Medical Terminology: Understanding the Language of Healthcare, Exams of Medical Microbiology

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HEA 113 Exam with complete solutions 2024/2025 Intra - ANSWER-within -EMESIS - ANSWER-vomit -a, -ia, -on, -os, -is, -us, -um, -ium - ANSWER-names a thing when attached to a root word means: refers to, pertains to The upper chambers of the heart are called the: - ANSWER-atria "means chamber" The largest region of the brain is the: - ANSWER-cerebrum The myeloid tissue in cancellous bone is semi-liquid and produces most RBCs, WBCs, and Platelets is usually referred to as: - ANSWER-bone marrow or red marrow Large Shoulder Bursa - ANSWER-sac or wine sac MULTI- - ANSWER-many, multiple, excessive SPERM/O- - ANSWER-sperm A- - ANSWER-without or lack of Alternative medicine - ANSWER-health care practices and products used in place of conventional medicine Flexion - ANSWER-bend/process of Abdomino - ANSWER-belly Erthyr/o - ANSWER-red auto- - ANSWER-self -algia - ANSWER-pain AB- - ANSWER-away from The lower chambers of the heart are called the: - ANSWER-ventricles "little belly" The term "psychology" literally means: - ANSWER-the process or procedure of the science or study of the mind The upper jawbone is called the: - ANSWER-maxilla Calcinosis - ANSWER-calcium deposits in the skin MUMPS - ANSWER-swelling -EMIA - ANSWER-blood SPHER/O- - ANSWER-ball, globe, round Acupuncture - ANSWER-the practice of inserting fine needles through the skin at specific points to cure disease or relieve pain Pronation - ANSWER-palm down Self-suggestion and/or Biofeedback Therapies (stress management) - ANSWER- brevi- - ANSWER-short -ance, -ancy - ANSWER-action, process, state cau-, caus- - ANSWER-to burn Recovery Position - ANSWER-A side-lying position used to maintain a clear airway in unconscious patients without injuries who are breathing adequately. eosin - ANSWER-rosy red Micro - ANSWER-small gynec/o - ANSWER-female ABRUPTIO- - ANSWER-to tear away from The blood vessel that carries blood containing oxygen and nutrients away from the heart to the body tissues (except the lungs) is the: - ANSWER-aorta The three-layered membrane that covers the brain and spinal cord and literally means membrane is called the: - ANSWER- The wrist bones composed of 8 small bones in two rows are called the: - ANSWER-carpus or carpals Hip Dislocation - ANSWER-foot facing out, knee bent inward, no movement, and longer then the other. SPHYXI/O- - ANSWER-pulse or lack of pulse ENAMEL - ANSWER-hard MYDRI/O- - ANSWER-to widen Prone Position - ANSWER-face down with arms at angle angi/o, vaso- - ANSWER-vessel (lymph; blood) albus - ANSWER-white cav- - ANSWER-hollow -centesis - ANSWER-puncture -er, -or - ANSWER-one who does Scopic - ANSWER-pertaining to visual examination Aromatherapy - ANSWER-The therapeutic use of plant aromas for beauty and health treatment. EN/CEPHAL/O- - ANSWER-within head (referring to the brain) The combining forms angi/o- and vaso- all mean: - ANSWER-vessel The diagnostic terms Neur/itis and Neur/algia mean: - ANSWER- The ankle bones are called the ________ bones: - ANSWER-tarsal "flat surface" Knee dislocation - ANSWER-When the tibia and femur are forced out of alignment SPIN/O- - ANSWER-thorn or thorny MYEL/O- - ANSWER-spinal cord or bone marrow Human Anatomical Position - ANSWER-normal anatomical position ABSCESS - ANSWER-a going away arteri/o - ANSWER-artery leuc/o - ANSWER-white cryo- - ANSWER-cold -clas, -clast, -clasis - ANSWER-to smash, breakdown -form - ANSWER-shape Silico - ANSWER-silica (dust) Therapeutic touch - ANSWER-an alternative therapy that involves using one's hands to consciously direct an energy exchange from the practitioner to the patient to facilitate healing or pain relief ACNE - ANSWER-pointed The combining forms that mean "vein" are: - ANSWER-ven/o, phleb/o The combining forms or terms that literally mean "rib" are: - ANSWER-cost/o and pleuro- Vertebral Dislocation - ANSWER-Displacement of a vertebra from its normal location in a joint. SPRI/O- - ANSWER-breathe or breathing MYRING/O- - ANSWER-eardrum ENDO- - ANSWER-within or inside Supine Position - ANSWER-upward position cardi/o - ANSWER-heart livid/o - ANSWER-blue diplo- - ANSWER-double -ecta, ectasis - ANSWER-dilate -graph - ANSWER-instrument for recording osis - ANSWER-condition ACTIN/O- - ANSWER-ray The suffix -graph in the term cardio/graph means: - ANSWER-instrument used to record The diagnostic term that literally means inflamed joint is: - ANSWER-arthr/itis Chiropractic Physician - ANSWER-Focus treatment on spinal adjustment and alignment SPONDYL/O- - ANSWER-vertebra NARC/O- - ANSWER-sleep ENURESIS - ANSWER-to void or expel urine Reflexology - ANSWER-A unique method of applying pressure with thumb and index fingers to the hands and feet, and it has demonstrated health benefits. Sim's position - ANSWER-lying on left side with right knee drawn up and with left arm drawn behind, parallel to the back cephal/o - ANSWER-head melan/o - ANSWER-black dys- - ANSWER-bad, painful, difficult -edem- - ANSWER-to swell -graphy - ANSWER-process of recording Pneumono/coni/osis - ANSWER-Black Lung Disease Medical research - ANSWER-scientific experiments carried out to help cure disease Angina Pectoris literally means: - ANSWER-vessel: "in" chest The medical term Burs/itis literally means: - ANSWER-wine sac or sac