Med. Terminology Ch. 9-13

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Willa French calls her doctor's office for an appointment, believing the pain and burning she feels when urinating are symptoms of a urinary tract infection. What term means difficult or painful urination?

Dysuria

Willa French calls her doctor's office for an appointment, believing the pain and burning she feels when urinating are symptoms of a urinary tract infection. What term means difficult or painful urination?

dysuria

A knot of varicose veins located on one side of the scrotum is a/an

varicocele

What does the combining form salping/o mean?

fallopian tube / eustachian tube / tube

he backward flow of urine into the ureters from the bladder is called

vesicoureteral reflux

sarc/o

flesh, connective tissue

-lithiasis

presence of stones

trache/o

windpipe, trachea

proct/o (answer spaced out because of profanity restrictions)

a nu s and rect u m

phleb/o

vein

The term for excessive urination is

polyuria

Which term means inflammation of the bladder?

cystitis

The medical term meaning scanty urination is

oliguria

The disorder characterized by the presence of stones in the kidney is known as

nephrolithiasis

The abbreviation for human growth hormone is:

HGH

Why would a patient have an orchiopexy?

to fixate an undropped testicle

The absence of urine formation by the kidneys is known as

anuria

The term that describes the production of breast milk in women who are not breastfeeding is

.

galactorrhea

Why would a patient have an orchiopexy?

to fixate an undescended testicle

Which is a general term for any disease of the kidney?

nephropathy

-tropic

having an affinity for

derm/o

skin

vesic/o

urinary bladder

ot/o

ear, hearing

lip/o

fat. lipid

Which sexually transmitted disease is spread through contact with a chancre?

syphilis

-plasm

formative material of cells

pleur/o

pleura, side of the body

chol/e

bile, gall

aort/o

aorta

col/o

colon, large intestine

What does glyc/o mean?

sugar

contus/o

bruise

cry/o

cold

-tripsy

to crush

-opia

vision condition

hidr/o

sweat

The abbreviation for acute renal failure is:

ARF

The condition of excessive mammary development in the male is known as

gynecomastia

Which combining form means secrete?

crin/o

radicul/o

root or nerve root

hirsut/o

hairy, rough

ureter/o

ureter

cuntane/o

skin

opt/o

eye, vision

encephal/o

brain

melan/o

black, dark

phak/o

lens of eye

acr/o

extremities (hand and feet), top, extreme point

-dipsia

thirst

Which combining form means uterus?

hyster/o

What condition affects the veins?

varicocele

Which term means an absence of urine formation by the kidneys?

anuria

The abbreviation for electroencephalography is:

EEG

A surgical puncture with a needle to obtain a specimen of amniotic fluid is known as

amniocentesis

Which combining form means urinary bladder?

vesic/o

Which combining form means testicles?

orchid/o

The surgical removal of one or both ovaries is a/an

oophorectomy

The medical term that describes excessive uterine bleeding occurring both during the usual time of menstrual periods and at other irregular intervals is

menometrorrhagia

What does nephr/o mean?

kidney

The medical term that means excessive urination during the night is

.

nocturia

What does the suffix -uria mean?

urine

Which condition is a developmental defect in which one testicle fails to descend into the scrotum?

cryptorchidism

What condition is also known as thyromegaly?

Goiter

Five-year-old Harper Re's parents are concerned by his frequent problems with nocturnal enuresis. Which best describes Harper's condition?

bed-wetting

The term that describes the absence of sperm in the semen is

azoospermia

The abbreviation for diabetes mellitus is:

DM

Why would a physician perform extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy on a patient?

to break up a kidney stone

An abnormal growth of the entire body that is caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone before puberty is

gigantism

Which potentially fatal condition, characterized by a sudden onset and uremia, may be caused by severe infection, burns, or dehydration?

acute renal failure

Which form of dialysis filters waste products directly from the patient's blood?

hemodialysis

What combining form means vagina?

colp/o

What does the suffix -cele mean?

Hernia

Joseph Dees, who is two weeks premature, is born with a fluid-filled sac in his scrotum. What is the term for Joseph's condition?

hydroceleadren/o

adren/o

adrenal glands

presby/o

old age

mening/o

membranes, meninges

myc/o

fungus

glyc/o

glucose, sugar

Which combining form means uterus?

hyster/o