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What does the term X-ize refer to?

  • To become x
  • To do action of x
  • To make x
  • All of the above (correct)

    • What does the termination p.t x refer to?

  • x-al = x-al/is, x-al/e
  • x-ic = -x-icus, x-ica, icum
  • x-ous = x-os/us, x-os/a, x-os,um
  • All of the above (correct)

    • What does x-oid mean?

    Resembling x

    What does x-ia refer to?

    <p>An abnormal condition involving x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-ist mean?

    <p>One who specializes in x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-in refer to?

    <p>A substance of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-itis mean?

    <p>The inflammation of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-rrhexis refer to?

    <p>The rupturing of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-schisis mean?

    <p>The splitting of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-iasis denote?

    <p>The abnormal presence of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-clasis represent?

    <p>The breaking of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-pathy mean?

    <p>A disease of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-megaly indicate?

    <p>The enlargement of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-phagy refer to?

    <p>The ingestion of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-genesis mean?

    <p>The production of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-genetic refer to?

    <p>Pertaining to the production of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-genous denote?

    <p>Produced by x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-genic refer to?

    <p>Producing x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-gen mean?

    <p>A substance which produces x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-plasia mean?

    <p>The formation of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-poiesis mean?

    <p>The formation of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-kinesis refer to?

    <p>The movement of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-algia mean?

    <p>Pain in x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-dynia refer to?

    <p>Pain in x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-plegia mean?

    <p>The paralysis of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-penia indicate?

    <p>A deficiency of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-orrhagia refer to?

    <p>The rapid flowing of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-malac/ia mean?

    <p>The softening of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-necrosis denote?

    <p>The death of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-stenosis mean?

    <p>The narrowing of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-sclerosis mean?

    <p>The hardening of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-optosis mean?

    <p>The downward displacement of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-ec/top/ia mean?

    <p>The displacement of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-agr/a refer to?

    <p>Gouty pain in x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-orrhea mean?

    <p>The flowing of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-edema refer to?

    <p>The swelling of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-cele refer to?

    <p>The protrusion of x or protrusion of something through x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-lith denote?

    <p>A calculus involving x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-ismus mean?

    <p>A spasm of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-spasm mean?

    <p>A spasm of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-ec/tas/ia refer to?

    <p>The distention of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does dys mean?

    <p>Defective</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does a mean in medical terminology?

    <p>Lack of</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-a/sthen/ia refer to?

    <p>The lack of strength of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-therap/y mean?

    <p>Treatment by means of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-iatr/y signify?

    <p>The healing of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-stas/is mean?

    <p>The stopping of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-cent/es/is refer to?

    <p>The surgical puncturing of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-plast/y mean?

    <p>The surgical repair of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-rrhaphy indicate?

    <p>The suturing of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-tom/y mean?

    <p>The cutting of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-ec/tom/y signify?

    <p>The cutting out of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-os/tom/y mean?

    <p>The making of an opening in x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-ics refer to?

    <p>The science of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o/log/ist mean?

    <p>One who studies x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-scop/y refer to?

    <p>The examination of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-metr/y mean?

    <p>The measurement of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-graphy refer to?

    <p>The recording of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-pex/y mean?

    <p>The adhesion of x or the fixation of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-lysis indicate?

    <p>The disintegration of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does adhesion mean in medical terms?

    <p>An abnormal union between membrane surfaces due to inflammation or injury</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does medical terminology generally name?

    <p>Names abnormalities and procedures</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-tropism refer to?

    <p>The tendency to preferentially affect x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-tropic mean?

    <p>Preferentially affecting x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-phag-e mean?

    <p>Something which ingests x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-tom-e refer to?

    <p>An instrument for cutting x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-ec/tom-e mean?

    <p>An instrument for cutting out x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-os/tom-e denote?

    <p>An instrument for making an opening in x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-scop-e mean?

    <p>An instrument for examining x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-clas/t mean?

    <p>Something which breaks x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-stat mean?

    <p>Something which stops x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-graph mean?

    <p>An instrument for recording x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-gram mean?

    <p>A record of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-meter refer to?

    <p>An instrument for measuring x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-necrot-o-gen mean?

    <p>A substance which produces an abnormal condition involving x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-necrot-o-genic-x-os-es mean?

    <p>An abnormal condition involving x, producing the death of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does an x denote?

    <p>x-a, x-us, x-um, x-on</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-eous refer to?

    <p>Pertaining to x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following are vague noun endings?

    <p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-cyte mean?

    <p>A cell of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does X-ic-ist mean?

    <p>One who specializes in the science of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-ialis refer to?

