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MT 5 Quiz
Oral Quiz 9-10
Terms | Meaning of the root | Meaning of suffix |
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pneumonia | pneum-/pneumon-: lung, air | -ia: Disease; pathological or abnormal condition |
proctoscopy | proct-: rectum, anus | -scopy: process of viewing |
psychiatry | psych-: soul, mind | -iatry: Medical treatment |
psychoneurosis | psych-: soul, mind | -neur: nerve / -osis: condition, abnormal condition |
pyelitis | pyel-: renal pelvis | -itis: inflammation |
pylorostenosis | pylor-: pylorus, gatekeeper | sten-: narrow / -osis: condition, abnormal condition |
pyogenic | py-: pus | -genic: producing, origin |
radiosensitive | radi-: x-ray, radius | sensitive |
spondylitis | spondyl-: vertebrae, backbone | -itis: inflammation |
trachelitis | trachel-: neck | -itis: inflammation |
tuberculosis | tubercul-: tubercle | -osis: condition, abnormal condition |
visceral | viscer-: organs | -al: Of, relating to, or characterized by |
abductor | ab-: from, away from | ductor: One who leads. |
abnormal | ab-: from, away from | normal |
anesthesia | a-/an-: no, not, without, away from | esthesia: capacity for sensation or feeling |
apnea | a-/an-: no, not, without, away from | -pnea: breath, respiration |
adrenal | ad-: in the direction of, increase, toward, near | renal: (Anatomy) of, relating to, resembling, or situated near the kidney |
adhesion | ad-: in the direction of, increase, toward, near | |
anteflexion | ante-: before, forward | flexion: the act of bending a joint or limb |
antenatal | ante-: before, forward | |
antisepsis | anti-: against | -sepsis: decay caused by a (specified) cause or of a (specified) sort |
antipyretic | anti-: against | pyretic: Denoting or relating to fever. |
bilateral | bi-: two, both, double | lateral: pertaining to a side. |
bifurcation | bi-: two, both, double | furcation: the anatomical area where the roots divide on a multirooted tooth. |
congenital defect | co-/con-: together, with, jointly | genital-: Relating to reproduction or generation. |
connective tissue | co-/con-: together, with, jointly | |
osteoma | oste-: bone | -oma: tumor, neoplasm |