Flashcards Chapter 1 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) What are two prefixes for the words “no, not, without“? What is the combining form for the word “gland“? What is the term for “Inflammation of a gland“? What is the term for “tumor of a gland“? What is the term for “disease of glands“? What is the suffix that means “pain“? What is the term for a decrease in erythrocytes or hemoglobin? 8) What is the combining form for the word “joint“? 9) What is the term for “painful joint“? 10) What is the term for “Inflammation of a joint“? 11) What is the prefix for the word “self; own“? 12) What is the term that means “Self-view” or examination of a dead body? 13) What is the combining form for the word “life“? 14) What is the term for “Study of life“? 15) What is the term that means the process of viewing life; removal of living tissue for microscopic examination? 16) What is the combining form for the word “cancer“? 17) What is the term for pertaining to “cancer-producing“? 18) What is the term for a cancerous tumor? 19) What is the combining form for the word “heart“? 20) What is the term for “pertaining to the heart“? 21) What is the term for “study of the heart“? 22) What is the combining form for the word “head“? 23) What is the term for “pertaining to the head“? 24) What is the term for headache? 25) What is the combining form for the word “cerebrum“? 26) What is the term for “pertaining to the brain“? 27) What is the combining form for the phrase “to cut”? 28) What is the term for an element used in combination with another element to form a word? 29) What is the combining form for the phrase “to secrete”? 30) What is the combining form for “urinary bladder“? 31) What is the term for Inflammation of the urinary bladder? 32) What is the term for the process of visual examination of the urinary bladder? 33) What is the combining form for the word “cell“? 34) What is the suffix for the word “cell“? 35) What is the term for the study of cells? 36) What is the combining form for the word “skin“? 37) What is the term for inflammation of the skin? a-, anaden/o adenitis adenoma adenopathy -algia anemia arthr/o arthralgia arthritis aut-, autoautopsy bi/o biology biopsy carcin/o carcinogenic carcinoma cardi/o cardiac cardiology cephal/o cephalic cephalgia cerebr/o cerebral cis/o combining form crin/o cyst/o cystitis cystoscopy cyt/o -cyte cytology derm/o or dermat/o dermatitis 1 Flashcards Chapter 1 38) What is the term for the study of skin? 39) What is the prefix for the words “through or complete“? 40) What is the term for “the state of complete knowledge; information gathered about a patient’s illness“? 41) What is the suffix for the words “excision, removal“? 42) What is the combining form for the word “electricity“? 43) What is the term for a recording of the electricity in the heart? 44) What is the term for a recording of the electricity in the brain? 45) What is the suffix for “blood condition”? 46) What is the combining form for the word “brain“? 47) What is the prefix for the word “within“? 48) What is the term for glands that secrete hormones? 49) What is the term for one who specializes in endocrine glands? 50) What is the term for the study of the endocrine glands? 51) What is the term for an Instrument to visually examine within the body? 52) What is the term for the process of visually examining within the body? 53) What is the combining form for the word “intestine“? 54) What is the term for “Inflammation of the intestines“? 55) What is the term for “disease of the intestines“? 56) What is the prefix for the words “above; upon“? 57) What is the term for the outer layer of skin; above the dermis layer? 58) What is the term for “pertaining to above the stomach“? 59) What is the combining form for the word red? 60) What is the term for a red blood cell? 61) What is the prefix for the words “out, outside of, outward“? 62) What is the term for the process of cutting something out? 63) What is the term for glands that secrete chemicals into a duct that often leads to the outside of the body? 64) What is the combining form for the word “stomach“? 65) What is the term for removal of the stomach? 66) What is the term for “pertaining to the stomach“? 67) What is the term for inflammation of the stomach? 68) What is the term for the study of the stomach and intestines? dermatology diaDiagnosis; (dia- = complete; gnos/o = knowledge; -sis = state of) -ectomy electr/o electrocardiogram electroencephalogram -emia encephal/o end-, endoendocrine glands endocrinologist endocrinology endoscope endoscopy enter/o enteritis enteropathy epiepidermis epigastric erythr/o erythrocyte ex-, exoExcision or resection exocrine glands gastr/o gastrectomy gastric gastritis gastroenterology 2 Flashcards Chapter 1 69) What is the term for incision into the stomach? 70) What is the suffix for the words “producing, produced by, produced in“? 71) What is the suffix for the word “protein“? 72) What is the combining form for the word “sugar“? 73) What is the combining form for the word “knowledge“? 74) What is the suffix for the word “record“? 75) What is the combining form for the word “female“? 76) What is the term for study of females and female diseases? 77) What is the combining form for the word “blood“? 78) What is the term for the study of blood? 79) What is the term for a collection (mass) of blood? 80) What is the term for a blood protein found in red blood cells that carries oxygen to the cells from the lungs and carbon dioxide away from cells to the lungs? 81) What is the combining form for the word “liver“? 82) What is the term for a malignant tumor of the liver? 83) What is the term for inflammation of the liver? 84) What is the prefix for the words “excessive; above; more than normal“? 85) What is the term for the condition of increased blood sugar? 86) What is the term for the condition of low blood sugar? 87) What is the term for the condition of too much secretion of hormone (thyroxine) from the thyroid gland? 88) What is the prefix for the words “deficient; below; under; less than normal“? 89) What is the term for “pertaining to under the skin“? 90) What is the term for “pertaining to below the stomach“? 