Medical Terminology Final Exam Study Guide
CHAPTER 2
lip/o
my/o
neur/o
viscer/o
onc/o
path/o or –pathy
dyshyperhyponeopro-al, -ic, -ous
-genic
-oid
-oma
-osis
-plasia
-sis
-cyte
carcin/o, cancer/o
leuk/o
fat
muscle
nerve
internal organs
tumor, mass
disease
difficult, painful, abnormal, labored
above, excessive
below, incomplete, deficient
new
before
pertaining to
producing, originating, causing
resembling
tumor, swelling
abnormal condition
condition of formation, development, growth
state of
cell
cancer
white
CHAPTER 3
biuni-
two
one
CHAPTER 4
derm/o, dermat/o
aut/o
bi/o
necr/o
epiintra-ectomy
-ia
-itis
-opsy
-rrhea
-phagia
skin
self
life
death
on, upon, over
within
surgical removal, excision
diseased or abnormal state
inflammation
view of, viewing
flow, excessive discharge
eating, swallowing
CHAPTER 5
pneum/o , pulmon/o
hem/o, hemat/o
orth/o
ox/o, ox/i
a-, anendoeupan-algia
-ar, -ary
lung
blood
straight
oxygen
without, absence of
within
normal, good
total, all
pain
pertaining to
-emia
-gram
-graphy
-meter
-metry
-rrhagia
-stomy
-tomy
-pnea
-scope
-scopy
-stenosis
blood condition
record, radiographic image
process of recording, radiographic imaging
instrument used to measure
measurement
rapid flow of blood
creation of an artificial opening
cut into, incision
breathing
instrument used for visual exam
visual examination
constriction, narrowing
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ren/o, nephr/o
glyc/o, glycos/o
hydr/o
noct/i
son/o
ven/o
-lysis
-trophy
poly-
kidney
sugar
water
night
sound
vein
loosening, dissolution, separating
nourishment, development
many, much
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vas/o
trans-ism
andr/o
vessel, duct
through, across, beyond
state of
male
CHAPTER 8
gyn/o, gynec/o
peri-ial
woman
surrounding
pertaining to
CHAPTER 9
nat/o
psued/o
micromultipostante-
birth
false
small
many
after
before
CHAPTER 10
arteri/o
cardi/o, coron/o
phleb/o
ather/o
ech/o
isch/o
thromb/o
-ac
-graph
-odynia
-penia
-sclerosis
artery
heart
vein
yellowish, fatty plaque
sound
deficiency, blockage
clot
pertaining to
instrument used to record
pain
abnormal reduction in #
hardening
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gastr/o
or/o
hepat/o
-pepsia
stomach
mouth
liver
digestion
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opt/o
retin/o
cry/o
dipl/o
phot/o
-phobia
-plegia
vision
retina
cold
double, 2
light
abnormal fear of or aversion to specific things
paralysis
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acou/o, audi/o
hearing
CHAPTER 14
crani/o
arthr/o
kinesi/o
oste/o
intersuprasyn, sym
skull
joint
movement, motion
bone
between
above
together, joined
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esthesi/o
mon/o
psych/o, ment/o
quadr/i
hemipretetra-iatry
-paresis
sensation, sensitivity, feeling
one
mind
four
half
before
four
treatment, specialty
slight paralysis
CHAPTER 16
cortic/o
calc/i
dips/o
toxic/o
ex-, exo-
cortex, outer layer of body organ
calcium
thirst
poison
outside, outward