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the most common combining vowel is

O

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

ankylos/ing

the term "prognosis" means

before knowledge

The word "periosteum" has a prefix which means

around

the term "clinical" means

at patient's bedside

verb variations of a stem word usually describe

action taken, condition, or state

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

adjectives

a patient with "leukocytosis" would have a white blood cell (WBC) count of:

1100

a patient with cyanosis has which skin color?

blue

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

combining vowel used with both the stem word and suffix

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

conveying toward the center

the literal meaning of the medical term carcin/oma is

crab-like tumor

Adjectives usually modify a noun denoting quality, quantity, extent, or

distinction of the object from something else

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

drooping

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

ec/tom/y

the combining form that means "cause of disease" is

eti/o

a tumor of the fibrous and cartilaginous tissue is called a

fibrochondroma

Breaking a compound term into component word parts (usually with its combining vowel or vowels) is called:

fracturing

Antonyms comprise medical terms and are words that:

have opposite meanings

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

hippocratic

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

inflamed

the term "stetho/scop/e" literally means

instrument to examine the chest

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

kidney

Cancers of the circulatory system include:

leukemia and lymphomas

A fatty tumor is called a(n):

lipoma

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

little change, slow progression, and long duration

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

melano/carcin/oma

the prefix that means "change or after" is

meta

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

muscle

the medical term for new growth of abnormal tissue is

neoplasm

a patient that is "euthyroid" has

normal thyroid function

in the medical term "cephalgia" the combining verb form means

pain

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

path/o/logy

The study of disease is referred to as:

pathology

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 phrase, "refers to or ____"

pertains to

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

por- and -osis

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

por- and -osis

the word part attached to the beginning of a word root in order to modify its meaning is called a

prefix

the term "surgery" literally means

procedure of working by hand

the term "graphy" means

procedure using an instrument to record something

which word part contains the fundamental meaning of the word?

root word

An atrophic muscle would appear:

shrunken

the suffix that means "to control or stop" is

stasis

a patient with rhabdomylosis has destruction of

striated muscle

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

sub- and -ic

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

the procedure of viewing and examining the voice box

The term "metastasis" means:

to spread

the term "diagnosis" means

total knowledge

a patient who is adducting their arm is moving it

toward their body

the combining form onc/o menas

tumor

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

unknown

the combining form or term that literally means "internal organs" is

viscer/o

The word "afebrile" has a prefix which means:

without or not

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

word root and combining vowel

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

word root or stem word

A compound term is derived from two or more:

word roots


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