    <p>Pertaining to x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-ostosis mean?

    <p>The ossification of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-blast refer to?

    <p>An immature cell of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-cirrhosis mean?

    <p>The hardening of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-(h)emia refer to?

    <p>The abnormal presence of blood in x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-ism mean?

    <p>A condition caused by the malfunction of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-ur-ia mean?

    <p>The abnormal presence of urine in x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-ur/es/is mean?

    <p>The passage of x in urine</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does pyel/o mean?

    <p>Renal pelvis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does pelv(i)/o or pelv/i mean?

    <p>Renal pelvis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does vesic/ul/o, gon/e/cyst/o, or spermat/o/cyst/o mean?

    <p>Seminal vesicle</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-cleisis mean?

    <p>The closure of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-camps/ia mean?

    <p>The bending of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-aux/is mean?

    <p>The enlargement of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-tripsy refer to?

    <p>The crushing or rubbing of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-o-tribe designate?

    <p>An instrument for crushing or rubbing x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-i-ferous mean?

    <p>Bearing x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-(h)elc/os/is mean?

    <p>The ulceration of x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does x-(en)/chys/is mean?

    <p>The injection of fluid into x</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Terminology and Definitions

    • X-ize: Means to become, do the action of, or make something x.
    • P.T. x: Refers to various suffixes indicating related forms, including -al, -ic, -ous, -ary, and -ine, among others, each indicating a relationship to the noun it modifies.
    • X-oid: Indicates resemblance or likeness to x, such as in the term "android".
    • X-ia: Denotes an abnormal condition involving x, synonymous with x-os/is.
    • X-ist: A specialist or expert in a particular field denoted by x.
    • X-in: Refers to a substance related to x.

    Pathological Terms

    • X-itis: Signifies inflammation of x.
    • X-o-rrhexis: The rupturing condition of x.
    • X-o-schisis: The splitting of x, indicating a structural division.
    • X-iasis: Denotes the abnormal presence of x in the body.
    • X-o-clasis: Refers to the breaking of x, such as in "osteoclast".
    • X-o-pathy: Indicates a disease condition related to x.
    • X-o-megaly: The enlargement of x; synonym: x-aux/is.
    • X-o-phagy: Describes the ingestion of x, primarily a diagnostic term.
    • X-o-genesis: The process of producing x.

    Genetic and Growth Terms

    • X-o-genetic: Pertaining to the production or creation of x.
    • X-o-genous: Refers to entities produced by x.
    • X-o-genic: Means producing x, such as "photogenic".
    • X-o-plasia: The formation or growth of x; synonymous with x-o-poiesis.

    Pain and Disorders

    • X-algia and X-o-dynia: Both signify pain associated with x.
    • X-o-plegia: Represents paralysis affecting x.
    • X-o-penia: A deficiency or lack of x.
    • X-orrhagia: Rapid flow or discharge of x.
    • X-o-malacia: The softening of x tissue.

    Anatomical and Surgical Terms

    • X-o-necrosis: The death of x tissue or organ.
    • X-o-stenosis: The narrowing of x, often referring to arteries.
    • X-o-sclerosis: The hardening of x, synonymous with x-o-cirrhosis.
    • X-optosis: A downward displacement of x.
    • X-ec/top/ia: Displacement of x; synonym: ectopy.

    Diagnostic and Treatment Terms

    • X-o-therap/y: Treatment involving x.
    • X-iatr/y: The healing practice related to x, e.g., psychiatry.
    • X-o-tropism: Tendency to preferentially affect x; x-o-tropic specifies this preferential nature.
    • X-o-scopy: Examination of x; related instruments indicated by x-o-scope.

    Scientific and Measurement Terms

    • X-ics: The scientific study of x.
    • X-o-log/ist: One who studies or practices in the field of x.
    • X-o-graph/y: The method of recording x, details specified in x-o-graph and x-o-gram for instruments and records, respectively.
    • X-o-meter: An instrument for measuring x.

    Common Suffixes and Their Meanings

    • Dys-: Indicates defective or abnormal condition.
    • A-: Signifies the lack or absence of something, e.g., lack of growth (x-a/troph/y).
    • X-o-cyte: Refers to a cell of x.
    • X-o-blast: An immature cell related to x.
    • X-ism: Condition caused by dysfunction or malfunction of x.

    General Terminology

    • Vague noun endings: Include -e, -is, -ism, -s, and -y, used to form various medical terms.
    • Adhesion: Unusual union between body membranes, typically due to injury or inflammation.

    These terminologies and definitions are crucial for understanding medical language and can serve as a foundation for further study in the field of medicine.

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