Medical Terminalogy

Yellow Terminology Exam Review

Define the following prefixes or suffixes:

-sphyxia pulse intra- within, in
-phonia voice or sound brady- slow mono- one
-ptysis spitting
-crasis mixture, blending
-gram record
-stasis stopping, controlling
-pnea breathing
-meter instrument to measure
-cyte cell
-capnia CO2
-penia deficiency of

extra- outside eu- good, normal
-itis inflammation of dys- difficult/bad
-fusion pour
-stenosis narrowing
-ptosis drooping, sagging
-phage cells that eat
-ectasis dilation
-emia blood tachy- fast

Define the following combining forms: py/o pus sept/o septum fibril/o muscle twitching ox/i oxygen coni/i dust leuk/o white vas/o blood/lymph vessel chrom/o color sphygm/o pulse thromb/o clot cyan/o blue erythr/o red isch/o hold back spir/o breathing, breathe bronchil/o bronchiole phren/o diaphragm septi/o seven my/o muscle myc/o fungus hem/o blood phleb/o vein anthrac/o black epiglott/o epiglottis ather/o plaque, fatty substance pseud/o fake, false pharyng/o pharynx
Pluer/o Pluera

Define the following:

naso/pharyng/itis inflammation of the nose and pharynx laryngo/plegia paralysis of the larynx broncho/pathy disease of the bronchus pneumono/graphy process of recording the lungs (x-raying the lungs) pectoro/stenosis narrowing of the chest a/cardi/al P.T. no heart erythro/hemato/cyt/osis abnormal condition of red blood cells trans/septal PT to across the septum hyp/ox/ia C.O. decreased oxygen cardio/myo/centesis surgical puncture of the heart muscle valvulo/necrosis death of a valve thrombolysis destruction of a blood clot thoraco/my/algia pain in the chest muscle arterio/rrhexis rupture of an artery aneurysm/orrhaphy suturing of an aneurysm hyperlipidemia increased fat in the blood (high cholesterol) arterio/veno/scope instrument to view arteries and veins pyo/thorax pus in the thorax/