91) What is the combining form for the word “treatment“? 92) What is the term for a disorder caused by medical treatment? 93) What is the suffix for the words “pertaining to”? 94) What is the name of the broad, flat part of the hip bone? 95) What is the name of the last part of the small intestine? 96) What is the prefix for the words “in; into“? 97) What is the term for the process of cutting into something? 98) What is the suffix for the word “specialist“? 99) What is the suffix for the word “inflammation“? 100) What is the combining form for the word “white“? 101) What is the term for a White Blood Cell (WBC)? 102) What is the term for an abnormal condition (slight increase) of normal white blood cells? Gastrostomy -genic -globin glyc/o gnos/o -gram gynec/o gynecology hem/o hematology hematoma hemoglobin hepat/o hepatoma hepatitis hyperhyperglycemia hypoglycemia hyperthyroidism hypohypodermic hypogastric iatr/o iatrogenic -ic, -ical, -ior Ilium Ileum inincision -ist -itis leuk/o leukocyte leukocytosis 3 Flashcards Chapter 1 103) What is the term for a malignant (cancerous) condition of white blood cells? 104) What is the combining form for the phrase "the study of" 105) What is the suffix for “the process of study; study of“? 106) What is the combining form for the word “kidney“? 107) What is the term for removal (resection) of a kidney? 108) What is the term for inflammation of the kidney? 109) What is the term for study of the kidney? 110) What is the term for an abnormal condition of the kidney? 111) What is the combining form for the word “nerve“? 112) What is the term for “pertaining to the nerves“? 113) What is the term for “nerve pain“? 114) What is the term for the study of nerves? 115) What is the suffix for the words “tumor; mass“? 116) What is the combining form for the word “tumor“? 117) What is the term for a specialist in the study of tumors? 118) What is the term for the study of tumors? 119) What is the combining form for the word “eye“? 120) What is the term for a specialist in the study of diagnosing and treating disorders of the eye? 121) What is the term for the instrument used for visual examination of the eye? 122) What is the suffix for the words “process of viewing” 123) What is the suffix for the words “condition, usually abnormal”? 124) What is the combining form for the word “bone“? 125) What is the term for inflammation of bone? 126) What is the term for degeneration of joint tissue? 127) What is the term for incision of a bone? 128) What is the combining form for the word “disease“? 129) What is the term for “pertaining to producing disease“? 130) What is the term for one who studies diseases, performs autopsies, and examines biopsy samples? 131) What is the term for the study of disease? 132) What is the suffix for the words “disease condition“? 133) What is the combining form for the word “child“? 134) What is the term “pertaining to treatment of children“? 135) What is the prefix for the words “surround; around“? 136) What is the term for the membrane surrounding the heart? leukemia log/o -logy nephr/o nephrectomy nephritis nephrology nephrosis neur/o Neural or neurologic neuralgia neurology -oma onc/o oncologist oncology ophthalm/o ophthalmologist ophthalmoscope -opsy -osis oste/o osteitis (os-tee-EYE-tus) osteoarthritis osteotomy path/o pathogenic pathologist pathology -pathy ped/o pediatric peripericardium 4 Flashcards Chapter 1 137) What is the term for a group of letters added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning? prefix 138) propre- What are two combining forms for the word “before“? 139) What is the term for “the state before knowledge; prediction about the outcome of treatment“? 140) What is the term for the exocrine gland in front of the urinary bladder in males? 141) What is the combining form for the word “mind“? 142) What is the term for a specialist in the treatment of the mind? 143) What is the term for study of the mind? 144) What is the combining form for the word “x-rays“? 145) What is the term for the study of x-rays? 146) What is the prefix for the words “back, backward, again“? 147) What is the combining form for the word “kidney“? 148) What is the term for “pertaining to the kidney“? 149) What is the term for the process of cutting out; removal? 150) What is the prefix for the word “behind“? 151) What is the term “pertaining to behind the heart“? 152) What is the combining form for the word “nose“? 153) What is the term for inflammation of the nose? 154) What is the term for a word after all prefixes and suffixes are removed? 155) What is the term for tumor of flesh tissue (connective tissues, such as bone, muscle, cartilage, fat)? 156) What is the combining form for the word “flesh“? 157) What is the suffix for an instrument to visually examine? 158) What is the suffix for the words “process of visual examination”? 159) What is the combining form for the phrase “to cut“? 160) What is the suffix for the words “state of; condition”? 161) What is the prefix for the words “under; below“? 162) What is the term “pertaining to below the liver“? 163) What is the term for a group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning? 164) What is the combining form for the word “clotting“? 165) What is the term for the cell that makes blood clots? 166) What is the suffix for the words “process of cutting, incision” 167) What is the prefix for the words “across; through“? prognosis prostate gland psych/o psychiatrist psychology radi/o radiology reren/o renal resection retroretrocardiac rhin/o rhinitis root sarcoma sarc/o -scope -scopy sect/o -sis subsubhepatic suffix thromb/o thrombocyte -tomy trans5 Flashcards Chapter 1 168) What is the term pertaining to across or through the liver? 169) What is the combining form for the word “urine“ (or urinary tract)? 170) What is the term for study of the urinary tract? 171) What is the tube leading from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body? 172) What is the name for one of the two tubes each leading from a single kidney and inserting into the urinary bladder? 173) What is the suffix for the words “process; condition”? transhepatic ur/o urology Urethra Ureter (YOUR-et-er) -y 6
