Medical Terminology Simplified

554 APPENDIX A• Glossary of Medical Word Elements Medical Word Medical Word Element Meaning Element Meaning ot/o ear -ous pertai ...

Glossary of Medical Word Elements • APPENDIX A 555 Medical Word Medical Word Element Meaning Element Meaning -ptosis prolapse, d ...

556 APPENDIX A• Glossary of Medical Word Elements Medical Word Medical Word Element Meaning Element Meaning steth/o chest sthen/ ...

Glossary of Medical Word Elements • APPENDIX A 557 Medical Word Medical Word Element Meaning Element Meaning vascul/o vessel (us ...

APPENDIX B 558 Answer Key CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMED LEARNING AND MEDICAL WORD BUILDING Frame 1–51 Medical Term Combi ...

Answer Key • APPENDIX B 559 Surgical Suffixes Term Meaning arthr/o/centesis surgical puncture of a joint ăr-thrō-sĕn-TĒ-sĭs arth ...

Diagnostic Suffixes Pathologic Suffixes 560 APPENDIX B• Answer Key Term Meaning electr/o/cardi/o/gram record of electrical activ ...

Answer Key • APPENDIX B 561 Continued Term Meaning an/emia literally means without blood (blood condition caused by iron ă-NĒ-mē ...

Section Review 1–2 Common Prefixes 562 APPENDIX B• Answer Key Term Meaning dia/rrhea discharge or flow through (abnormally frequ ...

Answer Key • APPENDIX B 563 Continued Term Meaning circum/duction act of leading around (movement of a part, such as an extremit ...

CHAPTER 2: BODY STRUCTURE Section Review 2–1 564 APPENDIX B• Answer Key Term Meaning mono/cyte large mononuclear leukocyte MŎN-ō ...

Answer Key • APPENDIX B 565 Section Review 2–2 1.hist/o 4.proxim/o 7.ventr/o 10.caud/o 13. infer/o 2.-al, -ior 5.-logy 8.-toxic ...

566 APPENDIX B• Answer Key Medical Term Word Element Meaning craniometer crani/o (CF) cranium (skull) -meter (S) instrument for ...

Answer Key • APPENDIX B 567 CHAPTER 3: INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM Section Review 3–1 Term Meaning hypo/derm/ic -ic: pertaining to; un ...

568 APPENDIX B• Answer Key Medical Record Activity 3–1: Compound Nevus Evaluation What is a nevus? A mole; a type of skin tumor ...

Answer Key • APPENDIX B 569 Medical Term Word Elements Meaning diaphoresis dia- (P) through, across -phoresis (S) carrying, tra ...

570 APPENDIX B• Answer Key Vocabulary Review 1.subcutaneous 6. suction lipectomy 11.onychoma 16.xeroderma 2.diaphoresis 7. onych ...

Answer Key • APPENDIX B 571 Additional Medical Terms Review 1.stridor 5. coryza 9.pneumothorax 13.MRI 17.hypoxemia 2.epistaxis 6 ...

Word Elements Chapter Review 572 APPENDIX B• Answer Key Medical Term Word Elements Meaning anoxia an- (P) without, not -oxia (S ...

Answer Key • APPENDIX B 573 Medical Term Word Elements Meaning rhinorrhea rhin/o (CF) nose -rrhea (S) discharge, flow spirometr ...