Medical Terminology Test 2

Front 1

aut-

Back 1

self

Front 2

crin-

Back 2

secrete, secretion

Front 3

esthe(s)-

Back 3

sensation, sensitivity, sense

Front 4

gen(e)-, -gen

Back 4

come into being; produce

Front 5

gram-

Back 5

(something written) a record

Front 6

graph-

Back 6

write, record

Front 7

iatr-

Back 7

healer, physician; treatment

Front 8

idi-

Back 8

of one's self

Front 9

kine-

Back 9

move

Front 10

kines(i)

Back 10

movement, motion

Front 11

ly(s)-

Back 11

destroy, break down

Front 12

myx-

Back 12

mucus

Front 13

orth-

Back 13

straight, erect; normal

Front 14

ot-

Back 14

ear

Front 15

path-

Back 15

disease

Front 16

phil-

Back 16

love; have an affinity for

Front 17

pt-

Back 17

fall, sag, drop, prolapse

Front 18

pyr-

Back 18

fever, burning

Front 19

pyret

Back 19

fever

Front 20

pyrex-

Back 20

be feverish

Front 21

rhe-

Back 21

flow, secrete

Front 22

rhag-

Back 22

flow profusely, hemorrhage

Front 23

rhex-

Back 23

rupture

Front 24

rhin-

Back 24

nose

Front 25

scop-

Back 25

look at, examine

Front 26

sep-

Back 26

be infected

Front 27

ta-

Back 27

stretching

Front 28

tel-

Back 28

end, completion

Front 29

ten-, tenon(t)-

Back 29

tendon

Front 30

therap(eu)-

Back 30

treat medically, heal

Front 31

tom-

Back 31

a cutting, slice, incision

Front 32

ton-

Back 32

(muscular) tone, tension

Front 33

-ectasia, -ectasis

Back 33

dilation, enlargement

Front 34

-ectomy

Back 34

surgical excision; removal of all (total excision) or part (partial excision) of an organ

Front 35

-gen

Back 35

substance that produces (something)

Front 36

-genesis

Back 36

formation, origin

Front 37

-genic

Back 37

causing, producing, caused

Front 38

-genous

Back 38

by, produced by or in

Front 39

-gram

Back 39

a record of the activity of an organ

Front 40

-graph

Back 40

an instrument for recording the activity of an organ

Front 41

-graphy

Back 41

the recording/ a descriptive treatise (on a subject)

Front 42

-lysis

Back 42

dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

Front 43

-lytic

Back 43

pertaining to dissolution or decomposition

Front 44

-pathy

Back 44

disease

Front 45

-ptosis

Back 45

dropping, sagging, prolapse

Front 46

-rrhagia

Back 46

profuse discharge, hemorrhage

Front 47

-rrhea

Back 47

profuse discharge, excessive secretion

Front 48

-rrhexis

Back 48

bursting (of tissue), rupture

Front 49

-scope

Back 49

an instrument for examining

Front 50

-scopy

Back 50

examination

Front 51

-tome

Back 51

a surgical instrument for cutting

Front 52

-tomy

Back 52

surgical incision

Front 53

acou(s)-, acu(s)-

Back 53

hear

Front 54

amni-

Back 54

fetal membrane, amniotic sac, amnion

Front 55

asc-, ascit-

Back 55

bladder, sac, bag

Front 56

bary-

Back 56

heavy, dull, hard

Front 57

cente-

Back 57

pierce

Front 58

chrom-, chroma-, chromat-

Back 58

color, pigment

Front 59

dips-

Back 59

thirst

Front 60

echo-

Back 60

reverbrating sound, echo

Front 61

edema, edemat-

Back 61

swelling

Front 62

eme-

Back 62

vomit

Front 63

gno(s)-

Back 63

know

Front 64

lal-

Back 64

talk

Front 65

lapar-

Back 65

abdomen, abdominal wall

Front 66

lex-

Back 66

read

Front 67

mne-

Back 67

remember

Front 68

ne-

Back 68

new

Front 69

no-

Back 69

mind, mental activity, comprehension

Front 70

orec-, orex-

Back 70

have an appetite

Front 71

ox(y)-

Back 71

acute, pointed; rapid; acid; oxygen

Front 72

pha-

Back 72

speak, communicate

Front 73

phag-

Back 73

swallow, eat

Front 74

pharmac(eu)-

Back 74

medicine, drug

Front 75

phem-

Back 75

speech

Front 76

phob-

Back 76

fear

Front 77

phon-

Back 77

voice, sound

Front 78

phrac-, phrag-

Back 78

enclose, obstruct

Front 79

phras-

Back 79

speak

Front 80

phren-

Back 80

mind; diaphragm

Front 81

phylac-

Back 81

protection

Front 82

phys(i)-

Back 82

nature, appearance

Front 83

phyt-

Back 83

plant, growth

Front 84

poie-

Back 84

produce, make

Front 85

sapr-

Back 85

rotten, putrid, decaying

Front 86

stear-, steat-

Back 86

fat, sebum, sebaceous glands

Front 87

andr-

Back 87

man, male

Front 88

ankyl-, ancyl-

Back 88

fused, stiffened; hooked, crooked

Front 89

aphrodis(i)-

Back 89

sexual desire

Front 90

brachy-

Back 90

short

Front 91

crypt-

Back 91

hidden, latent

Front 92

dem-

Back 92

people, population

Front 93

dolich-

Back 93

long, narrow, slender

Front 94

drom-

Back 94

a running

Front 95

er-, erot-

Back 95

sexual desire

Front 96

gyn(ec)-

Back 96

woman, female

Front 97

helmint(h)-

Back 97

(intestinal) worm

Front 98

nemat-

Back 98

thread (worm)

Front 99

nos-

Back 99

disease, illness

Front 100

odont-

Back 100

tooth

Front 101

pali(n)-

Back 101

back, again

Front 102

pan(t)-

Back 102

all, entire, every

Front 103

phor-

Back 103

bearing, carrying

Front 104

phos-, phot-

Back 104

light, daylight

Front 105

plec-, pleg-

Back 105

strike, paralyze

Front 106

r(h)achi-

Back 106

spine

Front 107

schiz-, schist-, -schisis

Back 107

split, cleft, fissure

Front 108

spondyl-

Back 108

vertebra

Front 109

-staxis, -staxia

Back 109

dripping, oozing (of blood)

Front 110

than(at)-

Back 110

death

Front 111

the-

Back 111

place, put

Front 112

trich-

Back 112

hair

Front 113

troph-

Back 113

nourishment