MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY CHAPTER 4
Radiation therapy is also called radiation _____ ?
oncology
visual examination of the ear
otoscope
31. examiner feels the texture, size, and location of body parts
palpation
30. examiner taps the body with fingertips or fist.
percussion
29. pertaining to drugs or pharmacy
pharmaceutical
the use of drugs to treat diseases
pharmacotherapy
tox/o
poison
-metry
process of measuring
-graphy
process of recording
probable outcome of a disease
prognosis
one of the vital signs
pulse
radi/o
radiant energy
19. x-ray image
radiograph
Pertaining to radiology
radiologic
16a. allowing x-rays to penetrate within minimum absorption
radiolucent
radiation therapy
radiotherapy
Instrument used in cycler scanning
scanner
Algesi/o
sensitivity to pain
Objective finding
sign
echogram
sonogram
ech/o, son/o
sound
A small sample taken from the body to represent the whole is known as a _____ ?
specimen
11a. instrument to measure temperature
thermometer
Treatment of disease with heat
thermotherapy
tom/o
to cut
-gram
to record
plast/o
to repair
10a. record produced by tomography
tomogram
sectional imaging
tomography
therapeut/o; -therapy
treatment
25. thermometer type used in the ear
tympanic
echography
ultrasonography
-scopy
visual examination with an instrument
blood pressure reading, rash, definitive evidence of a disease is all examples of ?
A sign
Subjective evidence perceived by a patient; itching is examples of ?
A symptom
Listening for sounds within the body using a stethoscope is called ____ ?
Auscultation
Abbreviations of blood pressure, pulse, and temperature
BP, P, T
A substance that produces insensitivity or stupor is called a ____ ?
Narcotic
Type of scan that involves a radiopharmaceutical ?
Nuclear
tapping the body with the fingertips or during a physical examination is called ____ ?
Percussion
The rhythmic expansion of an artery that occurs as the heart beats is called the _____ ?
Pulse
An objective, definitive evidence of a disease is called a ____?
Sign
Pertaining to the higher blood pressure reading
Systolic
Beginning abruptly with intensity, but lasting short time
acute
A drug that relieves pain is an _____ ?
analgesic
21. antimicrobial agent derived from living organism or produced synthetically
antibiotic
Agent that kills or inhibits microorganisms
antimicrobial
Agent that controls or kills cancer cells ?
antineoplastic
13a. examiner that listens to sounds within the body
auscultation
chem/o
chemical
27. using chemical agents to treat disease.
chemotherapy
24. persisting for a long time, sometimes for life
chronic
type of imaging that enhances the image of internal organs
contrast
23. treatment using cold temperatures
cryotherapy
Pertaining to the lower blood pressure reading
diastolic
pharmac/o, pharmaceut/o
drugs or medicine
8a. sonography
echography
electr/o
electricity
fluor/o
emitting or reflecting light
17a. instrument used to protect image in fluoroscopy
fluoroscope
The use of radiopaque materials to make internal organs visible is called contrast ____ ?
imaging
-meter
instrument for measuring
-graph
instrument for recording
-scope
instrument for visual examination
analgesics, chemotherapy, narcotics, radiotherapy, pharmaceuticals, thermotherapy are examples of ?
nonsurgical treatment
auscultation, fluoroscopy, inspection, ultrasonography, tomogram, systolic pressure, stethoscope, sonogram are examples of ?
Diagnostic test or procedure
