Chapter 2: The Basics of Medical Terminology
Which example of the compound term "ankylosing" is fractured correctly? ank/yl/o/sing an/ky/los/ing ankylos/ing an/kylo/sing
ankylos/ing
The term "Prognosis" means: full knowledge no knowledge after knowledge before knowledge
before knowledge
The word "periosteum" has a prefix which means around beside near under
around
The term "Clinical" means: to test in the hospital at patient's bedside none of the above
at patient's bedside
Verb variations of a stem word usually describe: -action taken, condition, or state of -symptoms of a condition -body positions or planes of reference -none of the above
action taken, condition, or state
which surgical suffix means "procedure or process of cutting out?" -ec/tom/y -o/desis -oplast/y -o/pex/y
-ec/tom/y
The suffix that means "to control or stop" is: -crit -stole -cusis -stasis
-stasis
Ninety-nine percent of words in a medical dictionary are composed of nouns, verbs, and: adjectives adverbs prepositions pronouns
adjectives
A patient with cyanosis has which skin color? blue red white yellow
blue
in the divided medical term 'arthr/o/pathy', "o" is the: -combining vowel used with both the stem word and the prefix -combining vowel used with both the stem word and suffix -modifier -consonant
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 -conveying away from the center -conveying both away from and toward the center -not conveying impulses
conveying toward the center
the literal meaning of the medial term carcin/oma is: star-like tumor crab-like tumor worm-like tumor non-invasive tumor
crab-like tumor
Adjectives usually modify a noun (thing named) denoting quality, quantity, extent, or _____ . -distinction of the object from something else -the name of an object -action taken -time of day
distinction of the object from something else
the prefix of the term in catabolism means: around, about, circle away from, remove down, under, against through, excessive, in
down, under against
if a patient has "ptosis" of their eyelid, you can expect to see the eyelid: drooping injured red swollen
drooping
a tumor of the fibrous and cartilaginous tissue is called a: fibrochondroma melanoma neochondroma lipochondroma
fibrochondroma
Breaking a compound term into component word parts (usually with its combining vowel or vowels) is called: -fracturing -combining terms -structuring -diagramming
fracturing
Antonyms comprise medical terms and are words that: differ in spelling have opposite meanings have similar meanings sound like each other
have opposite meanings
"I swear by Apollo the Physician and Asclepius and Hygieia and Panaceia..." is the beginning of what famous oath? hippocratic calcanean galenian celcus
hippocratic
in the medical term "pleurisy", what is the meaning of its suffix? condition of inflamed many resembles
inflamed
The term "Stetho/scop/e" literally means: -instrument to examine the tonsils -instrument to examine the eye -instrument to examine the ear -instrument to examine the chest
instrument to examine the chest
a patient who has undergone a nephrectomy has had which of the following removed? kidney lung ovary stomach
kidney
A fatty tumor is called a(n) : lipoma neuroma adenoma leukemia
lipoma
if an infection is "chronic" it is characterized by: -little change, slow progression, and long duration -rapid change, slow progression, and short duration -little change, rapid progression, and short duration -rapid change, rapid progression, and short duration
little change, slow progression, and long duration
the correct way to fracture or divide the medical term melanocarinoma is: melano/carcin/oma mel/ano/carcin/oma melano/car/cin/oma melanocar/cinoma
melano/carcin/oma
the prefix that means "change or after" proto- anti- meta- epi-
meta-
My/o- is the combining form of a word part that means: heart fiber bone muscle
muscle
the medical term for new growth of abnormal tissue or a tumor is: protoplasm neonatal neoplasm cytoplasm
neoplasm
A patient that is "euthyroid" has: flatulating thyroid function hyperthyrdoisim hypothyroidism normal thyroid function
normal thyroid function
the most common combining vowel is: -o -u -i -e
o
the prefix extra- means: excessive over above outside
outside
in the medical term "cephalgia," the combining verb form means: pain puncture swell to burn
pain
the medical term that means "the science of or study of body changes caused by disease" patho/gen/e/sis psych/ology bio/logy path/o/logy
path/o/logy
the study of diseases is referred to as: oncology pathology immunology physiology
pathology
the suffixes -a, -ia, -iac, -ar, -ic, -is, -on, -os, -us, -ium, and -um are used as a generalized actual meaning for the phrase "refers to or ___" -to tear away from -without or lack of -pertains to -related to a condition or disease
pertains to
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? osteo- and -sis osteo- and -por poro- and osis por- and -osis
por- and -osis
the word part attached to the beginning of a word root in order to modify its meaning is called a(n): -compound term -prefix -suffix -modifier
prefix
the term "surgery" literally means: to cut procedure of working with instruments procedure of working by hand to remove and organ
procedure of working by hand
the term "graphy" means: -procedure using an instrument to record something -a measurement on a graph -a recording such as a radiograph -sound waves
procedure using an instrument to record something
Which word part contains the fundamental meaning of the word? -prefix -vowel -suffix -root word
root word
An atrophic muscle would appear: - Enlarged - Flabby - Shrunken - Well-defined
shrunken
a patient with rhabdomyolysis has destruction of: bone cardiac muscle smooth muscle striated muscle
striated muscle
in the divided medical term sub/hepat/ic, which part is the prefix and which part is the suffix? -ic and sub sub- and -hepat- hepat- and -ic sub- and -ic
sub- and -ic
in the medical term 'arthr/itis', -itis is the: -word root -prefix -suffix -combining form
suffix
the word part attached to the end of a word root in order to modify its meaning is the: -prefix -combining form -word root -suffix
suffix
the term "laryngo/scop/y" literally and actually means: -the procedure of viewing and examining the oral cavity -the procedure of viewing and examining the bronchi -the procedure of viewing and examining the voice box -the procedure of viewing and examining the alveoli
the procedure of viewing and examining the voice box
the combining form -phas- means: to speak; utter to eat to like; affinity for to flow
to speak; utter
The term "metastasis" means: to confine or localize to heal to spread to reduce
to spread
The term "diagnosis" means: limited knowledge lack of knowledge total knowledge before knowledge
total knowledge
a patient who is adducting their arm is moving it: away from their body in circles over their head toward their body
toward their body
The combining form onc/o- means: growth gene tumor disease
tumor
John's physician told him that his disease is idiopathic. this means its cause is infectious neoplastic side effect of treatment unknown
unknown
the combining form or term that literally means "internal organs: viscero/o- chole/docho0 cardi/o- an/cone-
viscer/o-
the word "afebrile" has a prefix which means: against away from toward without or not
without or not
the combining form of a stem word is usually made of two component parts, the: -word root and suffix -word root and combining vowel -word root and prefix -prefix and suffix
word root and combining vowel
In the medical term 'intra/ven/ous', -ven- is the: prefix word root or stem word combining form suffix
word root or stem word
A compound term is derived from two or more: prefixes suffixes synonyms word roots
word roots