 58

process, condition

Question 59

ante-

Answer 59

before, forward

Question 60

-sectuon

Answer 60

to cut