chapter 2 self test
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
