BASIC MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY II

                          Partial test 2 (spring term 2014) mock version


Name:..............................................................................................
.................... Date:.................................. Group:............

1) Give opposites of the highlighted words.

Complicationes in periodo praenatali

Musculus depressor labii superioris

Haematoma epidurale

Patiens immobilis

Dolores acuti in hypogastrio


2) Use Latin prefixes in the first column to derive new words with the given meaning; then find a
parallel Greek prefix. Follow the example.


Latin prefix

            English equivalent or                description

                                                            Derived word

                                                                         Parallel Greek prefix

e.g. extra-

            (adjective) outside the uterus

                                                            extrauterinus

                                                                         ecto-/exo-

(1)  contra-

            a medicament that prevents

            pregnancy



(2)  cum-

            squeezing or pressing



(3)  intra-

            (adjective) inside a joint



(4)  dis-

            cutting and separating an

            organ/body as a part

            of a surgical operation or

            autopsy



(5)  per-

            a hole made through the

            entire thickness of the tissue




3) Give Latin/Greek terms to the English definitions.

above the breastbone
______________________________ (adjective)

membrane which surrounds the heart                                  ______________________________
(noun)

capable of being dissolved
______________________________ (adjective)

a condition in which a part of the body

becomes inflammed
______________________________ (noun)

small root
  ______________________________ (noun)

resembling a wing
______________________________ (adjective)

4) Analyse the following terms by describing the word root and its prefixes and/or suffixes.
Translate the expression.


Example:

Aquosus

               Analysis:

               root aqu- = water, suffix -osus = full of

                                                        Translation:

                                                        full of water

Circumcisio




Nicotinismus




Paravertebralis




Irradiatio




Tracheitis





5) Give Latin/Greek names of medications to the English definitions.

_________________________________________________ is a drug stimulating the function of the heart.

_________________________________________________ is a drug counteracting poisoning.

_________________________________________________ is a drug inducing sleep.

_________________________________________________ is a drug defending or protecting from a disease
or infection.