Medical Terminology Chapter 1 Review (Kinda)
Basic stuffy:
1. Word beginnings are called Prefixes
2. Word endings are called Suffixes
3. The foundation of a word is known as the root.
4. The letter linking a suffix and a root, or linking two roots, in a term is called
combining vowel.
5. The combination of a root and a combining vowel is known as the combining
roots.
Combining roots:
1. Aden/o: Gland
2. Arthr/o: Joint
3. Bi/o: Life
4. Carcin/o: Cancer or cancerous.
5. Cardi/o: Heart
6. Cephal/o: Head
7. Cerebr/o: Cerebrum
8. Cis/o: to cut
9. Crin/o: to secrete
10. Cyst/o: urinary bladder, a sac or a cyst.
11. Cyt/o: cell
12. Derm/o: Skin
13. Dermat/o: skin
14. Electr/o: Electricity
15. Encephal/o: Brain
16. Enter/o: Intestines
17. Erythr/o: Red
18. Gastr/o: Stomach
19. Gnos/o: Knowledge
20. Gynec/o: Female, woman
21. Hemat/o: Blood
22. Hem/o: Blood
23. Hepat/o: Liver
24. Iatr/o: Treatment
25. Leuk/o: White
26. Nephr/o: Kidney
27. Neur/o: Nerve
28. Onc/o: Tumor
29. Ophthalm/o: Eye
30. Oste/o: Bone
31. Path/o: Disease
32. Ped/o: Child
33. Psych/o: Mind
34. Radi/o: X-rays
35. Ren/o: Kidney
36. Rhin/o: Nose
37. Sarc/o: Flesh
38. Sect/o: To cut
39. Teromb/o: Clot, Cutting
40. Ur/o: Urinary tract, urine
Suffixes:
1. –ac: pertaining
2. –al: pertaining to
3. –alga: pain
4. –cyte: cell
5. –ectomy: excision, removal
6. –emia: blood condition
7. –genic: pertaining to producing, produced by, or produced in
8. –gram: record
9. –ic, -ical: pertaining to
10. –ion: process
11. –ist: specialist
12. –it is: inflammation
13. –logy: study of
14. –oma: tumor, mass, swelling
15. –opsy: process of viewing
16. –osis: condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used
with blood cells)
17. –pathy: disease condition
18. –scope: instrument to visually examine
19. –scopy: process of visually examining
20. –sis: state of
21. –tomy: process of cutting, incision
22. –y: process, condition
Prefixes:
1. a-, an-: no, not, without
2. auto-: self
3. dia-: through, complete
4. endo-: within
5. epi-: above, upon
6. ex-: out
7. exo-: out
8. hyper-: excessive, above, more than normal
9. hypo-: deficient, below, less than normal
10. in-: into, in
11. peri-: surrounding, around
12. pro-: before
13. re-: back, backward, again
14. retro-: behind
15. sub-: below, under
16. trans-: across, through
The weird words found in the description thingy:
1. Glyc/o: Sugar
2. –um: Structure
3. Orth/o: Straight
Exercise D:
1. Cerebral: Pertaining to the cerebrum
2. Biopsy: the process of viewing life.
3. Adenitis: Inflammation of the gland
4. Cephalic: Pertaining to head
5. Carcinoma: cancerous tumor
6. Cystoscopy: The process of viewing the urinary bladder
7. Electrocardiogram: Electricity used to record the heart.
8. Cardiology: The study of the heart
9. Electroencephalogram: electricity used to record the brain
10. Dermatitis: The inflammation of the skin
11. Arthroscopy: The process of viewing your joints
12. Cytology: the study of cells
Exercise F:
1. White Blood Cell: Leukocyte.
2. Inflammation of the stomach: Gastritis.
3. Pertaining to being produced by treatment: Iatrogenic
4. Study of kidneys: Nephrology
5. Red Blood cell: Erythrocyte
6. Mass of Blood: Hematoma
7. View of living tissue: Biopsy
8. Pain of nerves: Neuralgia
9. Process of viewing the eye: Ophthalmoscopy
10. Inflammation of the small intestine: Gastritis.
Exercise H:
1. Ophthalmoscopy: The process of viewing the eye
2. Ophthalmoscope: The instrument used to view the eye
3. Oncology: the study of tumors
4. Osteitis: Inflammation of the bone
5. Psychosis: Abnormal condition of the mind
6. Thrombocyte: Clotting cell
7. Renal: Pertaining to the kidney
8. Nephrectomy: Kidney removal
9. Osteotomy: The incision of the bone
10. Resection: process of cutting back or removing
11. Carcinogenic: Pertaining to producing cancer
12. Sarcoma: The tumor of flesh
Exercise J:
1. Carcinogenic
2. Leukocytosis
3. Hepatoma
4. Arthralgia
5. Endocrine Glands
6. Exocrine Glands
7. Neuralgia
8. Cystitis
9. Hematoma
10. Leukemia
11. Iatrogenic
12. Enteropathy
Exercise L:
