HSC 4537 Ch. 2 Self Test: Basics of Medical Terminology

which word part contains the fundamental meaning of the word?

root word

In the medical term 'intra/ven/ous; -ven- is the:

word root or stem word

The word part attached to the beginning of a word root in order to modify its meaning is called a(n):

prefix

In the medical term 'arthr/itis', -itis is the:

suffix

The word part attached to the end of a word root in order to modify its meaning is the:

suffix

The most common combining vowel is:

'o'

In the divided medical term 'arthr/o/pathy', 'o' is the:

combining vowel with both the stem word and suffix

In the devided medical term 'sub/hepat/ic', which part is the prefix and which part is the suffix?

sub- and -ic

The combining form of a stem word is usually made of two component parts, the:

word root and combining vowel

In the divided medical term 'osteropor/o/sis', the slash lines (/) indicate that the vowel "o" may be used as part of which word parts?

por- and -osis

The suffixes -a, -ia, -iac, -al, -ar, -ic, -is, -on, -os, -us, -ium, and -um are used as a generalized actual meaning (not a literal meaning) for the phase, "refers to or ______."

pertains to

Verb variations of a stem word usually describe:

action taken, condition, or state

Adjectives usually modify a noun to denote quality, extent, or:

distinction of the object from something else

Breaking a compound term into its component word parts combined with a vowel or vowels is called:

Fracturing

The combining form or term that literally means "internal organs" is:

viscer/o

My/o- is the combing form of a word part that means:

muscle

The combing form that means "cause of disease" is:

eti/o

The prefix that means "change or after" is:

meta-

The suffix that means "to control or stop" is:

-stasis

The medical term means "the science of or study of body changes caused by disease" is:

Path/o/logy

The combining form onc/o- means:

tumor

The medical term for new growth of abnormal tissue or a tumor is:

neoplasm

The literal meaning of the medical term carcin/oma is:

crab-like tumor

The correct way to fracture or divide the medical term melanocarcinoma is:

melano/carcin/oma

In the divided medical term 'osteopor/o/sis', the slash lines (/) indicate that the vowel "o" may be used as part of which word parts?

por- and -osis

Adjectives usually modify a noun to denote quality, quantity, extent, or:

distinction of the object from something else

The term 'af/ferent' , which may be used to describe sensory impulses is defined as:

conveying toward the center

"I swear by apollo the Physician and Asclepius and Hygieia and Panaceia..." is the beginning of what famous oath?

Hippocratic

If an infection is "Chronic" it is characterized by:

little, change, slow progression, and long duration

A tumor of the fibrous and cartilaginous tissue is called a:

fibrochondroma

The study of disease is referred to as:

pathology

Cancers of the circulatory system may include:

leukemia and lymphomas

A fatty tumor is called a(n):

lipoma

The term "metastasis" means:

to spread

The term "diagnosis" means:

total knowledge

The term "clinical" means:

at patient's bedside

The term "prognosis" means:

before knowledge

The term "graphy" means:

procedure using an instrument to record something

The term "stetho/scop/e" literally means:

instrument to examine the chest

The term "laryngo/scop/y" literally and actually means:

The procedure of viewing and examing the voice box

The term "surgery" literally means:

procedure of working by hand

Ninety-nine percent of words in a medical dictionary are composed of nouns, verbs, and:

adjectives

A compound term is derived from two or more:

word roots

Antonyms comprise medical terms and are words that:

have opposite meanings

The word "afebrile" has a prefix which means:

without or not

The word "periosteum" has a prefix which means

around

Which example of the compound term "ankylosing" is fractured correctly?

Ankylos/ing

In the medical term "pleurisy", what is the meaning of its suffix?

inflamed

Adjectives usually modify a noun (thing named) denoting quality, quantity, extent, or _____ .

distinction of the object from something else

which surgical suffix means "procedure or process of cutting out?"

-ec/tom/y

In the medical term "cephalgia", the combining verb form means:

pain

if a patient has "ptosis" of their eyelid, you can expect to see the eyelid:

drooping

A patient that is "euthyroid" has:

normal thyroid function

A patient with "leukocytosis" would have a white blood cell (WBC) count of: (normal WBC count is 4,000-10,000/cm3)

11,000

A patient with cyanosis has which skin color?

Blue

A patient who is adducting their arm is moving it:

toward their body

A patient who has undergone a nephrectomy has had which of the following removed?

Kidney

A patient with rhabdomyolysis has destruction of:

striated muscle

An atrophic muscle would appear:

shrunken

John's physician told him that his disease is idiopathic. this means its cause is

unknown