inflamed Intervertebral Foramen - ANSWER-Opening formed by the inferior and superior notches on the pedicles of adjacent vertebrae. Allows passage of spinal nerves and vessels. SPRAIN - ANSWER-to wring out or press out NARES - ANSWER-nose opening EOSIN/O- - ANSWER-rose red color cerebr/o - ANSWER-brain ACU - ANSWER-sharp Fowler's position - ANSWER-sitting position nigra - ANSWER-black eu- - ANSWER-good, well -esthes/ia - ANSWER-feeling or sensation -ia, -ity - ANSWER-quality, condition, state of Lung/dust/medical condition - ANSWER-Pneumono/coni/osis SQUAM/O- - ANSWER-scaly NAS/O- - ANSWER-nose -AC - ANSWER-refers to or pertains to Fibromyalgia - ANSWER-pain in the muscle fibers The term Ankylosis literally means: - ANSWER-crooked, stiff, bent/condition; bones pathologically fused together The term that means separation or removal is: - ANSWER-apheresis EPI- - ANSWER-upon allopathic medicine - ANSWER-another term for conventional, or Western, medical practices and systems of health care Trendelenburg position - ANSWER-lying on back with body tilted so that the head is lower than the feet cheil/o - ANSWER-lip glauc/o, cinerous, polio - ANSWER-gray glyco- - ANSWER-sugar, sweet flu, flux - ANSWER-flow -ics, -tics - ANSWER-art, science, or study of Tissue - ANSWER-to weave (old French and Latin) ADIP/O- - ANSWER-fat The diagnostic term Coronary Isch/emia actually means: - ANSWER-deficient supply of blood to the crowning blood vessels of the heart The combining form __________ means bone marrow or spinal cord. - ANSWER- myelo- "osteomyelitis or myelogram" Spiral Oblique Fracture - ANSWER-ragged break occurs when excessive twisting forces applied to bone, common in sports STAPHYL/O- - ANSWER-grape or grape-like clusters NAVICUL?O- - ANSWER-boat or boat shape ERYTHERMAT/O- - ANSWER-red or flushed chondr/o - ANSWER-cartilage Andrew Taylor (1828-1917) - ANSWER-established the first school of osteopathy in 1892 Hyperplasia - ANSWER-increase in number of cells xanth/o, lute/o - ANSWER-yellow hetero-, heter- - ANSWER-other, a relationship to others -gen - ANSWER-to produce, form -id - ANSWER-state or condition of Hippocratic Oath - ANSWER-oath taken by medical students swearing to practice medicine in an ethical way -STASIS - ANSWER-stoppage, standing, location NECR/O- - ANSWER-death, dead, dying AER/O- - ANSWER-air or gas Comminuted fracture - ANSWER-fracture in which the bone is splintered or crushed The combining forms that mean "movement or motion" are - ANSWER-Kinesio- and -praxia The diagnostic term that means hardening of the arteries is: - ANSWER-arterio/scler/o/sis ERYTHR/O- - ANSWER-red -ist - ANSWER-one who Daniel David Palmer (1845-1913) - ANSWER-founded chiropractic profession in Iowa in 1895 col/o - ANSWER-big intestine eosin/o - ANSWER-rosy red homo-, homeo- - ANSWER-same -iatr-, -iart/o, -therapy - ANSWER-to treat/cure Galen 131 201 A.D. - ANSWER-- Born in Asia Minor - Became court physician to the emperor - Wrote extensively on anatomy, physiology, and general medicine - Theories on flow of blood Hypoplasia - ANSWER-the incomplete development of an organ or tissue usually due to a deficiency in the number of cells AF- - ANSWER-towards The literal meaning of the diagnostic term Cardio/myo/path/y is: - ANSWER- heart/muscle/disease/condition The combining forms that mean "stone" are: - ANSWER-petro- and litho- genuvalgum - ANSWER-knock-kneed -STAT - ANSWER-to stop or immediately NEO- - ANSWER-new ESCHAR - ANSWER-scab Samuel Hahnemann - ANSWER-founder of homeopathy Disease - ANSWER-Des-(from of) -aise-(ease) cost/o - ANSWER-rib chlor/o, viridis - ANSWER-green hydro - ANSWER-water -kine, -kino-, kinesio-, -praxia - ANSWER-to move ESTR/O- - ANSWER-female The diagnostic term used to refer to a dilated or varicose (twisted) internal and/or external vein in the rectum is: - ANSWER-hemorrh/oid "blood/resembles" The diagnostic term Ankylos/ing Spondyl/itis refers to the auto-immune condition of Rheumatoid Arthritis and actually means: - ANSWER-The abnormal condition of stiffness and fusion of vertebrae Claw foot or toe - ANSWER-high arched foot joints, flexion of toes, and a shorted Achilles tendon STEN/O- - ANSWER-narrowing NEUTR/O- - ANSWER-neither or neutral citreum - ANSWER-lemon -ALGIA - ANSWER-pain olfact-, -osmia - ANSWER-smell -ize, -ate - ANSWER-act like, use, subject to, make into, refer to Fever - ANSWER-stops or slows growth of invading organism longus- - ANSWER-long derm/o - ANSWER-skin Adjective - ANSWER-A word that describes a noun ALOPEC/I- - ANSWER-fox mange or baldness The diagnostic term for the ballooning of a weakened portion of an arterial wall is: - ANSWER-aneurysm The diagnostic terms My/asthenia and Neur/asthenia mean: - ANSWER-muscle weakness and nerve weakness herniated intervertebral disk - ANSWER-protrusion of the central part of the disk that lies between the vertebrae, resulting in compression of the nerve root and pain STEREO- - ANSWER-three dimensional or solid NEV/O- - ANSWER-birthmark ETI/O- - ANSWER-cause duoden/o - ANSWER-twelve, duodenum rosaceus - ANSWER-pink macro- - ANSWER-large -op-, opt-, -opto, -opsy - ANSWER-vision, sight, or to see -ma (-mata), -men (-mina), -ment, -ure - ANSWER-add to verbs to make nouns; means: many; multiple "results from health condition"; act of Compound - ANSWER-work formed from two or more words Viruses - ANSWER-cause colds, flu, M.M.R. and