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Medical Terminology Chapter 1 Review

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  • What is the meaning of the combining form in erythrocyte?
    Red
  • What does the suffix “-osis" mean?
    abnormal condition
  • The combining form glyc/o means:
    sugar
  • What does the suffix “-ism” mean?
    Condition, process
  • Glands that secrete hormones
    endocrine glands
  • A malignant (cancerous) tumor of flesh (connective) tissue is:
    sarcoma
  • What is the meaning of cephal/o?
    Head
  • Visual examination of the urinary bladder is called:
    cystoscopy
  • (Condition of) nerve pain is called:
    neuralgia
  • The combining form cyt/o means:
    cell
  • What do the suffixes “-al” and “-ic” have in common?
    Both mean pertaining to
  • What does the prefix “trans-” mean?
    Across, through
  • What does the prefix “peri-" mean?
    Surrounding
  • Inflammation of the small intestine is called:
    enteritis
  • A suffix meaning “study of” is:
    -logy
  • What does the suffix “-tomy" mean?
    Incision
  • The combining form rhin/o means:
    nose
  • The combing form of thrombocyte means
    clotting
  • A word part meaning “below”,“less than normal,” or “under” is:
    hypo-
  • Increase in cancerous white blood cells in blood and bone marrow:
    leukemia
  • A tumor of a gland is called:
    adenoma
  • The combining form for “liver” is:
    hepat/o
  • What does the suffix “-itis" mean?
    Inflammation
  • The combining form meaning “joint” is:
    arthr/o
  • What is the plural of vertebra?
    Vertebrae
  • What does the prefix “hyper-” mean?
    Excessive, more than normal, too much
  • Dermat is what kind of word part?
    word root
  • What does the suffix “-globin” mean?
    Protein
  • What does an ophthalmologist specialize in?
    eyes
  • A large incision across the abdomen is called:
    laparotomy
  • What does the prefix “dys-" mean?
    Bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
  • “Dys-” is what kind of word part?
    prefix
  • What does the suffix “-scope" mean?
    Instrument to visually examine
  • A doctor who performs autopsies and examines biopsy samples is a(n):
    pathologist
  • A gastric excision is called:
    gastrectomy
  • Prediction about the outcome of an illness or treatment is called:
    prognosis
  • Which word part forms the main body of a word?
    word root
  • The combining form of osteoporosis means
    bone
  • What does the prefix “re-” mean?
    back
  • What is the “o” in the terms cerebrovascular called?
    combining vowel
  • The combing form of elctrocardiogram means
    heart
  • “Cerebr/o” is what kind of word part?
    combining form
  • An instrument to visually examine the urinary bladder is called a(n):
    cystoscope
  • Ren/o and nephr/o both mean:
    kidney
  • “-emia” is what kind of word part?
    suffix
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