MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY BASICS
This suffix means enlargement
What is -megaly
High blood sugar
What is hyperglycemia?
Internal organs
What is viscera?
Puncture to remove fluid from abdomen
What is abdominocentesis?
Combining form for heart
cardi/o
What is -plasia?
This suffix means formation or growth
Condition without oxygen
What is anoxia?
What position is lying on the back?
Supine
Surgical repair of a blood vessel
What is angioplasty?
Combining form for kidney
What is nephr/o?
This prefix means many
What is multi-?
Not breathing - rule breaker! Prefix and suffix
apnea
This term refers to the space within the chest that lies between the lungs
What is the mediastinum?
What is a tracheostomy?
Combining form for tooth
What is odont/o
This prefix means none
What is nulli-?
Condition of false pregnancy
What is pseudocyesis?
Lining of the lungs
What is pleura?
Visual examination of the stomach and duodenum
gastroduodenoscopy
Combining form for fat
What is lip/o
What is -cyesis?
pregnancy
Enlargement of extremities due to pituitary disorder
What is acromegaly?
Space between the parietal and viceral pleura (lining of the lungs)
What is the pleural cavity?
This procedure involves the surgical removal of part or all of the stomach
What is a gastrectomy?
Combining form for physician/treatment
iatr/o