polio EU- - ANSWER-good or normal The diagnostic term that means rapid, quivering, non-coordinated contractions of the atria and/or ventricles is: - ANSWER-fibrillation The diagnostic term that means pain in the tendon is - ANSWER-tenalgia or tenodynia Kyphosis - ANSWER-hunchback STERN/O- - ANSWER-chest, sternum, or breastbone NIGRA- - ANSWER-black Bacteria - ANSWER-T.B ALVEOL/I- - ANSWER-cavity eso/phag/o- - ANSWER-toward the mouth magni- - ANSWER-great, large palpit- - ANSWER-to flutter -oid, -form - ANSWER-likeness, resembles Synonym - ANSWER-words with similar meanings The diagnostic term for distended or tortuous veins usually found in the lower extremities is: - ANSWER-varicose veins The diagnostic term that means abnormal build up of calcium on the kneecap (patella) surface is: - ANSWER-calcin/osis Lordosis - ANSWER-abnormal anterior curvature of the lumbar spine (sway-back condition) STETH/O- - ANSWER-chest pexy - ANSWER-to fix -osis, -esis, -asis, -iasis, -sis - ANSWER-condition, medical condition, disease, state of Prefix - ANSWER-a syllable or word that comes before a root word to change its meaning FEBR/O- - ANSWER-fever The diagnostic term An/emia means: - ANSWER-decrease in normal RBC numbers, iron, or hemoglobin levels The diagnostic term Herniated Disc means: - ANSWER-ruptured or protruding inter/vertebral disk cartilage Osteoporosis - ANSWER-A condition in which the body's bones become weak and break easily. STRABISM/O- - ANSWER-to squint or squinting NUCLE/O- - ANSWER-nut Protozoa - ANSWER-cause diarrhea AMYLO- - ANSWER-starch hepato- - ANSWER-liver mega- - ANSWER-great phag, phago - ANSWER-to eat -ous - ANSWER-state of a-,an - ANSWER-without FEC/O- - ANSWER-stool or fecal matter The surgical term for the incision into a vein to remove blood, to give blood, or to give intravenous fluids is: - ANSWER-phleb/otomy The diagnostic term that means abnormal loss of bone density or increased bone poros/ity is: - ANSWER-osteo/por/o/sis Severe osteoporosis - ANSWER-osteoporosis with 1 or more fragility fractures STRAIN - ANSWER-to draw tight NULL/I- - ANSWER-none or no AN- - ANSWER-lack of or without Helminths - ANSWER-roundworms, pinworms, flatworms, tapeworms hyster/o - ANSWER-uterus megalo- - ANSWER-huge phas - ANSWER-speech -tic - ANSWER-pertaining to ir-,ar- - ANSWER-no, not FEMOR/O- - ANSWER-thigh The surgical terms Lamin/ectomy and Rachi/o/tomy actually mean: - ANSWER- Excision of posterior vertebral arch and cutting the vertebral column Osteomyelitis - ANSWER-inflammation of bone and bone marrow STRAT/I- - ANSWER-layer NUTRI/O- - ANSWER-to nourish The surgical term Angi/o/rrhaphy means: - ANSWER-suturing of a vessel or to repair a vessel AN/O- - ANSWER-ring ile/o - ANSWER-ileum (third part of small intestine) meso- - ANSWER-middle, mid phil - ANSWER-love -centesis - ANSWER-surgical puncture to remove fluid ab-, ef- - ANSWER-away from Sign - ANSWER-something you see, objective -FERENCE - ANSWER-to carry The surgical term Angioplasty means: - ANSWER-surgical repair of a blood vessel The surgical term Arthr/o/desis means: - ANSWER-surgical fixation or binding of a joint Poliomyelitis - ANSWER-inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal cord STREPT/O- - ANSWER-twisted or twisted chain ana- - ANSWER-up, back, again Procedure - ANSWER-exact steps to follow FIBRILL/O- - ANSWER-to quiver The procedural phrase "Complete Blood Count - CBC" is defined as: - ANSWER- counting RBC, WBC, and Thrombocytes or Platelets The term Chiro/pract/or literally means: - ANSWER-one who practices by hand pectus excavatum - ANSWER-a chest that is hollowed out STY/E - ANSWER-raised -O/RRHEA - ANSWER-discharge or flow Treatment - ANSWER-to manage Medical, surgical, psychiatric management of a patient ANKYL/O- - ANSWER-fuse or bind lob/o - ANSWER-lobe of the lung necro- - ANSWER-death pleg - ANSWER-to be paralyzed -o/rrhaph/y - ANSWER-surgically to suture or repair ante- - ANSWER-before, in front of FIBRO- - ANSWER-fiber The procedural term for X-ray of the blood vessels after an injection of contrast medium dye is: - ANSWER-angiograph/y Pes planus (flat foot) - ANSWER-collapsed arch of the foot SUB- - ANSWER-beneath, under, less or lesser -O/RRHEXIS - ANSWER-rupture or protrusion The surgical term that means fusing together of the spine (vertebrae) is: - ANSWER-spondyl/o/syn /desis ANTE- - ANSWER-before mast/o, mamm/o - ANSWER-breast neo- - ANSWER-new pnea - ANSWER-breathing anti- - ANSWER-against, opposite -o/tom/y - ANSWER-cutting into, to open, make incision Diagnosis - ANSWER-a determination that a person's problems reflect a particular disorder FIBUL/O- - ANSWER-to clasp The procedure for making a record of the structure and motion of the heart using sound waves is called: - ANSWER-echocardiography The surgical term Phalang/ectomy means: - ANSWER-excision of a finger or toe bone - digit Pes cavus - ANSWER-high arch foot SUDORIFER/O- - ANSWER-sweat OBLIQUE - ANSWER-side-long or slanted ANTER/O- - ANSWER-before or foremost Clinical diagnosis - ANSWER-when anatomy and or physiology of patient changes sufficiently to show signs and symptoms in the patient without the benefit of a laboratory my/o, myos/o - ANSWER-muscle oligo- - ANSWER-few or small phono - ANSWER-sound/voice -os/tom/y - ANSWER-new permanent opening or mouth bi-, bin-, di-, diplo-, co- - ANSWER-two, twice, double