MT | Intro to Med Terms Review MC

bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge

• -rrhage

• -rrhaphy

• -rrhea

• -rrhexis

surgical incision, process of cutting into

• -plasty
• -ectomy
• -otomy
• -ostomy

myectomy

• surgical repair of muscle
• surgical removal of muscle
• surgical incision of eye
• surgical repair of eye muscle

Which suffix would be added to the end of the medical term to complete the sentence below?

Visual examination of the abdomen is laparo_______.

• -ctomy

• -scopy

• -logy

• -gram

The surgical puncture of the joint space to remove synovial fluid is called...

• Arthroscopy
• Arthrodesis
• Arthrocentesis

BONE

• ARTHR/O
• BON/O
• ORTH/O
• OSTE/O

feeling of general discomfort or uneasiness that is often the first indication of an infection

• inflammation
• edema
• malaise
• pyrosis

Hardening caused by yellowish plaque: athero (a)  

swelling

• -itis
• gastrosis
• edema
• -ectomy

Which of the following means to feel something?

• auscultation

• percussion

• palpation

• palpitation