Medical Terminology Midterm - Flashcards

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A ______ is attached to the beginning of a word root to modify it's meaning.

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Prefix

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A degenerative inflammatory condition of bone and joint is:

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Osteoarthitis

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A letter linking a suffix and a root, or linking two roots, in a term is the:

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Combining vowel

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A patient who ha her liver removed underwent a:

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Hepatectomy

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A patient with an inflammation of the stomach and intestines has:

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Gastroenteritis

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A red blood cell is called an:

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Erythrocyte

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A tumor of the liver is called a:

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Hepatoma

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An electro_____gram is a record of the electrical conduction of the heart.

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Cardio

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Enteitis is inflammation of the:

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Intestine

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Epi- is a:

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Prefix

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Gastritis is the inflammation of the:

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Stomach

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Hepatitis is inflammation of the:

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Liver

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Hypo- is a:

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Prefix

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In the word nephrosis, the suffix is ____, which means ____.

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-osis, Condition

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Incision into bone is called:

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Osteotomy

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Jason was seen by the pediatric nurse practitioner for chills, headache, and a fever of 102ºF. Both of his parotid glands were swollen. Blood tests showed leukocytosis. The term Leukocytosis has:

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Two combining forms and one suffix

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Most often the combining vowel is the letter ____.

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O

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Shawn, age 16, is being treated for leukemia, which is a condition in which there is a marked increase in abnormal:

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White blood cells

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Surgical removal of all or part of the stomach is:

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Gastrectomy

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The abnormal condition of a clot in a blood vessel is called:

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Thrombosis

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The abnormal condition of having a blood clot is called:

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Thrombosis

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The combining form is made up of the ____ and a combining vowel.

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Root

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The combining form that means bladder is:

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Cyst/o

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The combining vowel connects the root to the ____ or to another root.

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Suffix

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The combining vowel is usually dropped when the suffix begins with ____.

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a vowel

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The foundation of a word is known as the:

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Root

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The medical term for pain in a joint is:

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Arthralgia

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The study of disease is called:

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Pathology

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The study of diseased of the urinary system is ____logy; the word part you chose is a ____.

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uro, combining form

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The study of the heart is ____logy.

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Cardio

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The study of the stomach and intestines and their diseases is called:

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Gastroenterology

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The suffix that means cutting into or incision is:

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-tomy

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The surgical removal of all or part of the kidney is known as:

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Nephrectomy

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The term for a part of the hip bone is:

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Ilium

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The term that means the process of cutting into is:

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Incision

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The term that refers to a part of the hip bone is:

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ilium

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The terms osteoarthritis and gastroenterology are both examples of using a combining vowel:

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to connect two word roots, even if the second root begins with a vowel

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The word part -gram is a:

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Suffix

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The word part -itis is a:

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Suffix

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The word part enter/o is a:

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Combining form

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The root word for cancer is:

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Carcin

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The word root for urine, urinary tract is:

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Ur

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____ means inflammation of the joints and is composed of the combining form ____ and the suffix ____.

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Arthritis, arthro/o, -itis

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____ means nerve pain. The term is composed of the combining form ____ and the suffix ____.

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Neuralgia, neur/o, -algia

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____ means removal of the stomach. the term is composed of the combining form ____ an the suffix ____.

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Gstrectomy, gastr/o, -etomy

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____dermic means below the skin; the word part you chose is a ____.

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Hypo, prefix

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____gastric meas pertaining to below the stomach. The word part you chose is a ____.

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Sub-, prefi

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____itis is inflammation of a gland

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Aden

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____itis is the inflammation of the kidney.

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Nephr

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____al means pertaining to the kidneys. The word part you chose is a ____.

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Ren, word root

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The prefix macro- means ____; the opposite of macro- is

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Large, micro-

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The prefix post- means ____; the opposite of post- is

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After or behind; pre-

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Trauma sustained beneath the eye (orbit/o) is ____orbital trauma.

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infra

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Which of the following prefixes can mean before?

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Ante-, pre-

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Which prefix combined with calcemia means pertaining to deficient blood calcium?

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Hypo-

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Which prefix combined with costal means pertaining to beneath the ribs

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Infra-

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Which prefix combined with lateral means pertaining to one side

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Uni-

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Which prefix combined with peritoneal means pertaining to behind the peritoneum

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Retro-

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Which prefix combined with thoracic means pertaining to above the chest?

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Supra-

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____aise is a bad feeling or vague feeling of bodily discomfort

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Mal

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____cephalic means pertaining to an abnormally small head and brain

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Micro

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____osteum is the tough fibrous membrane surrounding a bone

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Peri

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A ____glossectomy means the surgical removal of half the tongue

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Hemi

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A temporary absence of breathing is ____pnea

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a

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An ____cision is a cut produced surgically with a sharp instrument

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in

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A ____lapse is the recurrence of a disease or symptoms after apparent recovery; the symptoms or disease comes back again.

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re

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Mr. Canton was diagnosed wit a heart block. As a result, he had a slow heartbeat, or ____cardia

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brady

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Mr. Gladstone was diagnosed with benign prostatic ____trophy, or increase in the size of the organs tissue cells

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hyper

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Mrs. Ferrari's physician told her that she had an ____topic pregnancy and explained that the embryo was implanted outside the uterus in the fallopian tubes.

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ex

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Ms. Tanager had two units of blood transfused into, or within, the veins; the procedure was done ____venously.

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intra

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Occurring or performed after death is referred to as:

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Postmortem

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The ____physis pubis is the joint formed by the fusion of the two pubic bones.

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sym

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The bones beyond (distal to) the carpals are the ____carpals.

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