FIL- - ANSWER-thread A procedural bone marrow biopsy is referred to as: - ANSWER-stern/al puncture The surgical term that means "incision into the skull to drain fluid" is: - ANSWER- cranio/centesis Tears and separations - ANSWER-occurs in muscles and their tendons SULF/O- - ANSWER-sulfur OBSTETR/I- - ANSWER-midwife com-, con-, co- - ANSWER-with, together Self breast exam - ANSWER-technique that enables women to find changes in their breasts FLEX- - ANSWER-to bend The study that uses ultrasound to determine the velocity of the flow of blood within a vessel is: - ANSWER-Doppler Flow Studies The term Dys/chrondro/plas/ia literally refers to: - ANSWER-faulty cartilage formation Strain - ANSWER-A condition resulting from damaging a muscle or tendon SUPRA- - ANSWER-above or upon OCCULT/O- - ANSWER-hidden Mammogram (breast/recording) - ANSWER-plastic plates compress breast tissue for x-ray -APHERESIS - ANSWER-to remove or separate (blood into parts) nephr/o - ANSWER-kidney pronus-, prono- - ANSWER-face down -o/rrhaphy - ANSWER-suture -lysis - ANSWER-separation; destruction; loosening contra- - ANSWER-against, opposite FLU- - ANSWER-flowing The term for X-ray film (recording) of a joint is: - ANSWER-arthro/gram Talipes - ANSWER-describes any congenital deformity of the foot involving the talus (ankle bones) SUR/A- - ANSWER-on calf of leg OCT/O- - ANSWER-eight The medical term Cardiology means: - ANSWER-the science and study of the heart APO- - ANSWER-above or upon oophor/o - ANSWER-ovary pseudo - ANSWER-fake -o/rrhea - ANSWER-discharge or flow -cis - ANSWER-to cut de- - ANSWER-away from, remove Thermogram (heat or temp/recording) - ANSWER-used to diagnose cancer -FLUX - ANSWER-to flow The procedural term that means visual examination inside a joint is: - ANSWER- arthroscop/y Tendinitis - ANSWER-inflammation of a tendon SURG/I- - ANSWER-working by hand OCUL/O- - ANSWER-eye The medical term that means body temperature below normal, 98.6 F., is: (Note: hypo-, sub-, and infra all can refer to less, below, or under) - ANSWER-hypo/thermia AQUA- - ANSWER-water urinalysis - ANSWER-most common methods of medical diagnosis ophthalm/o - ANSWER-eye sclero- - ANSWER-hard -o/rrhexis - ANSWER-rupture or protrusion -cid - ANSWER-to kill dia- - ANSWER-across The medical term that means removal of liquid from withdrawn blood is: - ANSWER-plasm/apheresis The medical term "Gangli/ec/tom/y" means: - ANSWER-procedure of cutting out a knot Arthritis - ANSWER-inflammation of a joint SUTURE - ANSWER-sewing together ODONT/O- - ANSWER-tooth FORAMEN/O- - ANSWER-opening ecto- - ANSWER-outside of ARTERI/O- - ANSWER-artery The medical term which means to puncture a vein in order to remove blood, instill medication, or start an intravenous infusion is: - ANSWER-veni/pucture SYNCOPE - ANSWER-to faint or fainting -OLEUM - ANSWER-oil FRON/O- - ANSWER-forehead or before The healing specialty that emphasizes a system of therapy based on the manipulation of the vertebral column and other bones of the body by hand is: - ANSWER-chiropratic Serologic test - ANSWER-performed on blood serum steno- - ANSWER-narrow volvo - ANSWER-to turn, twist em-, en- - ANSWER-in, within -iartr/y - ANSWER-to treat, to heal or cure pancreat/o - ANSWER-all/fleshy ARTHR/O- - ANSWER-joint The medical term for the hearing of sounds within the body through a stethoscope is: - ANSWER-auscultation SY/STOL/O- - ANSWER-to draw together or contract OLFACT/O- - ANSWER-smelling or smell FUNGI- - ANSWER-mushroom The medical term that means an artificial substitute or addition replacing a missing body part (teeth, feet, hearing aid, eye lens) is: - ANSWER-prosth/esis Mantoux test - ANSWER-intradermal test to determine tuberculin sensitivity based on a positive reaction where the area around the test site becomes red and swollen stalsis - ANSWER-contraction vulvo - ANSWER-to cover -therap/y - ANSWER-to treat or cure endo- - ANSWER-within pharyng/o - ANSWER-throat FURUN/O- - ANSWER-boil Application of an electric shock to the myocardium through the chest wall to restore normal cardiac rhythm is called: - ANSWER-de/fibrill/ation The diagnostic term Spondylo/listh/esis literally and actually means: - ANSWER- vertebrae/slippage/condition TACHY- - ANSWER-fast or swift OLIG/O- - ANSWER-few, scanty, slight, little Schick test - ANSWER-test for diphtheria ARTICUL/O- - ANSWER-jointed phleb/o, ven/o - ANSWER-vein tachy- - ANSWER-fast -sect/ion - ANSWER-to cut or make several slices of a body part (to cut a part) epi- - ANSWER-upon, on -OLOG/Y - ANSWER-science or study of, process of The medical term Sy/stole (together/contract) actually means: - ANSWER-cardiac cycle phase where chambers contract raising blood pressure The diagnostic term Ankylosing Spondylitis means: - ANSWER-fusing/process vertebrae/inflamed TAL/O- - ANSWER-ankle Tunic fork ear exam - ANSWER-test hearing GALACT/O- - ANSWER-milk tele-, tel-, telo- - ANSWER-end, far away -AR - ANSWER-refers or pertains to pneum/o, pulmon/o - ANSWER-lungs ex-, exo- - ANSWER-out, outside of, outward GANGLI/O- - ANSWER-knot, swelling, or collection -TAXIA - ANSWER-muscle coordination The suffixes that mean 'pain' are: - ANSWER--dynia and -algia GEN/O- - ANSWER-race Anesthesia - ANSWER-without physical feeling rect/o - ANSWER-rectum im-, in- - ANSWER-in ASTHMA- - ANSWER-panting ONYCH/O- - ANSWER-nail Cardiomyopathy is referred to as having a problem