Medical Terminology Flashcard

The word "seborrhea" combines seb- (oil) with -rrhea meaning _____

Select the word that has the suffix that means the process of cutting: fibrinolysis, nephectomy, hematopoiesis, gastrotomy

Select the word that has the word root that means bone marrow: hyperlipidemia, thrombocyte, neuropathology, osteomyelitis

Which of the following terms describes pain in the joints? Myopathy, Atrophy, Osteoarthritis, Arthralgia

Select the word that has the word root that means rib: akylosis, kyphosis, craniotomy, intercostal.

What kind of word part is -osis?

Select the term that means inflammation of the bone marrow.

Select the word that has the word root that means fat: subcutaneous, adipose, biology, epidermis

Select the word that has the prefix that means many: ambidextrous, craniotomy, kyphosis, polyphagia

Select the word that has the prefix that means under: atrophy, hyperhidrosis, epidermis, subcutaneous