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100

Define 

-a

-ae

What is noun ending, used to form the name of a thing from a root?

What is the plural ending for words ending in -a

100

Break apart the following words:

-lobotomy

-emetology

What is:

lob/otomy

emet/ology

100

What is the element for:

-a mild, not cancerous/not recurrent, favorable for recovery

-slow/slowness, abnormal slowness in physical or mental process

What is:

benign

brady

100

List all of the word terminals that mean "pertaining to"

What is:

1. -ical, -ic, -al, -ac

2. -ar, -ary

4. -ant, -tic

100

Define the following abbreviations

CNS
PNS
CP

What is:

Central Nervous System

Peripheral Nervous System

Cerebral Palsy

200

Give the word terminal for the following definitions?

-condition or process

-a process, action or condition

What is -esis and -ation?

200

Break apart and define: 

bradycardia

cheilotomy

What is:

brady/cardi/a: pertaining to the slowness of the heart

cheil/otomy: to cut into the lip

200

Define and give an example of :

contra

cheil

-cele

What is :

against, contraction

lip, cheilocarcinoma

hernia, hydrocele

200

What are the different forms of ology:

What is:

ology: study of

ologist: one who studies or a medical specialist


200

Write the following abbreviations from the following term:

Blood Alcohol Level

Seasonal Affective Disorder

Level/Loss of Conscience

What is:

BAL
SAD

LOC

 

300

Use the following word terminals in an example:

-ics, -in and -ly

What is: 

mathematics

melanin

lingually

300

Break apart:  

cauda

What is

caud/a

300

Spell and come up with the medical word  from the from following definition:

dilation of the kidney

What is:

nephrectasis


300

Define the following:

1. Medical term

2. Element

3. Prefix

4. Root

5. Suffix

6. Combining form

7. Combining vowel

What is:

1. Medical term: a word or phrase made up of elements to express a specific definition.

2. Element: a word part used to form a medical term. 

3. Prefix: the  beginning of a word

4. Root: the main part of a word

5. Suffix: the ending of a word

6. Combining form: a root, prefix or suffix that carries a combining vowel

7. Combining vowel: a vowel that is used to link two elements together

300

Name 3 abbreviations from 3 different body systems:


What is:

400

When is the abbreviation -tic used?

What is words ending in sis?

400

Break apart and define: 

electroencephalogram

What is

electr/o/encephal/o/gram

To record the electricity of the brain

400

Define the following medical terms:

1. optesthesia

2. odontoptosis


What is:

1. the ability of see. 

2. the drooping/falling of the tooth

400

List and define the other meanings of  sweat gland, water or moisture.

What is:

1. Hydro: water

2. hidr: sweat gland

3. hydr- moisture

400

How are ALS, CVA, CP, MS, ADHD, TIA, and OCD all related?

What is: 

They are all considered diseases and diagnoses of the Nervous System? 

500
Define the following word terminals:

-form

-ad

-ate

-ion

-ac


What is:

-having the same form(form)

-toward, in the direction of(ad)

-action, condition(ion)

-affected by (ac)

-to perform, to put into action, to bring about

500

Break apart 

hepaticocholangiocholecystenterostomy

What is:

hept/ic/o/chol/angi/o/cholecyst/enter/o/stomy


500

define:

hepaticocholangiocholecystenterostomy

What is: 

A surgical creation of an artificial passage between the gallbladder, a liver duct, and between the intestine and the gallbladder

500
What are the five words that mean: skull, head, mind or brain?
What is:

1. Cephal: head

2. Encephal: brain

3. psych: mind

4. Cerebr: the cerebrum

5. Crani: skull

500

Give 5 abbreviations and their definitions from the nervous system. Describe how they would be used....diagnoses, disease, treatment, procedure, etc.

What is: 

Cerebral Palsy, CP, disease