Language of Medicine Midterm Exam Questions and Answers

Language of Medicine Midterm Exam
Questions and Answers
a- - Answer- no; not; without

-ac - Answer- pertaining to

ad- - Answer- toward

aden/0 - Answer- gland

-al - Answer- pertaining to

alges/o - Answer- sensitivity to pain

-algesia - Answer- sensitivity to pain

-algia - Answer- pain

an- - Answer- no; not; without

andr/o - Answer- male

ante- - Answer- before; forward

anter/o - Answer- front

anti- - Answer- against

-arche - Answer- beginning

bi/o - Answer- life

bil/i - Answer- bile; gall

bucc/o - Answer- cheek

caus/o - Answer- burn; burning

-cele - Answer- hernia

-centesis - Answer- surgical puncture to remove fluid

, cephal/o - Answer- head

cerebr/o - Answer- cerebrum (largest part of the brain)

cervic/o (female term) - Answer- neck; cervix (neck of the uterus)

cheil/o - Answer- lip

-chezia - Answer- defecation; elimination of wastes

cholecyst/o - Answer- gallbladder

choledoch/o - Answer- common bile duct

cholelith/o - Answer- gall stone

cis/o - Answer- to cut

col/o - Answer- colon (large intestine)

colp/o - Answer- vagina

colon/o - Answer- colon (large intestine)

comat/o - Answer- deep sleep

contra- - Answer- against; opposite

cry/o - Answer- cold

-cyte - Answer- cell

dent/i - Answer- tooth

dips/o - Answer- thirst

dors/o - Answer- back (of body)

dueden/o - Answer- duodenum

-dynia - Answer- pain

dys- - Answer- bad; painful; difficult; abnormal