NHA CCMA Exam Study Guide Questions And
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sub- - ANSWER under; below
super- - ANSWER over; above
supra- - ANSWER above; beyond; on top
sym/syn- - ANSWER together; joined
tachy- - ANSWER fast; rapid
tetra- - ANSWER four
trans- - ANSWER through; across; beyond
tri- - ANSWER three
ultra- - ANSWER beyond; excess
uni- - ANSWER one
-algia - ANSWER pain; suffering
-asthenia - ANSWER weakness
-cele - ANSWER hernia; protrusion
-centesis - ANSWER surgical puncture to remove fluid
-cidal - ANSWER killing
-clasia / -clasis / -clast - ANSWER break
-clysis - ANSWER irrigating; washing
-coccus - ANSWER berry shaped (a form of bacterium)
-crine - ANSWER separate
,-crit - ANSWER to seperate
-cyte - ANSWER cell
-desis - ANSWER fusion; to bind; tie together
-drome - ANSWER run; running
-ductor - ANSWER to lead or pull
-dynia - ANSWER pain
-ectasis - ANSWER stretching out; dilation; expansion
-ectomy - ANSWER excision or surgical removal
-ectopia - ANSWER displacement
-emesis - ANSWER vomiting
-emia - ANSWER blood; blood condition
-gen / -genesis / -genic - ANSWER producing; forming
-gnosis - ANSWER a knowing
-gram - ANSWER record; xray
-graph - ANSWER instrument used to record
-graphy - ANSWER process of recording; x-ray filing
-ictal - ANSWER seizure; attack
-ism - ANSWER state of
-itis - ANSWER inflammation
-lepsy - ANSWER seizure
-logist - ANSWER specialist
-ology - ANSWER study of
, -lysis - ANSWER destruction; reduce; seperation
-malacia - ANSWER softening
-mani - ANSWER madness; insane desire
-megaly - ANSWER enlargement
-meter - ANSWER instrument used to measure
-metry - ANSWER measurement
-morph - ANSWER form; shape
-oid / -ode - ANSWER resembling
-oma - ANSWER tumor; mass
-opia - ANSWER vision (condition)
-opsy - ANSWER to view
-oxia - ANSWER oxygen
-paresis - ANSWER slight paralysis
-pathy - ANSWER disease
-penia - ANSWER abnormal reduction in number; lack of -peps / -pepsia - ANSWER
digestion
-pexy - ANSWER surgical fixation; suspension
-phagia - ANSWER eating; swallowing
-philia / -phily - ANSWER love
-phobia - ANSWER abnormal fear or aversion to specific object or things
-phonia - ANSWER sound or voice
Answers Verified 100% Correct
sub- - ANSWER under; below
super- - ANSWER over; above
supra- - ANSWER above; beyond; on top
sym/syn- - ANSWER together; joined
tachy- - ANSWER fast; rapid
tetra- - ANSWER four
trans- - ANSWER through; across; beyond
tri- - ANSWER three
ultra- - ANSWER beyond; excess
uni- - ANSWER one
-algia - ANSWER pain; suffering
-asthenia - ANSWER weakness
-cele - ANSWER hernia; protrusion
-centesis - ANSWER surgical puncture to remove fluid
-cidal - ANSWER killing
-clasia / -clasis / -clast - ANSWER break
-clysis - ANSWER irrigating; washing
-coccus - ANSWER berry shaped (a form of bacterium)
-crine - ANSWER separate
,-crit - ANSWER to seperate
-cyte - ANSWER cell
-desis - ANSWER fusion; to bind; tie together
-drome - ANSWER run; running
-ductor - ANSWER to lead or pull
-dynia - ANSWER pain
-ectasis - ANSWER stretching out; dilation; expansion
-ectomy - ANSWER excision or surgical removal
-ectopia - ANSWER displacement
-emesis - ANSWER vomiting
-emia - ANSWER blood; blood condition
-gen / -genesis / -genic - ANSWER producing; forming
-gnosis - ANSWER a knowing
-gram - ANSWER record; xray
-graph - ANSWER instrument used to record
-graphy - ANSWER process of recording; x-ray filing
-ictal - ANSWER seizure; attack
-ism - ANSWER state of
-itis - ANSWER inflammation
-lepsy - ANSWER seizure
-logist - ANSWER specialist
-ology - ANSWER study of
, -lysis - ANSWER destruction; reduce; seperation
-malacia - ANSWER softening
-mani - ANSWER madness; insane desire
-megaly - ANSWER enlargement
-meter - ANSWER instrument used to measure
-metry - ANSWER measurement
-morph - ANSWER form; shape
-oid / -ode - ANSWER resembling
-oma - ANSWER tumor; mass
-opia - ANSWER vision (condition)
-opsy - ANSWER to view
-oxia - ANSWER oxygen
-paresis - ANSWER slight paralysis
-pathy - ANSWER disease
-penia - ANSWER abnormal reduction in number; lack of -peps / -pepsia - ANSWER
digestion
-pexy - ANSWER surgical fixation; suspension
-phagia - ANSWER eating; swallowing
-philia / -phily - ANSWER love
-phobia - ANSWER abnormal fear or aversion to specific object or things
-phonia - ANSWER sound or voice