with _____________. - ANSWER-the heart muscle pumping blood Pre/patellar burs/itis means: - ANSWER-inflamed bursa below the knee TEL/O- - ANSWER-end or outward ATELO- - ANSWER-incomplete GENI/O- - ANSWER-chin Radiogram (x-ray) - ANSWER-creating an image of a body part by transmitting radioactive energy through part of body rhin/o - ANSWER-nose infra- - ANSWER-below, beneath OOPHOR/O- - ANSWER-ovary The diagnostic term Osteosarcoma means: - ANSWER-bone tumors that causes hard tissue to become soft and fleshy TEMPOR/O- - ANSWER-temple The medical term Hyper/tension means: - ANSWER-blood pressure that is above normal - "140/90 mm/Hg or higher above atmospheric pressure" GENIT/O- - ANSWER-reproductive or birth Fluorscopy - ANSWER-testing motion by x-ray sacr/o - ANSWER-sacrum inter- - ANSWER-between ATHERO- - ANSWER-porridge or yellow fat OPTHALM/O- - ANSWER-eye or eyeball The diagnostic term Hip Disarticulation (HD) also means: - ANSWER-A surgical amputation through the joint capsule of the hip jont TEN/O- - ANSWER-tendon An Em/bol/ism literally means: - ANSWER-state of a lump within GENU- - ANSWER-knee Radiotherapy - ANSWER-treatment of a disease through the application of roentgen salping/o-, doch/o-, duct/o- - ANSWER-tube (fallopian and Eustachian) intra- - ANSWER-within -ATION - ANSWER-process of or procedure of OPISTH/O- - ANSWER-backwards (bending) Poly/cyth/emia Vera (many/cells/blood: true) is the term for: - ANSWER- Erythrocytosis "RBC increases cause strokes, heart attacks, & clots" The diagnostic term Sub/luxation actually means: - ANSWER-partial joint dislocation - less than complete dislocation TENS/O- - ANSWER-to stretch or stretches -ATRESIA - ANSWER-closure -GEN - ANSWER-origin, develop, to produce, to form, to make Angiogram - ANSWER-x-ray of blood vessels using dye splen/o-, leino- - ANSWER-spleen intro- - ANSWER-into, within OPTO- - ANSWER-vision, sight, eye An Osteopathic Physician is represented by the Medical Abbreviation ____ and a Chiropractic Physician is represented by the Medical Abbreviation _______. - ANSWER-DO and DC TERAT/O- - ANSWER-monster A Pulmonary Infarction (lung: to stuff into) actually means: - ANSWER-lung blood flow blockage -OREXIA - ANSWER-appetite The term Anthropo/metr/ic means: - ANSWER-refers to the measurement of humans TEST/E- - ANSWER-shell or seed producer thyr/o - ANSWER-shape GLAUC/O- - ANSWER-waterfall or gray phakic intraocular lenses - ANSWER-implanted contact lenses post- - ANSWER-after, behind ASCULT/O- - ANSWER-to listen -ORRHAPHY - ANSWER-suturing or repair A bone process or eye membrane disease term that means resembling a wing is ________: - ANSWER-pteryg/oid TETAN/O- - ANSWER-spasm or spasms Mitral Valve Prolapse (MVP) or Mitral Valve Incompetence (MVI) (valve between chambers on left side of the heart) is usually seen in: - ANSWER-women or females GLI/O- - ANSWER-glue or glue-like AUTO- - ANSWER-self Lasik - ANSWER-laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis trache/o - ANSWER-rough, windpipe pre-, pro- - ANSWER-before, in front of re- - ANSWER-back, again Electrocardiogram (ECG) - ANSWER-recording of the electrical changes that occur in the myocardium during a cardiac cycle AVULS/I- - ANSWER-to tear GLOMERUL/O- - ANSWER-small round mass or tiny ball ORTH/O- - ANSWER-straight, normal, correct TETR/A- - ANSWER-four Muscle terms for belly or abdomen are: - ANSWER-abdominus or laparal An Aortic Abdominal Aneurysm is the _____________ of the big blood vessel in the posterior belly that often ruptures and causes death by hem/orrhag/ing. - ANSWER-balloning OS- - ANSWER-mouth A muscle directional term for middle or toward the middle is: - ANSWER-medi or meso THANAT/O- - ANSWER-death A Varico/cele is the __________ of the veins in the scrotum (male pouch). - ANSWER-twisting GLOSS/O- - ANSWER-tongue BACILL/O- - ANSWER-rod-like Defibrillator - ANSWER-a device that delivers an electric shock to the heart to restore its normal rhythm retro- - ANSWER-backward, behind sub- - ANSWER-under, below Electroencephalogram (EEG) - ANSWER-An amplified recording of the waves of electrical activity that sweep across the brain's surface. These waves are measured by electrodes placed on the scalp. BACTERI/O- - ANSWER-rod GLOTT/O- - ANSWER-back of tongue OSCILL/O- - ANSWER-to swing THEL/O- - ANSWER-nipple A procedure of making a record of muscle activity is called: - ANSWER-electro/myo/graph/y The parasitic Protozoan Disease Trypano/som/iasis (carried by insects) is called Snail Fever, Chagas' Disease, Tsetse Fly Disease, America Fever or: - ANSWER- sleeping sickness Schisto/som/iasis in man is a type of a _____________ infestation. - ANSWER- Split Bodied Blood Fluke Worm The condition resulting in spasms of the nerves and muscles due to an abnormally low concentration of calcium in the blood is: - ANSWER-tetany THEN/O- - ANSWER-palm of hand or sole of foot The leading Cardiac Risk Factors are: - ANSWER-smoking, obesity, lack of exercise, and hyper/cholesterol/emia The diagnostic term Muscular Dys/trophy means: - ANSWER-muscles that have faulty development; and wasting away of the muscles that did develop properly GON/O- - ANSWER-seed or seed producer ultra- - ANSWER-beyond, excess -OSTOMY - ANSWER-mouth like opening produced by surgey Stethoscope - ANSWER-examine the chest BENIGN- - ANSWER-kind Tiny blood vessels in the back of the ________ are