Unit 1 Med-term Packet (Student) C
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Unit 1 MedTerm Assignment (Chap 1-3)
PART 1: MATCHING WORDS
Write the correct answer in the middle column
Definition
Answer
Possible Answer
1.
Bad, difficult, painful
Dys-
-algia $
2.
Excessive, increased
Hyper-
Dys-$
3.
Liver
Hepat/o
-ectomy$
4.
Pain, suffering
-algia
hepat/o$
5.
Surgical removal
-ectomy
hyper-$
6.
Abnormal condition
-osis
hypo-$
7.
Abnormal softening
-malacia
-it is$
8.
Deficient, decreased
Hypo-
-malacia$
9.
Inflammation
-itis
-necrosis$
10.
Tissue death
-necrosis
-osis$
11.
Bleeding, bursting forth
-rrhage
-ostomy$
12.
Surgical creation of an opening
-ostomy
-otomy$
13.
Surgical incision
-otomy
-plasty$
14.
Surgical repair
-plasty
-rrhage$
15.
Surgical suturing
-rrhaphy
-rrhaphy$
16.
Visual examination
-scopy
-rrhea$
17.
Rupture
-rrhexis
-rrhexis$
18.
Abnormal narrowing
-stenosis
-sclerosis$
19.
Abnormal hardening
-sclerosis
-scopy$
20.
Flow or discharge
-rrhea
-stenosis$
21.
Abnormal stomach condition
gastrosis
Cardiac$
22.
Pertaining to the heart
cardiac
Gastralgia$
23.
Rupture of a muscle
myorrhexis
Gastrosis$
24.
Stomach pain
gastralgia
Myoplasty$
25.
Surgical muscle repair
myoplasty
Myorrhexis$
26.
Crown, coronary
Corono/o
adip/o$
27.
Fat
Adip/o
aden/o$
28.
Gland
Aden/o
home/o
29.
Constant
Home/o
cephal/o
30.
Relating to the head
Cephal/o
corono/o
31.
Within
Endo-
path/o$
32.
Above
Epi-
retro-$
33.
Cell
Cyt/o
-plasm$
34.
Out of
Exo-
-ac$
35.
Tissue
Hist/o
-stasis
36.
Pertaining to
-ac
cyt/o$
37.
Control
-stasis
epi-$
38.
Disease, suffering, and emotion
Path/o
hist/o
39.
Formative material of cells
-plasm
exo-$
40.
behind
Retro-
endo-$
41.
Above the stomach
epigastric
Epigastric$
42.
Belly button
umbilicus
Hypochondriac$
43.
Below the ribs
hypochondriac
Hypogastric$
44.
Below the stomach
hypgastric
Iliac$
45.
Hipbone
iliac
Umbilicus$
46.
Bad, difficult, painful
Dys-
Intra-$
47.
Between, among
Inter-
Hyper-$
48.
Deficient, decreased
Hypo-
Inter-$
49.
Excessive, increased
Hyper-
Hypo-$
50.
Within, inside
Intra-
Dys-$
51.
Above, excessive
Supra-
Pre-$
52.
before
Pre-
Peri-$
53.
Many
Poly-
Poly-$
54.
Surrounding
Peri-
Sub-$
55.
Under, less, below
Sub-
Supra-$
56.
Inflammation
-itis
-algia$
57.
Pain, suffering
-algia
-centesis$
58.
Process of producing a picture or record
-graphy
-ectomy$
59.
Surgical puncture to remove fluid
-centesis
-it is$
60.
Surgical removal
-ectomy
-graphy
61.
Surgical repair
-plasty
-dynia
62.
Abnormal softening
-malacia
-malacia
63.
Pain
-dynia
-necrosis$
64.
Tissue death
-necrosis
-oma
65.
Tumor or neoplasm
-oma
-plasty
66.
Abnormal hardening
-sclerosis
-ac
67.
Cutting, surgical incision
-otomy
-ostomy
68.
Pertaining to
-ac
-otomy
69.
Surgical creation of an opening
-ostomy
-sclerosis$
70.
Abnormal flow, discharge
-rrhea
-rrhagia
71.
Abnormal tightening or narrowing
-stenosis
-rrhaphy$
72.
Bleeding
-rrhagia
-rrhea$
73.
Rupture
-rrhexis
-rrhexis
74.
To suture
-rrhaphy
-stenosis$
PART 2: DEFINITIONS
Select the correct answer
75.
The word part meaning plaque or fatty substance is
-algia
angio
ather/o )
arthr/o
76.
The prefix meaning surrounding is
Inter-
Intra-
peri-
pre-
77.
A ___ is always placed at the end of the term
combing form
prefix
suffix
word root
78.
The combining form meaning white is ____
cyan/o
erythr/o
leuk/o
poli/o
79.
The suffix meaning abnormal softening is
-malacia
-necrosis
-sclerosis
-stenosis
80.
The prefix meaning deficient or decreased is
hyper-
hypo-
peri-
supra-
81.
A ___ is a prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disease.
diagnose
diagnosis
prognosis
syndrome
82.
The suffix meaning to rupture is
-rrhage
-rrhaphy
-rrhea
-rrhexis
83.
The pleural of the term appendix is ___
appendixes
appendices
appendixes
appendizes
84.
The body cavities are lined with specialized ___ membranes
mucous
mucus
85.
Formation of puss
supination
suppuration
86.
The term meaning wound or injury is
trauma
triage
87.
The term ___ means pertaining to a virus
viral
Virile
88.
The term describing part of the small intestine is
ileum
ilium
89.
The prefix ___ means bad, difficult, or painful
-algia
-dynia
dys-
eu-
90.
Inflammation of the nerve
neuralgia
neuritis
neurology
neuroplasty
91.
The term ____ , means the direction toward or nearer the midline
distal
lateral
medial
proximal
92.
The study of tissue
anatomy
cytology
histology
physiology
93.
The stomach is located ___ to the diaphragm
Inferior
superior
94.
Standing still
-stasis
-status
-statsis
95.
Word segment meaning wall
pariet-
peri-
-tomy
append-
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