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