1. Diagnosis: State of complete knowledge
2. Prognosis: State of knowledge before
3. Subhepatic: Pertaining to below the liver.
4. Pericardium: Structure surrounding the heart
5. Hyperglycemia: Abnormally high sugar levels
6. Hypodermic: Pertaining to below the skin
7. Epigastric: Pertaining to above the stomach
8. Resection: The process of cutting back something
9. Hypoglycemia: Abnormally low sugar levels
10. Anemia: abnormally low blood in skin
Exercise M:
1. Study of urinary tract: Urology
2. Study of women and women’s diseases: Gynecology
3. Study of Blood: Hematology
4. Study of tumors: Oncologist
5. Study of kidney: Nephrology
6. Study of Nerves: Neurology
7. Treatment of children: Pediatrics
8. Study of X-rays: Radiology
9. Study of eyes: Ophthalmologist
10. Study of the stomach, and intestines: Gastroenterology
11. Study of Glands that secrete hormones: Endocrinology
12. Treatment of the mind: Psychiatric
13. Study of disease: Pathology
14. Study of heart: Cardiology
Exercise N:
1. Cerebrovascular accident: a stroke (Cerebrum)
2. Encephalitis: The inflammation of the brain (Brain)
3. Cystoscope: The instrument to view your urinary bladder (Urinary Bladder)
4. Transhepatic: Pertaining to across or through the liver (Across or Through)
5. Iatrogenic: Pertaining to producing treatment. (Treatment)
6. Hypogastric: Pertaining to below the stomach. (Below or deficient)
7. Endocrine Glands: Glands that secrete within
8. Neurectomy: Removal of the nerves
Exercise O:
1. Osteoarthritis
2. Biopsy
3. Urologist
4. Neuropathy
5. Pathogenic
6. Anemia
7. Oncologist
8. Thrombocyte
9. Prognosis
10. Psychologist
Exercise P:
1. Radiology
2. Urologist
3. Anemia
4. Cardiologist
5. Arthroscopy
Pronounciation thingy, the stressed syllables: (Capital is stressed
1. AdeNItis: Inflammation of a gland
2. AdeNOma: Tumor of a gland
3. AdeNOPathy: Disease condition of glands
4. ANEmia: less blood cells
5. ArTHRALgia: Joint Pain
6. ArTHRItis: Join Inflammation
7. AUtopsy: Process of viewing inside someone
8. BiOLogy: The study of life
9. BIopsy: Viewing of living tissue
10. CarcinoGENic: pertaining to producing cancer
11. CarciNOma: Cancerous tumor
12. CARdiac: Pertaining to the heart
13. CardiOLogy: The study of the heart
14. CePHALic: Pertaining to head
15. CeREbral or CERebral: Pertaining to cerebrum
16. CysTIitis: Inflammation of urinary bladder
17. CysTOScopy: The process of viewing the urinary bladder
18. CyTOLogy: The study of cells
19. DermaTItis: The inflammation of skin
20. DermaTOLogy: The study of skin
21. DiagNOsis: The state of complete knowledge.
22. ElectroCARdiogram: Electricity used to record the heart
23. ElectroenCEPHalogram: Electricity used to record the brain
24. ENdocrine Glands: Glands that secrete into the body
25. EndocriNOLogist: Specialist in stuff that secrete into the body
26. EndocriNOLogy: study of secreting into the body
27. ENdoscope: The instrument used to view the inside
28. EnDOScopy: The process of viewing inside
29. EnteRItis: The inflammation of the intestines
30. EnteROPathy: The disease condition of the intestines
31. EpiDERmis: Pertaining to above the skin
32. EpiGAStric: Pertaining to above the stomach
33. ERYTHrocyte: Red blood cell
34. ExCISion: the process of cutting outside
35. EXocrine glands: The glands that secrete outside
36. GasTRECtomy: Excision of the stomach
37. GAStric: Pertaining to stomach
38. GastroenterOLogy: The study of stomach and intestines.
39. GastROTomy: Cutting the stomach
40. GyneCOLogist: The specialist in female.
41. GyneCOLogy: The study female, and female diseases.
42. HemaTOLogy: The study of blood
43. HemaTOma: The tumor of blood
44. HepaTItis: The inflammation of the Liver
45. HepaTOma: Liver tumor
46. HyperglyCEmia: The extra levels of sugar
47. HypoDERmic: Pertaining to Below skin
48. HypoGAStric: Pertaining to below stomach
49. HypoglyCEmia: Abnormally low levels of sugar
50. IatroGENic: Pertaining to producing treatment
51. InCISion: The process of cutting into
52. LeuKEmia: Abnormal blood condition of white blood cells
53. LEUkocyte: White blood cell
54. LeukocyTOsis: slight increase in the number of white blood cells
55. NePHRECtomy: The excision of the kidney
56. NePHRItis: The inflammation of the kidney
57. NePHROlogy: the study of kidneys
58. NePHROsis: the state of the kidney
59. NePHROTomy: The cutting of kidney
60. NEUral: pertaining to nerves
61. NeuRALgia: Nerve pain
62. NeuroLOGical: Pertaining to the study of nerves
63. NeuROLogy: the study of the nerves
64. OnCOLogist: The specialist of tumors
65. OnCOLogy: the study of tumors
66. OphthalMOLogist: The specialist in eye
67. OphTHALmoscope: The instrument used to view the eye
68. OsteItis: The inflammation of the bone.
69. OsteoarTHRItis: The Inflammation of bone and joint.
70. OsteOTomy: The cutting of the bone
71. PathoGENic: Pertaining to producing disease
72. PaTHOLogist: the specialist in diseases
73. PaTHOLogy: The study of diseases
74. PediATric: Pertaining to treatment for children.
75. PeriCARdium: Structure surrounding the heart
76. ProgNOsis: The state of knowledge before
77. PsyCHIatrist: Specialist in treatment of mind
78. PsyCHIatry: The process of the treatment of mind
79. PsyCHOLogy: the study of the mind
80. RadiOLogy: the study of X-Rays
81. REnal: pertaining to the kidney
82. ReSECtion: cutting back something
83. RetroCARdiac: pertaining to behind heart
84. RhiNItis: The Inflammation of the nose
85. SarCOma: the tumor of the flesh
86. SubhePATic: pertaining to below liver
87. THROMbocyte: The Blood clotting cell
88. TranshePATic: pertaining to Through/Across the liver
89. UROLogy: The study of urinary tract.