Basic Terms
Medical terminology for white
What is leuk/o?
A bruise, or a black and blue mark
What is ecchymosis?
This is the longest bone in the body.
What is the femur?
This is the combining form for water.
What is "aque/o"?
What is a cerumen impaction?
Medical terminology for red
What is erythr/o?
An abnormal growth of scar tissue that is thick and out of proportion.
What is a keloid?
This is an abnormal anterior curvature of the lumbar spine.
What is lordosis?
This cavity is filled with aqueous humor.
What is the anterior cavity?
This is the combining form for wax.
What is "cerumin/o"?
This prefix means against:
What is "anti-"?
This abbreviation means the removal of tissue for pathologic examination.
What is "bx"?
This is a gristle-like substance found on bone within a joint.
What is articular cartilage?
This is the other combining form meaning cornea besides corne/o.
What is, "karat/o"?
Inflammation of the middle ear
What is otitis media?
This prefix means without:
What is "a"?
This is the combining form that refers to nails.
What is "cutane/o"?
A grating sound made by the movement of a bone or joint.
This is the combining form for eye.
What is "ocul/o"?
This surgical procedure corrects otosclerosis.
What is a stapedectomy?
Prefix that means across:
What is, "dia-"?
Medical term for sweat glands.
What is, "sudoriferous glands"?
This combining form means digit.
What is "dactyl/o"?
Myopia, presbyopia, astigmatism are examples of these types of errors.
What are refractive errors?
These 3 smallest bones in our bodies are located in the middle ear.
What are the malleus, incus, and stapes?