chapter 3 medical term

What is dystocia?

Abnormal labor or childbirth

What does the prefix mal- mean?

Bad or poor

Which prefix means within or inner?

Endo

Which of the following refers to redness of the skin?

Erythema

The prefix poli/o- refers to which color?

Gray

Which of the following is blood in the urine?

Hematuria

Which condition does a patient with hypertension have?

High blood pressure

Which of the following is a cancer of the white blood cells?

Leukemia

Which of the following is excessive urination at night?

Nocturia

What does the prefix re- mean?

Put back

The term rubi/o refers to which color?

Red

True or False? The medical term to describe pathogenic bacteria in the blood is septicemia.

True

A patient who has the condition tachycardia has:

a rapid heart rate.

Performing exercise in the presence of oxygen is called:

aerobic exercise.

Postoperative means __________ surgery.

after

The medical prefix pan- means:

all

Performing exercise without the presence of oxygen is called:

anaerobic exercise.

The medical prefix para- means

beside

The medical term melanoma refers to a:

black tumor.

Cyanotic is a term that indicates a person's skin has become discolored and appears:

blue

Mrs. Smith, an 86-year-old female, states that she feels tired all the time. The diagnosis is:

bradycardia

The medical term hetero- means:

different

Bacteria that occur in pairs are referred to as:

diplococcus

A red blood cell is called a/an:

erythrocyte

The study of genes and heredity is known as:

genomic medicine

The medical prefix eu- means:

good

The root word strept/o refers to bacteria that:

grow in twisted chains

A person with nocturia:

has excessive urination at night

A prognosis refers to:

he predicted outcome of a patient's disease

A component of red blood cells is

hemoglobin

A physician would write ____________ to describe liver and enlargement.

hepatomegaly

The prefix that means above normal or excessive is:

hyper

A term for elevated concentrations of lipids in the blood is:

hyperlipidemia.

If a patient has polyuria, it means that he or she:

is secreting too much urine

A white blood cell is called a/an:

leukocyte

The prefix nyct- means:

night

The term cirrh/o- refers to the color:

orange-yellow.

The prefix ecto- means:

outside

A person with hemiplegia has:

paralysis of one side of the body.

The area around the ear is described as:

periauricular.

The sac around the heart is called the:

pericardium

The area around the eye is described as:

periocular

The condition of overproduction of RBCs is:

polycythemia.

Bacillus are best described as:

rod shaped.

The term lutein refers to

saffron yellow

The term lutein refers to the color:

saffron yellow.

Above the pubic bones is called:

suprapubic.

The prefix that means going together or united is:

syn-.

Mr. Gupta, a 22-year-old male, complains of episodes of very fast heart rate. The diagnosis is:

tachycardia

An enlargement of the thyroid gland is:

thyromegaly