Category 1
Infection of the bone and the bone marrow is
Osteomyelitis
The combining form for the breastbone is:
stern/o
A nevus is also called a
mole
In the medical term "exostosis" what does the prefix "ex-" mean
out
Visual examination of a joint is
Arthroscopy
SG is the abbreviation for:
skin graft
Abbreviation for glomerulonephritis
GN
dysuria
The outer covering of bone is the
Periosteum
The term for the kneecap is
Patella
A term meaning redness
Erythema
The plural of phalanx is
phalanges
A malignant tumor of bone is called
osteosarcoma
The suffix meaning a condition of the urine is
-uria
The term for a condition of scanty urination is
oliguria
the suffix meaning "Prolapse or sagging"
-ptosis
Cells that build bone are:
Osteoblasts
The combining form for the shoulder blades is
scapul/o
The combining form for the oil is
seb/o
A complete lack of melanin production is
albinism
A patient who undergoes a liposuction procedure has what type of tissue removed?
fat
Nephr/o and ren/o both mean
kidney
The combining form for the renal pelvis is
pyel/o
In the term "nephropathy", pathy means
disease
A condition of excessive hair is
hypertrichosis
The combining form for the ribs is
cost/o
A combining form for gland is
aden/o
Medical term for the removal of wrinkles
rhytidectomy
A type of medication used to soften and moisturize the skin.
emollient
The presence of sugar in the urine
glycosuria
What does hemat mean in the term "hematuria"?
blood
In the term "nephritis", "nephr" means
kidney
A stone being removed from the kidney through an existing opening is called
nephrostolithotomy
A combining form for cartilage is
chondr/o
A combining form for the hair is
pil/o
Onychectomy is removal of
toenail or finger nail
Another term for enuresis
bedwetting (urinary incontinence)
A visual examination of the bladder
cystoscopy
Which of these suffixes means "condition, presence of"
-iasis
The medical term for bone pain is
osteodynia