viewed with a Ophthalmo/scop/e to help diagnosis Arterio/sclerosis, Diabetes, Kidney Disease, and many other diseases. - ANSWER-eye The muscle or body term trauma means: - ANSWER-wound THROMB/O- - ANSWER-clot, clump together, curdle OT/O- - ANSWER-ear BERI- - ANSWER-weakness aucultation - ANSWER-Listening with a stethoscope GOUT - ANSWER-a drop BI- - ANSWER-two -GRADE - ANSWER-a step, stage, or degree in a process -OTOMY - ANSWER-cutting, to cut, cut into THYM/O- - ANSWER-soul, emotion, flowery smell The muscle term ad/duct/or literally means: - ANSWER-one who/draws/toward "medially" A Stethoscope is placed over the heart valves to listen to the: - ANSWER-Aortic Valve Bicuspid and Tricuspid Valves Pulmonary Valve Percussion - ANSWER-tapping on a surface to determine the difference in the density of the underlying structure The diagnostic term Pes Planus means: - ANSWER-flat foot THYR/O- - ANSWER-shield or shield shaped The Sickle Cell Anemia (Sickle Cell Trait "Gene") includes the: - ANSWER- clumping of blood in vessels causing ischemia, infarction, and tissue necrosis ischemia and lack of normal numbers of RBCs and flow to the body tissues sickle shaped RBCs which cannot carry sufficient oxygen, and get stuck in capillaries -OTRIPSY - ANSWER-crushing or to crush -GRAFT - ANSWER-to probe or cut with a knife sphygmomanometer - ANSWER-instrument to measure blood pressure BIL/I - ANSWER-bile or gall TIBIA- - ANSWER-shinbone Ultrasonography (ultrasound) - ANSWER-a procedure using high frequency sound waves to visualize internal organs. Primarily used to visualize abdominal and pelvic organs, such as the pregnant uterus. BIN- - ANSWER-two -GRAM - ANSWER-to record OV/O- - ANSWER-egg The terms Crenation, Poikilocytosis, and Anisocytosis all refer to: - ANSWER-cell shapes The muscle term supinator means: - ANSWER-turns upward - one who The condition of Hodgkin's Disease could also be known as: - ANSWER-Lymph Node Hyper/trophy Disease PET Scan - ANSWER-a visual display of brain activity that detects where a radioactive form of glucose goes while the brain performs a given task -GRAPHY - ANSWER-procedure of using an instrument to do recording OX/Y- - ANSWER-sharp or oxygen molecules -TIC - ANSWER-capable of, or state of The muscle term sphincter means: - ANSWER-that which bind together BIO- - ANSWER-life TINEA- - ANSWER-fungus PACHY- - ANSWER-thick BRACHY- - ANSWER-short Colposcopy - ANSWER-visual examination of the vagina Snellen eye chart - ANSWER-eye chart used by eye care professionals and others to measure visual acuity. BRADY- - ANSWER-slow HAPLO- - ANSWER-half (single) PALSY - ANSWER-slight or moderate paralysis TONSILL/O- - ANSWER-almond shape TOP/O- - ANSWER-location PAN- - ANSWER-all, total, complete HEALT - ANSWER-wholeness Opthalmoscope - ANSWER-Instrument used to examine the eyes BREVI- - ANSWER-short TORSI- - ANSWER-twisted Tonometer - ANSWER-instrument used to measure pressure or tension PAPILLA- - ANSWER-nipple HELICO- - ANSWER-spiral BRONCH/I- - ANSWER-windpipe BRUX- - ANSWER-grinding HELIO- - ANSWER-sun PARA- - ANSWER-near, beside, beyond, around, similar, abnormal TOX/O- - ANSWER-poison transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) - ANSWER-a battery-powered device delivers stimulation to nerves to relieve acute and chronic pain TRACHE/O- - ANSWER-rough HELMINTH/O- - ANSWER-worms or worm -PARESIS - ANSWER-paralysis BUCCA- - ANSWER-cheek electrocauterization - ANSWER-using electricity to destroy tissue by burning it Diathermy - ANSWER-a medical and surgical technique involving the production of heat in a part of the body by high-frequency electric currents, to stimulate the circulation, relieve pain, destroy unhealthy tissue, or cause bleeding vessels to clot Origin early 20th century: from dia- 'through' + thermon 'heat.' BULBA - ANSWER-blister PARIET/O- - ANSWER-wall or partition TRACT/O- - ANSWER-to draw or pull HEM/O- - ANSWER-blood prosthesis - ANSWER-artificial body part BULIMO- - ANSWER-hunger HEME- - ANSWER-iron PART/O- - ANSWER-birth or labor TRANS- - ANSWER-across or through PATELL/O- - ANSWER-little dish or knee cap Inhaler - ANSWER-A spray device with a mouthpiece that contains an aerosol form of a medication that a patient can spray into his airway. BURS/O- - ANSWER-wine sac, sac HEMI- - ANSWER-half or one half TRAUMA - ANSWER-wound cryosurgery - ANSWER-use of cold temperatures to destroy tissue CAL/O- - ANSWER-heat, heated or hot HEPAT/O- - ANSWER-liver -TRESIA - ANSWER-perforation or opening PATH/O- - ANSWER-disease PAUS/O- - ANSWER-stoppage TRI- - ANSWER-three CAPN/O- - ANSWER-carbon dioxide HISCENCE - ANSWER-to gape open PELVI/O- - ANSWER-base, basin, pelvis -TRIPSY - ANSWER-to crush pacemaker - ANSWER-An electrical device for stimulating or steadying the heartbeat or reestablishing the rhythm of an arrested heart. heart pacemaker - ANSWER-chest implant HISTO- - ANSWER-web-like or tissue PEN/O- - ANSWER-tail, organ of copulation, penis TRYPAN/O- - ANSWER-borer, to bore, drill CAPUT - ANSWER-head Surgery - ANSWER-working by hand HOLIST/O- - ANSWER-whole -PENIA - ANSWER-decrease in number TUB/O- - ANSWER-canal or tube CARBUN/O- - ANSWER-glowing ember TUBERCUL/O- - ANSWER-swelling, nodule, tubercule PENT/A- - ANSWER-five HOMEO- - ANSWER-same, constant, or unchanged CARCIN/O- - ANSWER-crab-like intensive care unit (ICU) - ANSWER-area where patients are more