Medical Terminology Final

Which suffix is misspelled

-urea

The term calculus means:

A stone

Which of the following is a term meaning a substance that causes an allergic reaction?

Allergen

Which medical term means amnion flow?

Aminorrhea

Which of the following is a life-threatening allergic reaction?

Anaphylactic shock

Which of the following medications prevents blood clot formation?

Anticoagulant

Treat nausea and vomiting

Antiemetic

Which medication is used to treat nausea?

Antiemetic

Which medical term means inflammation of appendix?

Appendicitis

Which medical term means condition of no sperm?

Aspermia

Suffocation

Asphyxia

A(n) ______ transfusion consists of blood stored from the patients own body.

Autologous

Which term means pertaining to blood?

Both A and B; sanguineous & hematic

Which medical term means slow digestion?

Bradypepsia

Which of the following medications relaxes muscle spasms in the bronchial tube?

Bronchodilator

Which abbreviation is NOT a pathological condition?

CBD (common bile duct)

Which of the following is an emergency treatment given to patients when their breathing and heart stops?

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Which medical term means removal of gallbladder?

Cholecystectomy

Which term below means having gallstones?

Cholelithiasis

Which surgical procedure removes the prepuce?

Circumcision

Which of the following terms means to convert a liquid to a gel or solid?

Coagulate

Which medical term means process of viewing colon?

Colonoscopy

Which medical term means instrument to view inside vagina?

Colposcope

Which term means the faults of the testes to descend into he scrotal sac before birth?

Cryptochidism

Which term means abnormal condition of blue?

Cyanosis

Which of the following is an inherited condition

Cystic fibrosis

Which term means surgical repairs of the bladder?

Cystoplasty

Which medical term for frequent, watery bowel movements?

Diarrhea

Which term means An abnormal excretion of large amounts of urine?

Diuresis

Which term means inflammation of a pouch or sac opening off the intestines?

Diverticulitis

Which of the following is a general term meaning a blood disease?

Dyscrasia

Which term means painful cramping associated with menstruation?

Dysmenorrhea

Which medical term means abnormal appetite!

Dysorexia

Which term below refers to indigestion?

Dyspepsia

Which term means condition of difficult urination?

Dysuria

Which term refers to the condition in which the body tissues contain excessive amounts of fluid?

Edema

The medical term for vomiting?

Emesis

Which medical term means suture the vulva?

Episiorrhaphy

Nosebleed

Epitaxis

Which medication is used to treat impotence ?

Erectile dysfunction agents

Which term means too few blood cells?

Erythropenia

Which term refers to bulging eyeballs?

Exophthalmos

Which procedure uses ultrasound to break up stones?

Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy

Which of the following surgical procedures would remove an abnormal passageway?

Fistulectomy

Which medical term means stomach pain?

Gastralgia

Which medical term means surgical removal of stomach?

Gastrectomy

Which combining form is misspelled?

Glomeral/o

Which term means condition of blood in the urine?

Hematuria

Blood destruction

Hemolytic

Which of the following terms refers to having an excessive amount of hair?

Hirsutism

Which of the following terms means excessive calcium in the blood?

Hypercalcemia

Which of the following terms means excessive potassium in the blood?

Hyperkalemia

Which of the following terms means insufficient sugar in the blood?

Hypoglycemia

Which of the following terms means insufficient sodium in the blood?

Hyponatremia

Which medical term means surgical fixation of uterus?

Hysteropexy

Which of the following give a patient an injection of antibodies in order to treat a disease?

Immunotherapy

The yellow cast on the skin that indicates liver disease is called:

Jaundice

Too many white cells

Leukocytosis

Too few white cells

Leukopenia

Cirrhosis is a general name for chronic disease of the:

Liver

Lymph gland inflammation

Lymphadenitis

Which of the following is swelling caused by a blockage of lymph flow?

Lymphedema

Which medical term means record of the breast?

Mammogram

The first menstrual period is called:

Menarche

Which term means releasing urine from the body?

Micturition, voiding, urination; All of the above

Which condition is commonly called walking pneumonia?

Mycoplasma pneumonia

The upper section of the pharynx is called:

Nasopharynx

Which medical term is misspelled?

Nephroectomy

Which term means kidney stone?

Nephrolith

Which medical term is misspelled?

Nephrolitheasis

Which term means kidney softening?

Nephromalacia

Which term means dropping kidney?

Nephroptosis

Which medical term means scanty menstrual flow?

Oligomenorrhea

Which term is misspelled?

Oligouria

Which term means condition of scanty amount of urine?

Oliguria

Which medical term means surgical fixation of testes?

Orchidopexy

The ______ is the roof of the mouth and the floor of the nasal cavity.

Palate

Which term means open or unblocked?

Patent

Disease producing

Pathogenic

Which term means pleural pain?

Pleurodynia

Which term means abnormal condition of lung dust?

Pneumoconiosis

Which serious lung infection causes the alveoli to fill up with fluid?

Pneumonia

Which of the following conditions may result in a collapsed lung?

Pneumothorax

Which medical term means excessive eating?

Polyphagia

A child born before at least 37 weeks of gestation is:

Premature

A painful and persistent erection is called:

Priapism

Which medical term means first birth?

Primapara

A collapsed uterus is called:

Prolapsed

Which term means renal pelvis inflammation?

Pyelitis

Which term means pus in the Fallopian tube?

Pyosalpinx

Which term means to cut into the spleen?

Splenotomy

Which of the following terms means a high-pitched breathing sound?

Stridor

Which of the following lung volumes is the amount of air that enters and exits the lungs during a single quiet breath?

Tidal volume

Universal recipient

Type AB

Universal donor

Type O

The name of the condition when waste products are allowed to build up in the blood is:

Uremia

Which medical term is misspelled?

Uretheral

Which term means pain in the urethra?

Urethralgia

Which of the following is NOT one of the vital signs?

Urine volume

Which of the following statements is the most important standard precaution?

Wash your hands