The Language of Medicine 11th Edition Chapters 1-4 Exam Questions and Answers

The Language of Medicine 11th Edition
Chapters 1-4 Exam Questions and
Answers
-tic - Answer- Pertaining to

-y - Answer- condition, process

-um, -ium - Answer- Structure, Tissue

-er - Answer- One who

-ia - Answer- Condition

-ist - Answer- Specialist

-ole, -ule - Answer- Small, little

-oid - Answer- Resembling, Derived from

-ose - Answer- Pertaining to, Full of

-us - Answer- Structure Substance

-genic - Answer- Pertaining to producing, Produced by or in

-eal - Answer- Pertaining to

-ar, -ary - Answer- Pertaining to

-eal, -iac, -ior - Answer- Pertaining to

-ism - Answer- Process or condition

-plasm - Answer- Formation

-somes - Answer- Bodies

-type - Answer- Picture, classification

-cele - Answer- Hernia

, -coccus - Answer- Berry-shaped bacterium

-centesis - Answer- Surgical puncture to remove fluid

-genesis - Answer- Condition of producing, forming

-emia - Answer- Blood condition

-dynia - Answer- Pain

-graphy - Answer- Process of recording

-graph - Answer- Instrument for recording

-gram - Answer- Record

-lysis - Answer- Breakdown, Destruction, Separation

-malacia - Answer- Softening

-megaly - Answer- Enlargement

-penia - Answer- Deficiency

-plasia - Answer- Development, Formation, Growth

-rrhea - Answer- Flow, Discharge

-ptosis - Answer- Drooping, Falling, Prolapse

-plasty - Answer- Surgical repair

-sclerosis - Answer- Hardening

-stasis - Answer- Controlling, Stopping

-stomy - Answer- Opening to form a mouth

-therapy - Answer- Treatment

-trophy - Answer- Development, Nourishment

-tomy - Answer- Incision, Cutting into