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 .... postnatali

Musculus depressor labii superioris... levator

Haematoma epidurale ... subdurale

Patiens immobilis... mobilis

Dolores acuti in hypogastrio....epigastrio


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

                                                            contraceptivum

                                                                            anti-/ant-

(2)  cum-

            squeezing or pressing

                                                            compressio

                                                                            sym-/syn-

(3)  intra-

            (adjective) inside a joint

                                                            intraarticularis

                                                                            endo-

(4)  dis-

            cutting and separating an

            organ/body as a part

            of a surgical operation or

            autopsy

                                                            dissectio

                                                                            dia-/di-; ana-

(5)  per-

            a hole made through the

            entire thickness of the tissue

                                                            perforatio

                                                                            dia-/di-


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

above the breastbone                                                  suprasternalis (adjective)

membrane which surrounds the heart                pericardium (noun)

capable of being dissolved                                        solubilis (adjective)

a condition in which a part of the body

becomes inflammed                                                    inflammatio (noun)

small root                                                                         radicula (noun)

resembling a wing                                                        pterygoideus (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


prefix circum- = around

root -cis- = cutting

suffix -io = act/process

cutting around; surgical removal of the foreskin of the penis

Nicotinismus


root nicotin- = nicotine

suffix -ismus = addiction

nicotinism, addiction to nicotine

Paravertebralis


prefix para- = near to

root -vertebr- = vertebra

suffix -alis = relation

near to vertebrae; beside the vertebral column

Irradiatio

prefix ir- = in, into

root radi- = ray

suffix -at- = equipped with

suffix -io = act/process

medical treatment by exposure to radiation; dispersion of nervous impulse beyond the normal path of
conduction

Tracheitis


root trache- = trachea

suffix -itis = inflammation

inflammatory disease of the trachea


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

Cardiostimulans is a drug stimulating the function of the heart.

Detoxicans is a drug counteracting poisoning.

Hypnoticum is a drug inducing sleep.

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