Medical Terminology 1

The word element ITIS means

• condition

• inflammation

• soft

• malignant

The combining form CYANO means

• painful

• condition

• blue

• extremeties

The combining form CYSTO means:

• kidney

• heart

• bladder

• none of the above

The suffix CENTESIS refers to:

• excision

• puncture

• hernia

• binding

The suffix which means PAIN is:

• olgia

• algia

• ectomy

• ilgia

Enlargement of the heart is called:

• cardialgia

• carditis

• tachycardia

• megalocardia

What is the medical term for "headache"

• cephalalgia

• cephalemia

• cephalonia

• cephalocele

What is the medical term for excessive vomiting?

• hyperbaria

• hyperemesis

• hypersalemia

• hypercatharsis

What is the medical term for enlargement of the kidney?

• nephrolysis

• nephropexy

• nephroptosis

• nephromegaly

A common word for "sternum" is:

• pelvic girdle

• breastbone

• rib cage

• hip bone