Language of Medicine- Chapter 3 & 4 Test

-opsy

• Pertaining To

• To View

• Clot

• Fear

-ectomy

• Surgical Repair

• Surgical Removal, Excision

• Expulsion

• Controlling, Stopping

adip/o

• lymph

• cartilage

• blood

• fat

Match the following Medical Terminology Words to their Definition.

• Red blood cell

• Erythrocyte

• Surgical Removal of appendix

• Appendectomy

• High Blood Pressure

• Hypertension

• Prior to birth

• Bradycardia

• Slow heartrate

• Prenatal

Match the following

• enzyme

• Hetero-

• two

• -ase

• different

• Homo-

• life

• bi-

• same

• bio-

Match the following MedTerm Prefixes

• Per-

• Throughout / Completely

• Pre-

• Near / Beside

• Peri-

• Before

• Post-

• After

• Para-

• Around / Surrounding

epi-​ (a)  

• on; over; upon
• below; below normal; deficient
• accross
• through

Prefixes are at the ​ (a)   of a medical term

• beginning
• End
• middle

Trans-​ (a)  

• across
• through; complete
• in; within
• slow

ad-

• towards

• away from

• before

• after