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Medical Terminology: Chapter 3

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  • Dys- means?
    difficulty
  • What is the prefix that means "red?"
    rubi/o-
  • The patient is paraplegic. What part of the body is affected?
    one side or half
  • Quad- means?
    4
  • I have tachycardia, my heart rate is?
    fast
  • A leukocyte is a ________ blood cell.
    white
  • When a patient has cirrhosis, what color does the skin become?
    orange-yellow
  • What is the term for high blood glucose?
    hyperglycemia
  • What is the prefix that means "white"?
    albi-
  • Endo- means?
    within
  • The patient is receiving hydrotherapy. What does the prefix hydro- mean?
    water
  • What is the prefix for green?
    chlor/o-
  • What is the prefix that means yellow?
    xanth/o-
  • If I am turning cyanotic, what color am I?
    blue
  • The patient has purpura. What color is the skin?
    purple
  • What is the prefix for "before?"
    pre-
  • Which prefix means after?
    post
  • I have bradycardia, my heart rate is:
    slow
  • Erythrocyte is a ________ blood cell.
    red
  • In the medical term, melanoma, what is the color for the prefix "melan/o-"?
    black
  • Afebrile means:
    without fever