critically ill, require additional monitoring, and are more susceptible to infections HORMON/O- - ANSWER-to urge on TUM/O- - ANSWER-swelling or tumor growth triage - ANSWER-to sort or classify PEPS/O- - ANSWER-digestion CARDI/O- - ANSWER-heart TURGOR/O- - ANSWER-swelling PER- - ANSWER-through HUMER/O- - ANSWER-arm (upper) CARP/O- - ANSWER-wrist HYAL/O- - ANSWER-glassy or glass like PERI- - ANSWER-around CATA- - ANSWER-breakdown -TUSSIS - ANSWER-cough HYDRO- - ANSWER-water CATARACT - ANSWER-waterfall TYMPAN/O- - ANSWER-eardrum PERINE/O- - ANSWER-base or floor TYPH/O- - ANSWER-stupor PERITON/E- - ANSWER-that which holds the lower viscera HYPER- - ANSWER-increase or above CATARRH- - ANSWER-to flow down PERONEO- - ANSWER-pin or concerning the lower outside leg bone ULCER- - ANSWER-sore HYPN/O- - ANSWER-sleep CATHETER/O- - ANSWER-to let down into HYPO- - ANSWER-under or below PES - ANSWER-foot -ULE - ANSWER-small or lesser CAUD/O - ANSWER-tail CAUST/O - ANSWER-burn or heat HYSTER/O- - ANSWER-uterus -CENTESIS - ANSWER-surgical puncture to drain fluid -ID - ANSWER-state of -PHERESIS - ANSWER-withdrawal or to separate CENTI- - ANSWER-one-hundredth part VAG/O- - ANSWER-wanderer (the longest cranial nerve) -PHILE - ANSWER-love of, to love, love for ILE/O- - ANSWER-twisted ILIO- - ANSWER-flank CENTR/I- - ANSWER-center PHIM/O- - ANSWER-to muzzle or muzzling VAGIN/O- - ANSWER-sheath CEPHALO- - ANSWER-head IM- - ANSWER-into or not PHLEB/O- - ANSWER-vein VALG/U- - ANSWER-inward IMMUN/O- - ANSWER-safe, protect, immune VALVUL/O- - ANSWER-tiny fold or small valve PHOB/O- - ANSWER-fear -CEPT- - ANSWER-receiver CEREBR/O- - ANSWER-brain IN SITU - ANSWER-in position or location PHOC/O- - ANSWER-seal VAR/U- - ANSWER-outward CERU- - ANSWER-wax IN- - ANSWER-into or not PHON/O- - ANSWER-voice or sound VARIC/O- - ANSWER-twisted CERV/I- - ANSWER-neck PHOR/O- - ANSWER-feeling (mental) VARICELLA - ANSWER-tiny spot INCUS - ANSWER-anvil INFARCT- - ANSWER-to stuff into VAS/O- - ANSWER-vessel CHALAZ/IO- - ANSWER-hailstone -PHORESIS - ANSWER-migration, transport, move or carry CHANCR/O- - ANSWER-ulcer or sore INFECT/O- - ANSWER-to invade PHOT/O- - ANSWER-light VEN/O- - ANSWER-vein CHEIL/O- - ANSWER-lip INFLAM/O- - ANSWER-flame within PHRAG/O- - ANSWER-wall or partition VENTR/O- - ANSWER-belly PHRASO- - ANSWER-speech or talk VERA- - ANSWER-true CHIRO- - ANSWER-head INFRA- - ANSWER-under or below CHLOR/O- - ANSWER-green INGUIN/O- - ANSWER-groin -PHRAXIA - ANSWER-stoppage or obstruction VERMI- - ANSWER-worm VERACA/E- - ANSWER-wart CHOLANGIO- - ANSWER-bile duct -IOR - ANSWER-one who is PITYR/I- - ANSWER-bran (cereal like scales on skin) VITILIG/O- - ANSWER-to corrupt CIL/I- - ANSWER-eyelash-like -IOUS - ANSWER-state of PLACENT/A- - ANSWER-cake VOLV/O- - ANSWER-to twist, twisting, rolling -PLAKIA - ANSWER-plate or plate-like CINE/O- - ANSWER-movement filming VULV/O- - ANSWER-covering IPSI- - ANSWER-equal WHEAL - ANSWER-round or circle CIRCUM- - ANSWER-around IR- - ANSWER-not or lack of PLAN/O- - ANSWER-flat or a plain CIRRH/O- - ANSWER-yellow-orange IR/O- - ANSWER-rainbow PLANT/O- - ANSWER-sole of foot WHITLOW - ANSWER-white flow XANTH/O- - ANSWER-yellow -CIS - ANSWER-to cut ISCH/O- - ANSWER-deficiency, blockage, to hold back PLAS- - ANSWER-growth, development, formation ISCHI/O- - ANSWER-hip joint or hip -CLAST - ANSWER-breakdown -PLEG/IA - ANSWER-paralysis XEN/O- - ANSWER-strange or foreign CALVICUL/O- - ANSWER-collarbone -ISH - ANSWER-resembling or related to PLEUR/O- - ANSWER-side or rib XERO- - ANSWER-dry YAWS - ANSWER-raspberry appearance CLEIDO- - ANSWER-clavicle -ISM - ANSWER-state of or condition of -PLEXY - ANSWER-paralysis -PNEA - ANSWER-breathe or breathing ISO- - ANSWER-equal or same -Y - ANSWER-procedure of or process of CLINO- - ANSWER-bent -CLYSIS - ANSWER-irrigation or injection -IST - ANSWER-specialist ZYGO- - ANSWER-union PNEUM/O- - ANSWER-lung, air, respiration CO- - ANSWER-two -ITES - ANSWER-dropsy or drooping -POIE/SIS - ANSWER-to make, form, produce A & A - ANSWER-awake and aware -ITIS - ANSWER-inflamed or inflammation POIKIL/O- - ANSWER-irregular or varied shape A & O - ANSWER-alert and oriented COAGUL/O- - ANSWER-clot or clotting -COCCUS - ANSWER-berry PRE- - ANSWER-before B4 - ANSWER-4th degree (stage 4) burn KIL/O- - ANSWER-one thousand CONI/O- - ANSWER-dust -CONIS - ANSWER-cone-shaped KINE- - ANSWER-movement or motion PREPUCE - ANSWER-foreskin or hood B6 - ANSWER-Pyridoxine HCL Vitamin PRESBYO- - ANSWER-old B7 - ANSWER-Biotin Vitamin CONJUCTIV/O- - ANSWER-joined together KRAUR/O- - ANSWER-dryness PRIM/I- - ANSWER-first B8 - ANSWER-Adenosine Phosphate Vitamin KYPH/O- - ANSWER-hunchback CONTRA- - ANSWER-against LABIO- - ANSWER-lip CONTUS/I- - ANSWER-bruise PRO- - ANSWER-before BaE - ANSWER-barium enema CONVOLO- - ANSWER-to roll together LABRYNITHO- - ANSWER-maze PROCT/O- - ANSWER-rectum or anus BID - ANSWER-two times per day CORD- - ANSWER-cord LACER/O- - ANSWER-to tear BP - ANSWER-blood pressure PRONE- - ANSWER-to bend forward LACRIM/O- - ANSWER-tearing or tear CORI/O- - ANSWER-skin PROPRI/O- - ANSWER-property (nerve stimuli or information) BS - ANSWER-blood sugar, bowel sounds, before sleep, breath sounds, Blue Shield LACT/O- - ANSWER-milk CORNE/O- - ANSWER-cornea BT - ANSWER-body temperature, bleeding time, brain tumor PROSTAT/O- - ANSWER-one who lies before CORNU- - ANSWER-horny LAMIN/O- - ANSWER-thin flat