Medical Terminology

Activity No. 10

Name: Jessey Gil N. Bordon Date: 05/12/21

OBJECTIVES:
 To define the terms related to drugs and their actions;
 To identify and use word parts pertaining to drugs; and, 
 To analyze the medical term pertaining to drugs and actions.

I. Identify and define the suffix in each of the following words:

Suffix Meaning of Suffix

1. Anxiolytic ______-lytic_______ ________destroying________
2. Chronotropic ______-tropic______ pertaining to stimulating; affinity
for
3. Parasympathomimetic _____-mimetic_____ pertaining to simulation of a specific effect
4. Thrombolytic _______-lytic______ ________destroying________
5. Psychotropic ______-tropic______ pertaining to stimulating; affinity
for

II. Identify and define the root in each of the following words:

Root Meaning of Root

6. Hypnotic _____hypn/o______ __________sleep___________
6. Toxicology ______toxic/o_____ _________poison___________
8. Analgesia _____alges/o______ __________pain____________
6. Chemistry _____chem/o______ ________chemical__________
6. Narcosis ______narc/o______ _____stupor, numbness______

III. Define each of the following:

11. Vasoconstriction The narrowing of blood vessels; reduction in the caliber of a

blood vessel due to contraction of smooth muscle fibers in
the tunica media leading to decrease blood flow to a part.

11. Pharmacology Study of drugs; the science concerned with drugs, their
sources, appearance, chemistry, actions, and uses.

11. Mucolytic Destroying of mucus; capable of dissolving, digesting, or

liquefying mucus.

11. Gonadotropic Pertaining to stimulating the gonads; descriptive of or

relating to the actions of a gonadotropin.

11. Countertransport The transport of one substance across a membrane, coupled

with the simultaneous transport of another substance across
the same membrane in the opposite direction.