Medical Terminology Exam 1 (Newmann)
Word Root - -Gives the essential meaning to the term and often refers to a
body structure, organ, or system
- Suffix - -found at the end of the term. Includes: conditions, diseases,
surgical/diagnostic procedures
- Prefix - -Found at the beginning of the term. Indicates: abnormal
conditions, numbers, positions, and times
- Combining Vowel - -A vowel used to connect word parts and make them
easier to spell or pronounce
- -cele - -protrusion
- -edema - -swelling
- -iasis - -abnormal condition
- -lysis - -to destroy
- -emia - -blood condition
- -oma - -tumor or mass
- -phobia - -fear
- -rragia - -abnormal
- -spasm - -involuntary muscle contraction
- -uria - -condition of urine
- -ectomy - -surgical removal
- -ostomy - -surgically created opening
- -rraphy - -sutures
- -gram - -record or picture
- -meter - -instrument for measuring
- an- - -without
Word Root - -Gives the essential meaning to the term and often refers to a
body structure, organ, or system
- Suffix - -found at the end of the term. Includes: conditions, diseases,
surgical/diagnostic procedures
- Prefix - -Found at the beginning of the term. Indicates: abnormal
conditions, numbers, positions, and times
- Combining Vowel - -A vowel used to connect word parts and make them
easier to spell or pronounce
- -cele - -protrusion
- -edema - -swelling
- -iasis - -abnormal condition
- -lysis - -to destroy
- -emia - -blood condition
- -oma - -tumor or mass
- -phobia - -fear
- -rragia - -abnormal
- -spasm - -involuntary muscle contraction
- -uria - -condition of urine
- -ectomy - -surgical removal
- -ostomy - -surgically created opening
- -rraphy - -sutures
- -gram - -record or picture
- -meter - -instrument for measuring
- an- - -without