plate or layer BUN - ANSWER-blood urea nitrogen PROT/O- - ANSWER-first LAP/I- - ANSWER-stone PROXIM/O- - ANSWER-close or closest BX - ANSWER-biopsy or Blue Cross CORON/O- - ANSWER-crowning CORONAL PLANE - ANSWER-frontal body cut -LAPSE - ANSWER-falling or slippage PRUR/I- - ANSWER-itch or itching CBC - ANSWER-complete blood count CORP/O- - ANSWER-body PSEUD/O- - ANSWER-false CC - ANSWER-chief complaint or chief component LARYNGO- - ANSWER-voice box D & D - ANSWER-diarrhea and dehydration CRYPTO- - ANSWER-hidden LIBID/O- - ANSWER-desire PUPILL/O- - ANSWER-pupil DAD - ANSWER-drug administration devide LICHEN/I- - ANSWER-plant PURPUR/O- - ANSWER-purple DAT - ANSWER-diet as tolerated CUB/O- - ANSWER-cube CUBIT/O- - ANSWER-elbow LIENO- - ANSWER-spleen PYEL/O- - ANSWER-pelvis or kidney DD - ANSWER-differential diagnosis LIGA- - ANSWER-to bind CULD/O- - ANSWER-blind pouch PYKN/O- - ANSWER-thick, dense, compact DNS - ANSWER-did not show -CULE - ANSWER-little LINGU- - ANSWER-tongue PYL/O- - ANSWER-gatekeeper DPT - ANSWER-diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus CURRETT/O- - ANSWER-scooping or scraping LIP/O- - ANSWER-fat PYO- - ANSWER-pus DX & PX - ANSWER-diagnosis and prognosis -CUSIS - ANSWER-hearing -LISTHESIS - ANSWER-slippage DZ - ANSWER-disease or dozen PYRET/O- - ANSWER-fever CUSP/I- - ANSWER-pointed -LITER - ANSWER-liter QUADR/I- - ANSWER-four EKG - ANSWER-electrocardiogram LITH/O- - ANSWER-stone, calculus or rock CUTI/O- - ANSWER-skin QUINT/I- - ANSWER-five EMG - ANSWER-electromyography LOB/O- - ANSWER-lobe ENT - ANSWER-ear, nose, and throat RADI/O- - ANSWER-ray, spoke, X-ray, radio activity CYAN/O- - ANSWER-blue CYCL/O- - ANSWER-circle LORD/O- - ANSWER-swayback (to bend) RADIC/O- - ANSWER-nerve root or spinal nerve ESWL - ANSWER-extracorporal shock wave lithotripsy -CYESIS - ANSWER-pregnancy LUMB/O- - ANSWER-loin RAY- - ANSWER-spoke or wave length FBS - ANSWER-fasting blood sugar CYST/O- - ANSWER-bladder or sac LUMP- - ANSWER-small mass RE- - ANSWER-again FOD - ANSWER-free of disease HCV - ANSWER-Hepatitis C virus MAGNI- - ANSWER-large or greater DEM/O- - ANSWER-people RHYTID/O- - ANSWER-wrinkles HI, HOH - ANSWER-Hearing impaired or hard of hearing DEMI- - ANSWER-half MAL- - ANSWER-bad, harm, injury RICHETTS/IA - ANSWER-rickets like symptoms in joints I & O - ANSWER-intake and output DENDR/O- - ANSWER-tree-shaped MALAC/O- - ANSWER-soft or softening ROENT/O- - ANSWER-X-ray ICU - ANSWER-intensive care unit DENTO- - ANSWER-teeth ROTAT/O- - ANSWER-to turn or swing around ID - ANSWER-infectious disease, intial dose, intradermal MALL/E/OLUS - ANSWER-little hammer -RRHYTHM - ANSWER-rhythm or contraction DEPRESS/O - ANSWER-lower MALLE/O- - ANSWER-hammer IV - ANSWER-intravenous DERM/O- - ANSWER-skin MAMM/O- - ANSWER-breast RUBE/O- - ANSWER-red KUB - ANSWER-kidney, ureter, bladder MAN/O- - ANSWER-hand RUG/A- - ANSWER-folds LBP - ANSWER-low blood pressure DERMAT/O- - ANSWER-skin -DESIS - ANSWER-bind MAND/I- - ANSWER-chew or chewer SACCHAR/O- - ANSWER-sugar MD - ANSWER-muscular dystrophy, manic depression, mental deficiency, Medical Doctor ml - ANSWER-milliliter DEXTR/O- - ANSWER-right SACR/O- - ANSWER-saucer or sacred bone -MANIA - ANSWER-madness MMR - ANSWER-measles, mumps, and rubella DIA- - ANSWER-across MASSET/O- - ANSWER-chewer or to chew SAGITT/O- - ANSWER-arrow or arrow like DIDYMUS- - ANSWER-testes MASSEUR - ANSWER-male massager MS - ANSWER-multiple sclerosis, mitral stenosis SALIV/O- - ANSWER-spit DIFFERENT- - ANSWER-to separate MAST/O- - ANSWER-breast SALPING/O- - ANSWER-tube, duct, canal N & V - ANSWER-nausea and vomiting DIGIT- - ANSWER-finger or toe MASTIC/O- - ANSWER-to chew or chewing SARC/O- - ANSWER-fleshy SCROT/O- - ANSWER-sac or pouch ROS - ANSWER-review of systems RR - ANSWER-respiration rate or recovery room DORS/O- - ANSWER-back SCURVY - ANSWER-to scratch MELAN/O- - ANSWER-black DROMO- - ANSWER-running MEN/O- - ANSWER-monthly or month SEB/O- - ANSWER-oil Rx - ANSWER-prescription, drug, medication, reaction DUCT/O- - ANSWER-lead away SECRETO- - ANSWER-separating or to separate MENING/O- - ANSWER-membrane S.O.S. - ANSWER-if necessary, if urgently required, may be repeated once MENISC/O- - ANSWER-crescent SECT/O- - ANSWER-to cut sig. - ANSWER-Let It Be Written, label, instructions DUODEN/O- - ANSWER-twelve DURA- - ANSWER-hard MENT/O- - ANSWER-mind SEMI- - ANSWER-half SOB - ANSWER-shortness of breath DY/O- - ANSWER-two or a pair -MENTUM - ANSWER-chin SEMIN/O- - ANSWER-seed or seed producer stat - ANSWER-immediate DYNAM/O- - ANSWER-work or strength MES/O- - ANSWER-middle SENIL/E- - ANSWER-old STI - ANSWER-sexually transmitted infections, skin test dose SEPT/A- - ANSWER-partition or wall META- - ANSWER-beyond or change -DYNIA - ANSWER-pain SX - ANSWER-symptom, sign, surgery SEPT/I- - ANSWER-seventh TBC - ANSWER-tuberculosis, total blood (cell) count -METER - ANSWER-measurement DYS- - ANSWER-painful SEPT/O- - ANSWER-poison, infection, decay, putrefy TENS - ANSWER-transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation METR/A- - ANSWER-uterus or womb -E - ANSWER-instrument -METRY - ANSWER-measurement procedure E- - ANSWER-out or remove SIAL/O- - ANSWER-saliva or spit TIA - ANSWER-transient ischemic attack EC- - ANSWER-outside SIDER/O- - ANSWER-iron TKO - ANSWER-to keep open MICRO- - ANSWER-small ECCRINE- - ANSWER-secreting MICTUR/O- - ANSWER-to make water or urinate